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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Hallo Miteinander,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>zwei Hinweise: - auf die Datenbank des
Economic Research Service beim USDA (bei der z.B. für Basmati und Jasmine
Trefferquoten im Bereich von je 60-70 Einträgen zu finden sind), - und des neuen
Grain_Seedling, mit interessanten Texten. Letzteres Heft wiegt allerdings 2,1mb.
Das erinnert mich daran nochmal kurz zu erwähnen, dass der ISP-Report dank Andi
nun nur noch ca. 600kb wiegt (s. <A
href="http://www.bukoagrar.de">www.bukoagrar.de</A>).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Friedliche Grüsse,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Martin</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><A name=story1><B><FONT face=verdana
color=#339966 size=-1>Agricultural biotechnology intellectual
property</FONT></B><BR><FONT face=Verdana>November 2003<BR>Amber Waves<BR>For
the complete document go to: http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/biotechpatents/<BR>The
Agricultural Biotechnology Intellectual Property database identifies and
describes U.S. utility patents on inventions in biotechnology and other
biological processes used in food and agriculture with issue dates between 1976
and 2000. The database provides information about the ownership of these
patents, and tracks changes in patent ownership due to mergers, acquisitions,
spin-offs and similar changes. Other aspects of the database include a system of
technology classification and other forms of agricultural biotechnology
intellectual property (plant patents, plant variety protection certificates,
regulatory approvals for release of genetically modified
organisms).</FONT><BR></A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>NEW
from GRAIN<BR>October 2003<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.grain.org/seedling"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>www.grain.org/seedling</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>October 2003 issue of Seedling now available. In this
issue:<BR><BR><BR>EDITORIAL: WHEN ELEPHANTS FIGHT OVER GMOS<BR><BR>by Tewolde
Egziabher<BR><BR>As the world's attention was focusing firmly on the Cancun
World Trade<BR>Organisation summit in September, an important international
agreement,<BR>which aims to regulate trade in genetically modified organisms,
quietly made<BR>its entry on the world stage, one which holds immense
implications for<BR>developing countries: The Cartagena Protocol on
Biosafety.<BR><BR><BR>ARTICLE: THE NEXT TRADE WAR?<BR><BR>by Duncan Brack,
Robert Falkner and Judith Goll<BR><BR>The US-EU dispute over the EU's de facto
moratorium on GM crops and products<BR>has generated much heat on both sides of
the Atlantic. The verdict of the<BR>WTO's dispute panel will have significant
implications for other countries<BR>thinking about rejecting GM crops. It may
also be an important case to test<BR>the political muscle of the newly adopted
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety,<BR>which the EU may use in its
defence<BR><BR><BR>ARTICLE: GLOBAL PATENTS FOR WORLD DOMINATION?<BR><BR>By
GRAIN<BR><BR>For three years, a new international patent treaty has been
under<BR>negotiation at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
in<BR>Geneva. This treaty would pave the way for a future world patent
granted<BR>directly by WIPO. This is bad news for developing countries and
their<BR>citizens, who would lose even the limited freedom they have left to
adjust<BR>patent systems to national development goals. However, it is not too
late<BR>for the developing world to say 'no thanks' and stop the
negotiating<BR>process.<BR><BR><BR>ARTICLE: CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL:
PRIVATIZING NATURE, PLUNDERING<BR>BIODIVERSITY<BR><BR>By Aziz
Choudry<BR><BR>Conservation International's corporate sponsor list reads like a
list of the<BR>US' top fifty transnational corporations. Biodiversity
conservation is at<BR>the top of Conservation International's list of goals. But
as the list of<BR>Conservation International's dubious ventures and questionable
partners<BR>around the world grows, Aziz Choudry is starting to wonder if it is
time to<BR>'out' this 'multinational conservation corporation' and show its
true<BR>colours.<BR><BR><BR>ARTICLE: IZWI NETARISIRO - ZIMBABWE'S CITIZENS
JURY<BR><BR>Elijah Rusike<BR><BR>As Zimbabwe struggles with economic hard times
and land reform problems, its<BR>farming sector is in disarray. A citizen's jury
was held in a bid to improve<BR>the quality and relevance of policies that
affect smallholder farmers. At a<BR>time when GM crops are being billed as the
road to food security for Africa,<BR>Zimbabwe's citizen's jury showed that for
many farmers, seed of any kind is<BR>only one of a large number of factors that
affect their ability to feed<BR>their families.<BR><BR><BR>INTERVIEW: WITH
FRANCISCA RODRIGUEZ - VIA CAMPESINA'S SEED CAMPAIGN<BR><BR>Francisca Rodriguez
is part of the international coordination commission of<BR>Via Campesina, an
international movement which coordinates peasant<BR>organisations of small and
middle-scale producers, agricultural workers,<BR>rural women, and indigenous
communities from Asia, Africa, the Americas, and<BR>Europe.<BR><BR><BR>SPROUTING
UP: SEED SECURITY FOR AFRICA'S FARMERS<BR><BR>Fulvio Grandin, Coordinator of the
Africa Biodiversity Network Seed Security<BR>Programme, explains what the ABN
stands for and what they've been doing.<BR><BR><BR>COMMENT: SEEDS OF A NEW
MISERY<BR><BR>Roger Gbegnonvi explains why we need to rebel against the
imposition of GMOs<BR>in Africa.<BR><BR></FONT><A
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