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20 December 2002
After two years since its introduction, the Indian Biological Diversity Bill 2000 was finally passed by the Upper Chamber of the Indian Parliament. The Bill, which constitutes the first such legislation in any of the 12 megadiverse countries, aims to prevent biopiracy and protect biodiversity and...
20 December 2002
The indigenous biodiversity of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is increasingly under threat from alien invasive species, a recent report by the Southern Africa Biodiversity Support Program (SABSP) concluded. The report points out that thousands of hectares of the region’s land and...
20 December 2002
The new Brazilian Agriculture Minister Roberto Rodrigues, who heads the Brazilian Association of Agribusiness, spoke out in favour of legalising genetically modified (GM) crops. "We need to give Brazilian farmers the chance to use GM crops, as long as there is absolute control, labelling and...
20 December 2002
Following two years of consultation and study, New Zealand’s Biosecurity Council released its draft Biosecurity Strategy , which will now receive public comments and go through a final round of consultations to be closed on 28 February 2003. The government plans to finalise the Strategy by June...
20 December 2002
On average, free trade has been both good and bad for the environment in Mexico, Canada and the US under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), concludes a report by the Commission on Environmental Cooperation (CEC), the environmental watchdog established under NAFTA. The report entitled...
20 December 2002
WIPO COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSIONS ON LEGAL PROTECTION FOR TK Extensive discussions continued at the fourth meeting of the WIPO [World Intellectual Property Organization] Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore on 9-17...
20 December 2002
As BRIDGES Weekly went to press, negotiations were still going on in the WTO Council for Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) over paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPs Agreement and Public Health. While most WTO Members had expressed their willingness to approve...
20 December 2002
EU MINISTERS AGONISE OVER FISHING QUOTAS AND DISCUSS AG PROPOSAL EU Ministers, meeting for the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 16-19 December, faced the toughest negotiations for years on a compromise deal on 2003 fishing quotas. They furthermore discussed the European Commission's new...
20 December 2002
After numerous sessions held between 12 and 20 December -- including a marathon session on 19 December with Heads of Delegation -- Members at the Special Session of the WTO's Committee on Trade and Development (CTD) were unable to bridge the gaps that remained on the mandate to strengthen special...
20 December 2002
On 18 December, Stuart Harbinson, chair of the negotiating session of the Committee on Agriculture (CoA), circulated a long-awaited 'overview paper' that outlines the current status of negotiations on establishing numeric targets, formulas and other 'modalities' for countries commitments by 31...
20 December 2002
EU fisheries ministers, scheduled to complete talks on fishing quotas on Thursday, 19 December, struggled in drawn-out meetings to find a compromise deal. While scientists warn that cod and other key species are on the verge of becoming extinct and should be protected, fishermen and nations with...
20 December 2002
Meeting in Geneva on 17 December, the Working Group on Trade, Debt and Finance focussed on the issue of coherence between the multilateral trading system and international financial institutions such as the World Bank and the IMF. Participants considered a background paper entitled "toward greater...
20 December 2002
If you have a relevant resource (books, papers, bulletins, etc.) you would like to see announced in this section, please forward a copy or review by the BRIDGES staff to Heike Baumüller . NON-VOLUNTARY LICENSING OF PATENTED INVENTIONS . By Jerome H. Reichman and Catherine Hasenzahl, October 2002...
20 December 2002
For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD's web calendar . Please bear in mind that dates and times of WTO meetings are often changed, and that the WTO does not always announce the important informal meetings of the different bodies. Coming...
20 December 2002
Several end of year WTO-related documents have been posted on the ICTSD website. The documents available are: Agriculture Chair's overview paper of 'modalities' proposals , 18 December 2002. European Commission paper on EU agriculture proposal , presented 16 December 2002, not yet internally...
20 December 2002
EU APPROVES FARM ANIMAL HORMONE BAN EU Ministers, meeting for the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 16- 19 December, reached political agreement on the Commission's proposal related to the ban of hormones as growth promoters for farm animals. The proposal aims to amend Directive 96/22/EC,...
20 December 2002
For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD's web calendar at: http://ictsd.iisd.org/cal/index.htm . If you would like to submit an event, please email events@ictsd.ch ...
20 December 2002
At a 16-18 December negotiating session of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), the US and Chile submitted a joint proposal aimed at providing parties to a WTO dispute with more flexibility and control over the process. The proposal would allow members more control of the content of Appellate...
20 December 2002
If you have a relevant resource (books, papers, bulletins, etc.) you would like to see announced in this section, please forward a copy for review by the BRIDGES staff to resources@ictsd.ch . Submissions of...
12 December 2002
As BRIDGES Weekly went to press, the WTO General Council was in session for its final meeting of 2002, and had addressed over half of its 26- item agenda over 10-11 December. While progress was made on some smaller issues, such as accessions, the body remained stuck over major issues of concern to...