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The Impact of Intellectual Property on Trade, Plant Biodiversity, and Rural Society The Crucible Group IDRC 1994 ISBN 0-88936-725-6 140 pp. ![]() Disponible en français / Disponible en español One of the most eagerly awaited publications in the plant genetic resources (PGR) community. — Diversity 1994, 10(2), 25 The recent GATT agreement and the Biodiversity Convention have moved intellectual property rights to the centre of South-North relations. Decisions about intellectual property, particularly for plant life,have major implications for food security, agriculture, rural development,and the environment for every country in the South and the North. For the South, in particular, the impact of intellectual property on farmers, rural societies, and biological diversity will be profoundly important.
The Crucible Group met in June 1993, in Uppsala, Sweden, and in September 1993, in Bern, Switzerland, to hammer out ideas and recommendations on intellectual property. Rather than seeking consensus, The Crucible Group identified trends, concerns, and opportunities in intellectual property issues related to plant breeding and plant genetic resources. People, Plants, and Patents examines intellectual property and the patenting of life forms as bluntly and as fairly as possible. People, Plants, and Patents helps to identify the major points and the rangeof policy alternatives in this extraordinarily important, fast-changing, and politicized field. THE AUTHOR The Crucible Group started informally in October 1992, when a group of men and women, all of whom had taken part in the Keystone International Dialogue on Plant Genetic Resources, decided there was a need for a single document setting out the intellectual property debate. The Crucible Group continues to offer advice and monitor intellectual property trends.
Preface 1997-02-15 Acknowledgments 1997-02-15 Executive Summary 1997-02-15 1. Policy: The Changing International Framework 1997-02-15 2. Plants: The New Framework for Biological Diversity 1997-02-15 3. People: Diversifying the Innovation Framework 1997-02-15 4. Patents: Diversity Alternatives Within the Global Trading System 1997-02-15 Appendices 1997-02-15 Glossary 1997-02-15 Acronyms 1997-02-15 Bibliography 1997-02-15 Different Viewpoints 1997-02-15 |
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