INDIA SUES MONSANTO OVER GENETICALLY-MODIFIED EGGPLANT
SUMMARY: "The already-explosive politics surrounding genetically-modified eggplant in India is getting still more explosive with a government agency’s decision to prosecute the developers of the insect resistant-eggplant eggplant. [...] The controversial move by NBA is based on a complaint filed in 2010 by the Bangalore-based Environment Support Group, which alleges that the developers violated India’s Biological Diversity Act of 2002 by using local eggplant varieties in developing Bt eggplant without prior approval from NBA."
Monsanto battles biopiracy claims
Lison Joseph and C.R. Sukumar
http://www.livemint.com/2008/10/30000949/Monsanto-battles-biopiracy-cla....
The Andhra Pradesh Biodiversity Board is seeking royalty payments from Monsanto India Ltd for genetic information it alleges was stolen' from Bt bacteria found in the soils of Mahanandi village in Kurnool district
Hyderabad: India is asking the local arm of multinational Monsanto Co. to pay a royalty for genetic information that forms the basis of a genetically modified seed sold by the firm here because it believes this information is that of a bacteria found in Andhra Pradesh.
MONSANTO BATTLES BIOPIRACY CLAIMS
SOURCE: Livemint.com, India
AUTHOR: Lison Joseph & C.R. Sukumar
URL: http://www.livemint.com/2008/10/30000949/Monsanto-battles-biopiracy-cla....
DATE: 30.10.2008
Hyderabad: India is asking the local arm of multinational Monsanto Co. to pay a royalty for genetic information that forms the basis of a genetically modified seed sold by the firm here because it believes this information is that of a bacteria found in Andhra Pradesh.
Rural community of South Africa stands up against pelargonium patents and biopiracy
AUTHOR: African Center for Biosafety, Berne Declaration, EED and Kein
Patent auf Leben
PUBLICATION: press release
DATE: 7 May 2008
URL: http://www.biosafetyafrica.net/portal/images/ACB/files/080505_pm_pelargo...
BIO-IPR docserver - - http://www.grain.org/bio-ipr
RURAL COMMUNITY OF SOUTH AFRICA STANDS UP AGAINST
PELARGONIUM PATENTS AND BIOPIRACY
BOLIVIA The biopiracy threat
MartÃn Garat. Aug 29, 2007
Valuable resources lack protection.
Bolivia's flora and fauna is some of the most diverse in the world. The landlocked Andean country is home to a wide variety of climate zones and the plants and herbs that grow in the highlands, valleys and jungle comprise a genetic wealth that is little exploited by Bolivian industry, and often falls into the hands of biopiracy.
