UPOV ON THE WAR PATH by GRAIN | 25 Jun 1999 Seedling - June 1999 Southern governments are being led to believe that they have to join the Union for the Protection of Plant Varieties in order to meet their TRIPs obligations, when there are many other options open. Southern governments are being led to believe that they have to join the Union for the Protection of Plant Varieties in order to meet their TRIPs obligations, when there are many other options open.
RECLAIMING DIVERSITY, RESTORING LIVELIHOODS by Women Sanghams of the Deccan Development Society, PV Satheesh and M Pimbert | 20 Jun 1999 Seedling - June 1999 Women farmers in dryland India have set up an innovative and highly successful agricultural scheme which has dramatically enhanced local food security, community resilience and biodiversity. Women farmers in dryland India have set up an innovative and highly successful agricultural scheme which has dramatically enhanced local food security, community resilience and biodiversity.
BIODIVERSITY: A PERSPECTIVE FROM WITHIN by Arturo Escobar | 15 Jun 1999 Seedling - June 1999 Like other social movements around the world, black communities from the Pacific rainforests of Colombia are crafting their own definitions and visions of biodiversity conservation and use. Like other social movements around the world, black communities from the Pacific rainforests of Colombia are crafting their own definitions and visions of biodiversity conservation and use.