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TRIPS and MONOPOLIES on SEEDS and MEDICINES Vandana
295 PROFITEERING FROM DEATH: TRIPS AND MONOPOLIES ON SEEDS AND MEDICINES Vandana Shiva 1 1 WTO AND THE TRIPS AGREEMENT The Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights Agreement of WTO is the most far reaching in terms of creating corporate rights and corporate monopolies. During the Uruguay Round of the GATT, the United States introduced its flawed patent system into the WTO, and thus imposed it on the rest of the world. US Corporations have admitted that they drafted and lobbied on behalf of TRIPs. As a Monsanto spokesman said, “The industries and traders of world commerce have played simultaneously the role of patients, the diagnosticians, and prescribing physicians.” TRIPs not only made Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) laws global geographically, but also removed ethical boundaries by including life forms and biodiversity into patentable subject matter. Living organisms and life forms that are self-creating were thus redefined as machines and artifacts made and invented by the patentee. Intellectual property rights and patents then give the patent holder a monopolistic right to prevent others from making, using, or selling seeds. Seed saving by farmers has now been redefined from a sacred duty to a criminal offence of stealing “property”. Article 27.3 (b) of the TRIPs agreement, which relates to patents on living resources, was basically pushed by the “Life Science” companies to establish themselves as Lords of Life. The chemical companies of the world have bought up seed and biotechnology companies and reorganized themselves as Life Science corporations, claiming patents on genes, seeds, plants and animals. Ciba Geigy and Sandoz have combined to form Novartis, Hoechst has joined with Rhone 1 Phd in the Philosophy of Science (1978) , Right Livelihood Award (1993), director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, New Delhi, India. -
A Global Citizens Report on the State of Gmos Synthesis Report !"#$%&'$#&(#)')$ "*+$,'$-.'!"#+
!"#$%&'$#&(#)')$ "*+$,'$-.'!"#+ Published by A Global Citizens Report on the State of GMOs Synthesis Report !"#$%&'$#&(#)')$ "*+$,'$-.'!"#+ !"#$%&'$"()*)+,-."/,0%1*" %-"*2,"3*'*,"%4"#56."7 8'$.,"91%:).,.;"8')$,<"=,>2-%$%?),. 3@-*2,.)."/,0%1* Coordinated by Vandana Shiva, Navdanya Debbie Barker, Centre for Food Safety Caroline Lockhart, Navdanya International Front page cartoon: Sergio Staino Layout, production and printing: SICREA srl, Florence Contact: [email protected] Available for download at www.navdanyainternational.it www.navdanya.org Thanks go to all those who readily contributed in the realization of this report, particularly Sergio Staino, creator of the cover cartoon, Maurizio Izzo of Sicrea for production and Massimo Orlandi for press and communications. Thanks also go to Christina Stafford and interns Tara McNerney and Tanvi Gadhia of Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Sulakshana Fontana, Elena Bellini and Filippo Cimo of Navdanya International for their diligent coordination, editing and translation efforts. Final thanks also go to Giannozzo Pucci, Maria Grazia Mammuccini and Natale Bazzanti for their cooperation and assistance in realizing this report. This publication is printed on ecological paper SYMBOL FREELIFE SATIN ECF *$%/012/$-3435678$)690:4$ 07$4;6$+4246$0<$%&'8$=$ >2/86$(:0?3868@$>23/6A$!6B;70/0C368 Coordinated by Navdanya and Navdanya International, the International Commission on the Future of Food and Agriculture, with the participation of The Center for Food Safety (CFS) Contributing organizations: -
Protecting and Promoting Traditional Knowledge: Systems, National Experiences and International Dimensions
