- "[...] implementing global cooperation on the conservation and sustainable utilization of genetic resources for agriculture and food means organizing two processes. 1) Organizing negotiation and, once agreement has been reached, monitoring, will inevitably be the responsibility of the…
- ¿It is commonly, but incorrectly assumed, that the Country of Origin under the Convention on biological Diversity is the country in which a particular sample was collected. The CBD, however, provides a different and far more rigorous standard to be met for domesticated species. In the simplest…
- ¿The Global Plan of Action (GPA), adopted at the Fourth International Technical Conference in Leipzig in June 1996, is a comprehensive framework for action necessary for the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) around the world. The GPA has…
- ¿Countries may wish to consider options to ensure their IP systems are both properly applied and are supporting research and innovation. Some options may include: national legislation which provides for strict requirements for drafting of patent claims and higher standards for novelty requirements…
- ¿The regulation of access and benefit sharing calls for a variety of specialized regimes that adequately take account of the specificities of each or a number of sectors/subsectors of biodiversity. The CBD broadly covers all areas of biodiversity, while it does not prevent parties from developing…
- ¿[¿] there is room for maneuver to reconcile the operation of the principle of facilitated access under a multilateral system on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, with certain forms of protection under IPRs. The recognition that materials covered by that system shall be deemed as…
- This document has been prepared on information drawn from several sources, including documents and fora and workshops held in different parts of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to address the problems and opportunities that exist in the region regarding agriculture and the rural milieu, from…
- Agricultural development in the WANA region is mostly influenced by arid and semi-arid climate which makes it the poorest region in the world in terms of water resources both globally and on inhabitant basis. Although the region occupies about 14% of the total area of the world (18.5 million Km2)…