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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>"CALL OF THE
EARTH" INITIATIVE TO BE LAUNCHED TO PROTECT IP AND TK<BR><BR>An international
group of experts on intellectual property (IP) and<BR>indigenous people's
traditional knowledge (TK) will launch a three-year<BR>independent global
project at a global dialogue in Bellagio on 25-30<BR>November. The initiative,
called "Call of the Earth: Ancient Wisdom for<BR>Sustaining Livelihoods,
Cultures, and Environments" is aimed at the<BR>protection of IP and TK of
indigenous peoples by initiating discussions on<BR>IP topics that have been
identified as important by indigenous peoples in<BR>various international forums
in an effort to shape conceptual approaches,<BR>policies and practices for
future interventions in IP public policy<BR>development. The initiative
thereby aims to respond to both "threats and<BR>challenges of emerging
international IP policies which do not adequately<BR>reflect or respond to the
concerns of indigenous peoples." It will involve<BR>global and regional IP
dialogues, create a "knowledge base," and assist<BR>creative local initiatives
and capacity building. Other groups that plan to<BR>support the "Call of
the Earth" initiative include the Convention on<BR>Biological Diversity, the
United Nations University, and the Mataatua<BR>Declaration
Association.<BR><BR>For further information, see: <A
href="http://www.earthcall.org">http://www.earthcall.org</A>.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>18- 22
November, Geneva, Switzerland: WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LAW OF<BR>PATENTS
(EIGHT SESSION). For further information, contact: WIPO, tel: (41<BR>22)
338-9111; fax: 733-5428; email: WIPO.mail@wipo.int; Internet:<BR><A
href="http://www.wipo.int">http://www.wipo.int</A></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><A
href="http://www.wipo.org/news/en/index.html?wipo_content_frame=/news/en/conferences.html">http://www.wipo.org/news/en/index.html?wipo_content_frame=/news/en/conferences.html</A></FONT><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>21 November,
18.00-20.00 CET: ONLINE CHAT "NEW WTO TRADE ROUND: TALKING<BR>TRADE - WHAT'S
GOING ON?" Does trade make a difference? What's up in the<BR>World Trade
Organisation (WTO)? Are trade negotiations also good for<BR>development and
environment? One year after the launch of the new trade<BR>negotiations round,
European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy, the<BR>Egyptian Trade Minister
Youssef Boutros-Ghali and a representative of WWF,<BR>Dr Keith Tyrell, will
debate whether this round is on track and voice their<BR>hopes and concerns. For
further information concerning this discussion, see:<BR>Internet: <A
href="http://europa.eu.int/comm/chat/lamy9/index_en.htm">http://europa.eu.int/comm/chat/lamy9/index_en.htm</A>
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<DIV>21 November, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.
Various<BR>items will be discussed from the annual report to the Council for
Trade in<BR>Goods. Followed by 22 November, 15:00, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO
SPECIAL<BR>SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. Items to be discussed
include<BR>programme March 2002-March 2003 under Paragraphs 13 and 14 of the
Doha<BR>Development Agenda (TN/AG/1).<BR><BR>21 November, Brussels, Belgium:
TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE TRADE -- A NEW APPROACH.<BR>Commissioner Pascal Lamy is
keynote speaker at a meeting concerning the<BR>Sustainable Trade and Innovation
Centre (STIC) project. This new global<BR>partnership is geared to enable
developing country producers to benefit from<BR>growing market pressures to
integrate environmental and social factors into<BR>their export strategies. The
project is designed by the Commonwealth Science<BR>Council (CSC), European
Partners for the Environment (EPE) and the Dutch<BR>Royal Tropical Institute
(KIT), with the support of DG Trade. For further<BR>information, contact: fax:
(32 2) 539-4815; email: info@epe.be; Internet:<BR><A
href="http://trade-info.cec.eu.int/civil_soc/meet.php?action=consult&critere=82">http://trade-info.cec.eu.int/civil_soc/meet.php?action=consult&critere=82</A>
<BR><BR>21 November, Brussels, Belgium: SUSTAINABLE TRADE AND INNOVATION
CENTRE<BR>EUROPEAN BRIEFING. Events will include workshops and lectures on
various<BR>areas of sustainable development with the primary focus being the
European<BR>arena. For further information, contact: tel: (32 2) 539-4815;
email:<BR>info@epe.be.<BR><BR><BR>25 November, Bellagio, Italy: CALL OF
THE EARTH: A GLOBAL DIALOGUE. This<BR>event is part of an initiative
initiative in response to the "threats and<BR>challenges of emerging
international IP policies which do not adequately<BR>reflect or respond to the
concerns of indigenous peoples." For further<BR>information, contact:
Alejandro Argumedo, Call of the Earth Project<BR>Coordinator; email:
