The Centre's activities focus on the implementation of Agenda 21 and related conventions on biological diversity, climate change and desertification. Kenya.
The (Andean Amazon) Initiative for the Prevention of Biopiracy is a national, regional and international effort undertaken with a view to address biopiracy from different angles and perspectives : transformative research, formation of networks, campaigns and awareness raising activities, organizations of meetings, contributing to sound policy making and promoting better patent search practices.
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Selected news
Biodiversity
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Kerala IPRs policy proposes 'knowledge commons'
The Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) Policy for Kerala, released a policy that all traditional knowledge, including traditional medicine, must belong to the domain of "knowledge commons" and not to public domain.
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Grain
Biodiversity
- Mon Jun 09 2008
UN CBD fails to protect forests from genetically engineered trees
Under heavy pressure from Brazil, Canada, Colombia, New Zealand and Australia, the Convention on Biological Diversity's 9th Conference of the Parties failed to pass a moratorium on the release of genetically engineered trees into the environment.
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Global Justice Ecology Project
