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<DIV><B><FONT face=verdana color=#339966 size=-1>IPRs and sustainable
development</FONT></B><BR><FONT face=Verdana size=2>February 2004<BR>FAO -
BiotechNews<BR>The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) have
being implementing the Capacity Building Project on Intellectual Property Rights
(IPRs) and Sustainable Development. The project's aim is to improve the
understanding of TRIPS-related issues among developing countries and to assist
them in building their capacity for ongoing as well as future negotiations on
IPRs. A series of documents from the project are now available, some directly or
indirectly relevant to biotechnology. They include the "Resource book on TRIPS
and development" (providing a practical guide to the WTO's agreement on
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)), a policy
discussion paper and, finally, a number of publications (currently 13)
comprising both case studies and "research tools". See
http://www.iprsonline.org/unctadictsd/description.htm or contact ictsd@ictsd.ch
for more information.<BR><BR></FONT>
<DIV align=right><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2></FONT><BR><A
name=story12><B><FONT face=verdana color=#339966 size=-1>Bioprospecting - Trends
and international policies</FONT></B><BR>February 2004<BR>FAO -
BiotechNews<BR>The United Nations University's Institute of Advanced Studies, in
Tokyo, Japan, has published a report entitled "The international regime for
bioprospecting: Existing policies and emerging issues for Antarctica", by D.
Lohan and S. Johnston. Reviewing bioprospecting activities in Antarctica, the
25-page report gives an overview of these trends elsewhere (discussing the role
of the biotechnology industry), as well as international policies governing
bioprospecting activities. See
http://www.ias.unu.edu/publications/details.cfm/ArticleID/431 or contact
unuias@ias.unu.edu for more information.<BR></A></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
size=2>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>"Wir brauchen keine
Bio-Terroristen, wenn wir Gentechniker haben."<BR>Independent Science Panel (<A
href="http://www.indsp.org">www.indsp.org</A>; dt.Ü. <A
href="http://www.bukoagrar.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/ISP_GM.pdf">www.bukoagrar.de/fileadmin/Dokumente/ISP_GM.pdf</A>)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>