ipbn@web.net; Intenet: <A
href="http://www.earthcall.org">http://www.earthcall.org</A> <BR> <BR>25 -
26 November, London, England: THE WORLD FOOD AND FARMING CONGRESS<BR>(WFFC).
This Congress offers the opportunity to hear divergent views on the<BR>future of
world agriculture; to debate critical issues and to offer key<BR>recommendations
to the world's food and farming leaders. For further<BR>information on this
conference, contact: Isabel Dennis; tel: (44 20)<BR>7370-8853; fax: 7370-8235;
email: info@wffc.co.uk; Internet:<BR><A
href="http://www.wffc.co.uk">http://www.wffc.co.uk</A> <BR><BR>25-27 November,
10:00, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO COUNCIL FOR TRADE- RELATED<BR>ASPECTS OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. Discussion will include, among<BR>other items,
Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS agreement and<BR>public health.
Followed by 28 November, 10:00, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO<BR>SPECIAL SESSION OF
THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL<BR>PROPERTY RIGHTS.
Discussion will focus around negotiation of the<BR>establishment of a
multilateral system of notification and registration of<BR>geographical
indications for wines and spirits.<BR><BR>25-29 November, Geneva, Switzerland:
WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LAW OF<BR>PATENTS (EIGHT SESSION). For further
information, contact: WIPO, tel: (41<BR>22) 338 9111; fax: 733 54 28; Email:
WIPO.mail@wipo.int; Internet:<BR><A
href="http://www.wipo.org/news/en/index.html?wipo_content_frame=/news/en/conferences.html">http://www.wipo.org/news/en/index.html?wipo_content_frame=/news/en/conferences.html</A><BR><BR><BR>26
November, University of Leuven, Belgium: SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE<BR>ON
GLOBALISATION. This year's conference will examine the two
following<BR>questions: How can we counterbalance the fast-moving one-sided
economic<BR>globalisation process? What are the ethical, social and
ecological<BR>conditions to make globalisation work for everyone? How do we
evaluate the<BR>results so far of the Doha Development Agenda? For further
information,<BR>contact: email: information@globalisationdebate.be;
Internet:<BR><A
href="http://www.globalisationdebate.be">http://www.globalisationdebate.be</A>
<BR><BR>26 November, Amsterdam, Netherlands: LINKAGES - HOW DO WE BRIDGE THE GAP
ON<BR>TRADE, ENVIRONMENT AND LABOUR. For further information, contact: tel:
(91<BR>141) 207-482; fax: 207-486/203-9; email: cuts@cuts.org; Internet:<BR><A
href="http://www.cuts.org/linkages-index.htm">http://www.cuts.org/linkages-index.htm</A>
<BR><BR>27-28 November, New Delhi, India: OECD WORKSHOP ON
ENVIRONMENTAL<BR>REQUIREMENTS AND MARKET ACCESS: ADDRESSING DEVELOPING-COUNTRY
CONCERNS IN<BR>CO-OPERATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. The objective of this
Global<BR>Forum workshop is to promote constructive dialogue among
representatives of<BR>Member and non-Member economies on market access issues
arising from<BR>environmental requirements (standards and regulations), and ways
to improve<BR>the capacity of developing countries to meet those
requirements. It is<BR>hoped that this event will contribute to advancing
the process initiated in<BR>Doha and contribute to the preparations for the
WTO’s Fifth Ministerial<BR>Conference to be held in September 2003 in Mexico.
