Biopatents – a Threat to the Use and Conservation of Agrobiodiversity?
Advisory Board on Biodiversity and Genetic Resources at the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV) Biopatents – A Threat to the Use and Conservation of Agrobiodiversity? Position Paper of the Advisory Board on Biodiversity and Genetic Resources at the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (Translation of German original paper) May 2010 Lead author Dr. Peter H. Feindt, Cardiff University Members of the Advisory Board on Biodiversity and Genetic Resources at the BMELV (05/2010) Prof. Dr. Bärbel Gerowitt, University of Rostock (Chair) Dr. Peter H. Feindt, Cardiff University, Great Britain (Vice Chair) Dr. Frank Begemann, Federal Office for Agriculture and Food, Bonn Prof. Dr. Leo Dempfle, Technical University Muinch (TUM) Dr. Jan Engels, Bioversity International, Italy Dr. Lothar Frese, Julius Kuehn-Institute, Quedlinburg Prof. Dr. Hans-Rolf Gregorius, University of Goettingen Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Alois Heißenhuber, Technical University Muinch (TUM) Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Jacobsen, University of Hannover Dr. Alwin Janßen, Northwest German Forest Research Institute, Hann. Münden Dr. Ingrid Kissling-Näf, Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology, Switzerland Prof. Dr. Konrad Ott, University of Greifswald Prof. Dr. Lucia Reisch, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Prof. em. Dr. Werner Steffens, Deutscher Fischerei-Verband e. V., (German Fisheries Association), Bonn Dr. Steffen Weigend, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Mariensee Citation of this paper Peter H. Feindt, Advisory Board on Biodiversity and Genetic Resources at the BMELV, 2010: Biopatents – A Threat to the Use and Conservation of Agrobiodiversity? Position Paper of the Advisory Board on Biodiversity and Genetic Resources at the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV), 36 pp.
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