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[Martin Sundermann]

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BRIDGES Trade BioRes, Vol. 3 No. 4    10 March, 2003
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2 - 3 April, Geneva, Switzerland: COMMITTEE ON SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY
MEASURES.  For further information, contact: the WTO Information and Media
Relations Division, Geneva; tel: (41-22) 739- 5007; fax: 739-5458; email:
enquiries at wto.org.

3 April, Oslo, Norway: MEDICINAL PLANTS: ACCESS, USE AND BENEFIT SHARING IN
LIGHT OF THE CBD.  Organised by University of Oslo.  The event will examine
and advance the elaboration of critical terms and concepts of the CBD
related to access to genetic resources and benefit sharing. For further
information, contact: Ms. Alida Jay Boye, University of Oslo; tel: (47)
2285-8900; fax: 2285-8920; email: alida.boye at sum.uio.no; Internet:
http://www.sum.uio.no/bioprospecting/cbd.html 

4 - 6 April, Duke University, USA:  INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC GOODS AND TRANSFER
OF TECHNOLOGY AFTER THE TRIPS AGREEMENT OF 1994.  Organised by the Center
for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke Law School.  This major
conference will focus the attention of leading economic and legal scholars
on the bigger picture that is emerging from the upward harmonization of
international intellectual property rights (IPRs) since the Agreement on
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) of 1994.  For
further information, contact: Lynn Martin; tel: (9-19) 613-7206; email:
martin at law.duke.edu; Internet: http://www.law.duke.edu/trips/index.html 

4 - 6 April, St. Louis, USA: BIODIVERSITY, BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND THE PROTECTION
OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE.  The event organised by the Washington University
School of Law will gather key individuals and parties to discuss the
protection of biodiversity, the protection and regulation of agricultural
and plant biotechnology, and the international intellectual property
implications of both, with particular attention to the protection of
traditional knowledge and other intellectual property mechanisms of interest
to the developing world.  For further information, contact: tel: (3-14)
935-7988; fax: 935-7961; email: IGLS at wulaw.wustl.edu; Internet:
http://law.wustl.edu/igls/ 


RESOURCES

If you have a relevant resource (books, papers, bulletins, etc.) you would
like to see announced in this section, please forward a copy or review by
the BRIDGES staff to Heike Baumüller, hbaumuller at ictsd.ch.

INDIA'S PLANT VARIETY AND FARMERS' RIGHTS LEGISLATION: POTENTIAL IMPACT ON
STAKEHOLDER ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES. By Anitha Ramanna, January 2003.
This piece looks at how developing countries may attempt to fulfil demands
to extend intellectual property protection for agriculture in their
countries and also protect breeders and farmers' rights.  It examines
whether or not the distribution of ownership rights to multiple stakeholders
could create a threat of an "anticommons" and looks at other potential
effects.  This exercise is carried out in India.  Available at
http://www.ifpri.org/divs/eptd/dp/papers/eptdp96.pdf 

SEEDS OF CONCERN: THE GENETIC MANIPULATION OF PLANTS.  By D A Murray,
January 2003.  This book addresses the debate concerning implications and
applications of gene technology, examining the situation from a plant
biologist's perspective.  The author attempts to answer various questions
regarding GMOs, from how they are produced to which breeding goals are worth
undertaking.  For further information, see:
http://www.cabi-publishing.org/Bookshop/book_detail.asp?isbn=0851997252 

"Equitably Sharing Benefits from the Utilization of Natural Genetic
Resources: The Brazilian Interpretation of the Convention on Biological
Diversity" by J. Peña-Neira, C. Dieperink and H. Addink in the ELECTRONIC
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW 6(3), October 2002.  This paper examines how
Brazil has interpreted and applied the provisions of equitable and fair
benefit-sharing laid out in the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Available at http://www.ejcl.org/63/art63-2.html 

Electronic Resources

MILKING IT: SMALL FARMERS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE, A GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
RESOURCE.  Oxfam.  This site includes farmers' stories, discusses major
issues and international organisations involved in the area of small farmers
and international trade. It also provides links to other resources.  For
further information, see:
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/milkingit/index.htm 


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