For further information,<BR>contact: Ronald Steenblik, OECD; tel: (33 1)
4524-9529; email:<BR>ronald.steenblik@oecd.org.<BR><BR>27 - 29 November, Cusco,
Peru: MEETING OF MEGADIVERSE COUNTRIES. Organised<BR>by The Group of Like
Minded Megadiverse Countries. An expert meeting on<BR>access to genetic
resources and benefit sharing (ABS) and traditional<BR>knowledge will take place
over the first two days of this. The final segment<BR>of the meeting will bring
together Ministers and high-level representatives<BR>of the Group to analyse and
approve a political statement. To view the<BR>Cancun Declaration of
Like-Minded Megadiverse Countries, see:<BR><A
href="http://www.embamexcan.com/english/Enviornment/CancunDeclaration.html">http://www.embamexcan.com/english/Enviornment/CancunDeclaration.html</A>
<BR><BR>2 - 4, Palais des Nations, Geneva: DECEMBER TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
BOARD,<BR>THIRTIETH EXECUTIVE SESSION ON LDCs. Organised by UNCTAD.
This event has<BR>been planned to discuss the Least Developed Countries Report
2002. For<BR>further information, contact: the UNCTAD secretariat: fax: (41 22)
917-0056;<BR>email: unctad.meetings.services@unctad.org.<BR><BR>4 December,
Hamburg, Germany: THE REGULATION OF GMOs IN INTERNATIONAL,<BR>EUROPEAN AND
NATIONAL LAW. This seminar will feature the current regulatory<BR>framework and
policy-making on genetically modified organisms within<BR>international, EU and
national law. Academics, representatives from<BR>government, industry and NGOs
will discuss the state of affairs and options<BR>for the future in various
jurisdictions. For further information,contact:<BR>Ms. Karin Meyer- Pannwitt;
tel.: (49 40) 766-18072; fax: 766-18078; email:<BR>meyer- pannwitt@tutech.de;
Internet: <A href="http://www.tutech.de">http://www.tutech.de</A><BR></DIV>
<DIV><BR>Other forthcoming events<BR><BR>9-17 December, Geneva, Switzerland:
FOURTH SESSION OF THE WIPO<BR>INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE ON INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY AND GENETIC RESOURCES,<BR>TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND FOLKLORE. For
further information, contact WIPO;<BR>tel: (41 22) 338-9111; email:
WIPO.mail@wipo.int.<BR><BR>13 - 17 December, Cairo, Egypt: INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON PROMOTING BEST<BR>PRACTICES FOR CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE
OF BIODIVERSITY OF GLOBAL<BR>SIGNIFICANCE IN ARID AND SEMIARID ZONES. The
focus of this conference will<BR>be on best practices in developing countries
for science, for public policy<BR>and management, for increasing the
participation of local people in decision<BR>making, and for improving
partnerships and capacity building. The conference<BR>is part of a project
funded by UNEP/GEF and is implemented by the Third<BR>World Network of
Scientific Organizations. For further information, contact:<BR>Helen Martin;
fax: (39 040) 224-0689; email: info@twnso.org.<BR><BR>18 - 20 December, New
Delhi, India: SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, WATER RESOURCES<BR>DEVELOPMENT, AND EARTH
CARE POLICIES. The second International Conference<BR>of the Bhoovigyan
Vikas Foundation, closely following on the heels of the<BR>WSSD, proposes to
discuss issues pertaining to Sustainable Agriculture,<BR>Water Resources
Development, Earth-Care Policies and fusion of technologies<BR>for sustainable
agricultural development. For more information, contact: M.<BR>Moni; tel: (91
011) 436-2790, 436-0975; fax: 436-4873; email:<BR>bhoovigyan@rediffmail.com;
Internet: <A href="http://www.bhoovikas.nic.in">http://www.bhoovikas.nic.in</A>
<BR><BR><BR>RESOURCES<BR><BR>If you have a relevant resource (books, papers,
bulletins, etc.) you would<BR>like to see announced in this section, please
forward a copy or review by<BR>the BRIDGES staff to Heike Baumüller,
hbaumuller@ictsd.ch.<BR><BR>GLOBAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS KNOWLEDGE,
ACCESS, AND DEVELOPMENT.<BR>Edited by Peter Drahos and Ruth Mayne, 2002.
