Debate sobre biopiraterÃa en la OMC | Biopiracy debate at WTO by GRAIN | 11 Mar 2004 BIO-IPR (1997-2009)
An excerpt from the article "Farmers bane" by Tan Cheng Li, The Star, Malaysia | 2 Mar 2004 This article reviews the failure of Bt cotton in Sulawesi, Indonesia This article reviews the failure of Bt cotton in Sulawesi, Indonesia
The Future of Patentability in International Law according to the CAFTA by Jean-Frédéric Morin | 1 Mar 2004
Part IV, "GM crops: A decade of failure" by Friends of the Earth International | 23 Feb 2004 Part IV contains case studies of Bt cotton in Indonesia and India, with interviews of farmers that planted Bt cotton. For the full report see: http://www.foei.org/media/gmdecade.html Part IV contains case studies of Bt cotton in Indonesia and India, with interviews of farmers that planted Bt cotton. For the full report see: http://www.foei.org/media/gmdecade.html
TRIPS-plus: How FTAs and other bilateral treaties impose intellectual property rights on life in developing countries by GRAIN | 10 Feb 2004
Bt cotton at Mali's doorstep: Time to act! by GRAIN | 1 Feb 2004 With the illicit introduction of Bt Cotton into Mali, GRAIN exposes the effect this will have on West Africa. With the illicit introduction of Bt Cotton into Mali, GRAIN exposes the effect this will have on West Africa.
January 2004 by | 30 Jan 2004 Seedling - January 2004 The entire issue of Seedling in January 2004 in PDF format. The entire issue of Seedling in January 2004 in PDF format.
Redefining 'property': Private Property, the Commons, and the Public Domain by Brewster Kneen | 28 Jan 2004 Seedling - January 2004 Brewster Kneen analyses the "culture of turning everything and anything into commodities that can be bought and sold". The commons and the public domain have been diminished. Kneen looks at what "the commons", "public domain" and "private property" really mean and even compares our current notions of property with those of the Romans. Interestingly, the Romans only had different types of public property as opposed to the capitalist notion of private property. "There is nothing absolute about these five [Roman] categories, but the characterisation does make the point that there is a far greater range of property-holding arrangements possible than either those of us who oppose privatisation or those who support it have been considering". "Now is the time for legal and institutional creativity, not defensiveness or retrenchment. Now is the time to give new meaning to the ‘commons’ and ‘public domain’ in practice." Brewster Kneen analyses the "culture of turning everything and anything into commodities that can be bought and sold". The commons and the public domain have been diminished. Kneen looks at what "the commons", "public domain" and "private property" really mean and even compares our current notions of property with those of the Romans. Interestingly, the Romans only had different types of public property as opposed to the capitalist notion of private property. "There is nothing absolute about these five [Roman] categories, but the characterisation does make the point that there is a far greater range of property-holding arrangements possible than either those of us who oppose privatisation or those who support it have been considering". "Now is the time for legal and institutional creativity, not defensiveness or retrenchment. Now is the time to give new meaning to the ‘commons’ and ‘public domain’ in practice."