WIPO'S MISSION IMPOSSIBLE? by GRAIN | 25 Sep 1998 Seedling - September 1998 The World Intellectual Property Organisation has launched a controversial new programme to extend IPRs to new beneficiaries, such as indigenous peoples and local communities. The World Intellectual Property Organisation has launched a controversial new programme to extend IPRs to new beneficiaries, such as indigenous peoples and local communities.
BT IN THE HOT SEAT by Robin Jenkins | 20 Sep 1998 Seedling - September 1998 The biopesticide Bt has become the latest starlet for the agrochemical and biotech industries. But fame is not likely to lead to fortune: more likely' it will result in the loss of an important pest control tool. The biopesticide Bt has become the latest starlet for the agrochemical and biotech industries. But fame is not likely to lead to fortune: more likely' it will result in the loss of an important pest control tool.
FIELDS OF DREAMS: GENE TECH GOES SOUTH by GRAIN | 15 Sep 1998 Seedling - September 1998 The agrobusiness giants are dreaming of transforming huge tracts of South America into a Southern equivalent of the US Great Plains. Dreams are fast turning into reality as export revenues seduce governments into the game. The agrobusiness giants are dreaming of transforming huge tracts of South America into a Southern equivalent of the US Great Plains. Dreams are fast turning into reality as export revenues seduce governments into the game.