The publication analyses the<BR>potential threats of intellectual property
rights, and suggests ways in<BR>which the intellectual property system can be
changed to serve development<BR>goals. It synthesises the views of academic
experts and NGOs at the cutting<BR>edge of current campaigning and debate.
For further information, contact:<BR>email: publish@oxfam.org.uk; Internet: <A
href="http://www.oxfam.org.uk/publications">www.oxfam.org.uk/publications</A>
<BR><BR>"Turning in circles : district governance, illegal logging,
and<BR>environmental decline in Sumatra, Indonesia," by John F. McCarthy,
in<BR>SOCIETY AND NATURAL RESOURCES, 15 (10, 2002). After examining the
impact of<BR>political and economic changes on Indonesian illegal forestry, this
article<BR>concludes that the logging epidemic has complex, multidimensional
causes<BR>that allow for no easy remedies. Moreover, as many of the dynamics
described<BR>here will continue to predominate after Indonesia implements
new<BR>decentralisation laws, this ensures that the informal system of exchange
and<BR>accommodation described here will continue to shape forest
outcomes.<BR><BR>"The impact of forests and forest management on neighboring
property<BR>values," by Yeon-Su Kim Rebecca L Johnson, in SOCIETY AND
NATURAL<BR>RESOURCES, 15 (10, 2002). This study estimates the contribution
of forests<BR>and forest management to property values around McDonald-Dunn
Research<BR>Forest near Corvallis, OR. We investigated the economic effects of
proximity<BR>to the forest, different forest conditions, and management schemes
to<BR>neighboring property values using a geographic information system.
Proximity<BR>to the forest has a positive contribution to property values;
this<BR>relationship is even stronger for houses closer to the forest.
Forest<BR>attributes also affect property values. The sales price is lower
for<BR>property from which clear-cut sites are visible at the time of purchase
if<BR>all other characteristics of the house are identical.<BR><BR>"Quantifying
the impacts on biodiversity of policies for carbon<BR>sequestration in forests"
by Stephen Matthews, Raymond O'Connor & Andrew J.<BR>Plantinga, in
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 40 (1, 2002). There is currently a great<BR>deal of
interest in the use of afforestation (conversion of non-forest land<BR>to
forest) to reduce atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide. The
main<BR>objective of this paper is to estimate the changes in farmland and
forest<BR>bird populations that are likely to occur under an afforestation
policy.<BR>Econometric models of land use are used to simulate the response of
private<BR>landowners to subsidies for tree planting on agricultural
land.<BR><BR>Electronic Resources<BR><BR>Planeta.com's Forest Resource Guide
takes a look at the forests and forestry<BR>issues around the globe and we pay
particular attention to the forest and<BR>selva of the Americas. To visit the
Forest Resource Guide, see:<BR><A
href="http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/resources/trees.html">http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/resources/trees.html</A>
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Governments<BR>of Finland, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden; Christian Aid
(UK),<BR>the Rockefeller Foundation, MISEREOR, NOVIB (NL), Oxfam (UK) and<BR>the
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