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Articles by keyword
biodiversity | biopiracy
TLC Colombia-Estados Unidos: negociando a espaldas de la soberanía y de la justicia ambiental
| 12-April-2007
Efraín Olarte Olarte es un ciudadano común y corriente, como usted o como yo. Contador público retirado, quien se ha convertido en el representante de los veedores ciudadanos en la mesa de propiedad intelectual, patentes y biodiversidad del Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) entre Colombia y Estados Unidos
Colombia: TLC, propiedad intelectual y biodiversidad
| 12-April-2007
Lastimosamente durante las negociaciones del TLC para los países andinos, nunca se consultó (ni aún se ha consultado) a los pueblos de la región andina sobre sus pretensiones
SK reportedly agrees to nix testing US genetically modified crops
| 3-April-2007
South Korea has reportedly exempted US foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from safety tests in the Korea-US free trade agreement struck on April 2, a move that Korean environmentalists criticised as the government "selling off" the health of the nation.
Signing of FTA is like policy corruption, NGOs tell govt
| 2-April-2007
A group of Thai non-governmental organisations led by FTA Watch yesterday launched a campaign against the Surayud government over its plan to sign a free-trade pact with Japan tomorrow. The Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement will cause tremendous damage to a massive number of farmers and allow a foreign country to take over the country’s biological resources, while only a few exporters would benefit, they said.
Costa Rica: Pronunciamiento sobre UPOV en el marco del carnaval de la semilla
| 29-March-2007
El Movimiento Cultura Frente al TLC, el Bloque Verde, la FECON y la Unión Nacional de Productores Agropecuarios llaman al rechazo de la aprobación del Tratado de Budapest y del Convenio de Protección de Obtenciones Vegetales (UPOV).
Last minute bid to delay FTA
| 29-March-2007
Four anti-free trade groups will today seek an emergency order from Thailand’s Supreme Administrative Court to stop the signing of the free trade area (FTA) agreement with Japan next week. They are the Khao Kwan Foundation, the Bio Thai Foundation, the Consumers’ Foundation and the Aids Access Foundation.
No renegotiation on Thai-Japan trade deal
| 27-February-2007
Thai Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram told a powerful Japanese business association on Monday that Thailand would not renegotiate on any issues in the controversial economic agreement with Japan.
Coup-installed govt seeks Japan’s approval via rushed trade pact
| 24-February-2007
Despite an earlier announcement that all signing and negotiating of free trade agreements would be halted, the government of Gen Surayud Chulanont bit its tongue yet again, with the issuing of a cabinet resolution on Feb 20 stating its readiness to go ahead with the Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement (JTEPA).
Govt orders more FTA talks
| 21-February-2007
The Thai cabinet yesterday instructed officials negotiating the Thai-Japanese Free Trade Agreement not to sign any deal without further talks with Tokyo to clear the air on issues like toxic waste imports and the patenting of micro-organisms.
NGOs fear there’s a hidden agenda in Japan FTA
| 17-February-2007
Khao-Kwan Foundation chairman Day-cha Siripatra said the country would lose several hundred billion baht a year if the government allowed Japan to patent micro-organisms.
Policy space for Mexican maize: Protecting agro-biodiversity by promoting rural livelihoods
| 16-February-2007
With maize trade scheduled to be fully liberalized under NAFTA in 2008, many farm groups are
NLA lobbied hard to back FTA deal with Japan
| 15-February-2007
The Thai Foreign Ministry is lobbying hard for the National Legislative Assembly’s support for a free trade area (FTA) agreement with Japan
Activists want waste provisions to be removed from agreement
| 12-February-2007
Activists have called on Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly to remove trade in waste and micro-organism patenting from the Japan-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
TLC y biodiversidad
| 14-January-2007
Con firmeza los negociadores peruanos deben insistir en que cualquier patente originada en base a recursos genéticos peruanos, obtenida sin el consentimiento previo y el acceso de forma legal, no será reconocida por el Estado Peruano.
Amérique centrale - L’accord de libre-échange ouvre le chemin à la biopiraterie
| 2-January-2007
Une partie du patrimoine indien est en train de se convertir en propriété intellectuelle de compagnies nord-américaines.
Gender review of the Economic Partnership Agreements
| 21-December-2006
Paper presented to the European Commission in Brussels by Liepollo Lebohang Pheko from IGTN-Africa on the gender impacts of liberalization of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA).
Free trade and bio-prospecting: Opportunities for Peru
| 10-November-2006
Opportunities to develop bio-prospecting in Peru are on the rise. This article describes the initiatives and proposals that have paved the way towards this development on the basis of current legislation. The Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) with the United States contains potentials for this goal.
Declaración del foro por la defensa de la biodiversidad y la soberanía alimentaria
| 4-November-2006
Más de 70 organizaciones de comunidades indígenas, campesinas, jóvenes y mujeres de la región Caribe, reunidos en Cartagena
Bush free trade plan puts Amazon up for grabs
| 13-October-2006
The Bush administration is quietly pressing for a free trade agreement with Peru that will put the Amazon rainforest - often described as one of the earth’s lungs - on the chopping block. |
L’accord entre l’Union Européenne et l’Inde menace l’accès aux traitements en Afrique du Nord et au Moyen-Orient
| 12-April-2013
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