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Trade BioRes, Vol. 3 No. 4 10 March,
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>2 - 3 April,
Geneva, Switzerland: COMMITTEE ON SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY<BR>MEASURES.
For further information, contact: the WTO Information and Media<BR>Relations
Division, Geneva; tel: (41-22) 739- 5007; fax: 739-5458;
email:<BR>enquiries@wto.org.<BR><BR>3 April, Oslo, Norway: MEDICINAL PLANTS:
ACCESS, USE AND BENEFIT SHARING IN<BR>LIGHT OF THE CBD. Organised by
University of Oslo. The event will examine<BR>and advance the elaboration
of critical terms and concepts of the CBD<BR>related to access to genetic
resources and benefit sharing. For further<BR>information, contact: Ms. Alida
Jay Boye, University of Oslo; tel: (47)<BR>2285-8900; fax: 2285-8920; email:
alida.boye@sum.uio.no; Internet:<BR><A
href="http://www.sum.uio.no/bioprospecting/cbd.html">http://www.sum.uio.no/bioprospecting/cbd.html</A>
<BR><BR>4 - 6 April, Duke University, USA: INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC GOODS AND
TRANSFER<BR>OF TECHNOLOGY AFTER THE TRIPS AGREEMENT OF 1994. Organised by
the Center<BR>for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke Law School. This
major<BR>conference will focus the attention of leading economic and legal
scholars<BR>on the bigger picture that is emerging from the upward harmonization
of<BR>international intellectual property rights (IPRs) since the Agreement
on<BR>Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) of
1994. For<BR>further information, contact: Lynn Martin; tel: (9-19)
613-7206; email:<BR>martin@law.duke.edu; Internet: <A
href="http://www.law.duke.edu/trips/index.html">http://www.law.duke.edu/trips/index.html</A>
<BR><BR>4 - 6 April, St. Louis, USA: BIODIVERSITY, BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND THE
PROTECTION<BR>OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE. The event organised by the
Washington University<BR>School of Law will gather key individuals and parties
to discuss the<BR>protection of biodiversity, the protection and regulation of
agricultural<BR>and plant biotechnology, and the international intellectual
property<BR>implications of both, with particular attention to the protection
of<BR>traditional knowledge and other intellectual property mechanisms of
interest<BR>to the developing world. For further information, contact:
tel: (3-14)<BR>935-7988; fax: 935-7961; email: IGLS@wulaw.wustl.edu;
Internet:<BR><A href="http://law.wustl.edu/igls/">http://law.wustl.edu/igls/</A>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>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>INDIA'S PLANT VARIETY AND FARMERS' RIGHTS
LEGISLATION: POTENTIAL IMPACT ON<BR>STAKEHOLDER ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES. By
Anitha Ramanna, January 2003.<BR>This piece looks at how developing countries
may attempt to fulfil demands<BR>to extend intellectual property protection for
agriculture in their<BR>countries and also protect breeders and farmers'
rights. It examines<BR>whether or not the distribution of ownership rights
to multiple stakeholders<BR>could create a threat of an "anticommons" and looks
at other potential<BR>effects. This exercise is carried out in
India. Available at<BR><A
href="http://www.ifpri.org/divs/eptd/dp/papers/eptdp96.pdf">http://www.ifpri.org/divs/eptd/dp/papers/eptdp96.pdf</A>
<BR><BR>SEEDS OF CONCERN: THE GENETIC MANIPULATION OF PLANTS. By D A
Murray,<BR>January 2003. This book addresses the debate concerning
implications and<BR>applications of gene technology, examining the situation
from a plant<BR>biologist's perspective. The author attempts to answer
various questions<BR>regarding GMOs, from how they are produced to which
breeding goals are worth<BR>undertaking. For further information,
see:<BR><A
href="http://www.cabi-publishing.org/Bookshop/book_detail.asp?isbn=0851997252">http://www.cabi-publishing.org/Bookshop/book_detail.asp?isbn=0851997252</A>
<BR><BR>"Equitably Sharing Benefits from the Utilization of Natural
Genetic<BR>Resources: The Brazilian Interpretation of the Convention on
Biological<BR>Diversity" by J. Peņa-Neira, C. Dieperink and H. Addink in the
ELECTRONIC<BR>JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW 6(3), October 2002. This paper
examines how<BR>Brazil has interpreted and applied the provisions of equitable
and fair<BR>benefit-sharing laid out in the Convention on Biological
Diversity.<BR>Available at <A
href="http://www.ejcl.org/63/art63-2.html">http://www.ejcl.org/63/art63-2.html</A>
<BR><BR>Electronic Resources<BR><BR>MILKING IT: SMALL FARMERS AND INTERNATIONAL
TRADE, A GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP<BR>RESOURCE. Oxfam. This site includes
farmers' stories, discusses major<BR>issues and international organisations
involved in the area of small farmers<BR>and international trade. It also
provides links to other resources. For<BR>further information, see:<BR><A
href="http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/milkingit/index.htm">http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/milkingit/index.htm</A>
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