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development PROTECTING AND PROMOTING TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE: SYSTEMS, NATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS Sophia Twarog and Promila Kapoor, Editors UNITED NATIONS New York and Geneva, 2004 i Note Symbols of the United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined with figures. Mention of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Nations document. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The views expressed in this volume are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the UNCTAD secretariat. Material in this publication may be freely quoted or reprinted, but acknowledgement is re- quested, together with a reference to the document number. A copy of the publication contain- ing the quotation or reprint should be sent to the UNCTAD secretariat (c/o Administrative Secretary, Division on International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities, Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland). Cover photo by Jean Philippe Soule courtesy of www.nativeplanet.org UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATION Symbol No. UNCTAD/DITC/TED/10 ISSN: 1812-7061 Copyright © United Nations, 2004 All rights reserved ii Foreword The preservation, protection and promotion of the traditional knowledge, innovations and prac- tices of local and indigenous communities (TK) is of key importance for developing countries. Their rich endowment of TK and biodiversity plays a critical role in their health care, food security, culture, religion, identity, environment, sustainable development and trade. -
Preparing for Future Products of Biotechnology
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS This PDF is available at http://nap.edu/24605 SHARE Preparing for Future Products of Biotechnology DETAILS 230 pages | 7 x 10 | PAPERBACK ISBN 978-0-309-45205-2 | DOI 10.17226/24605 CONTRIBUTORS GET THIS BOOK Committee on Future Biotechnology Products and Opportunities to Enhance Capabilities of the Biotechnology Regulatory System; Board on Life Sciences; Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources; Board on Chemical Sciences and FIND RELATED TITLES Technology; Division on Earth and Life Studies; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Visit the National Academies Press at NAP.edu and login or register to get: – Access to free PDF downloads of thousands of scientific reports – 10% off the price of print titles – Email or social media notifications of new titles related to your interests – Special offers and discounts Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the National Academies Press. (Request Permission) Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Preparing for Future Products of Biotechnology Preparing for Future Products of Biotechnology Committee on Future Biotechnology Products and Opportunities to Enhance Capabilities of the Biotechnology Regulatory System Board on Life Sciences Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology Division on Earth and Life Studies A Report of Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Preparing for Future Products of Biotechnology THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 This activity was supported by Contract No. -
18-19 April 1944 FRENCH RAILWAY YARDS 20-21 April 1944 VARIOUS
Fw. Alfred Rauer: 4 3./NJG1 Lancaster 3 km W. Geel, 42 km E. Antwerpen (Gemse): 5.000 m. 23.02 61 Sqn Lancaster JA695 Meanwhile, in the north, the I. Jagdkorps reacted in force against a major Gardening operation by 168 ‘heavies’ to Swinemünde, Kiel Bay, and the Danish coast. At a very early hour, starting at 21.38 hrs, small elements of NJG3 plus several Gruppen of NJG1, 2 Fw. Lorenz Gerstmayr: 10 4./NJG3 4-mot NW Aachen: 6.100 m. 23.03 Aachen raid, unidentified. and 5 were scrambled and, whilst being told that ‘Flak has been warned’ and ‘the bombers are still far away to the west’, these were Note: victory confirmed on 19.8.1944 first gathered over FF Quelle and later over FF’s Philipp and Ludwig. This potent fighter force, however, was never released against the mine-layers, probably because their controllers were expecting a threat against a German city to develop. Those Nachtjäger of Fw. Lorenz Gerstmayr: 11 4./NJG3 4-mot NW Aachen: 6.000 m. 23.07 619 Sqn Lancaster LL784 NJG3 and 5 that were milling over Philipp, for example, were repeatedly told to remain there, whilst receiving intermittent plots on the Oblt. H.-Wolfgang Schnaufer: 51 Stab IV./NJG1 Lancaster near Beerse, 6 km W. Turnhout: 5.300 m. 23.15 83 Sqn Lancaster ND389 Gardening force. At 00.33 hrs, these fighters were finally given landing orders. Uffz. Hans Fischer: 2 12./NJG1 Lancaster 10 km W. Roermond: 5.600 m. 23.15 514 Sqn Lancaster LL639 As the Gardeners’ approached the Danish coast (crossing in over Westerland), some ten Bf110 G-4 crews of IV./NJG3 were Note: also claimed by Flak of 3.-6./schw. -
Transgénicos: El Prontuario Criminal De Monsanto Por Fernando Glenza
Transgénicos: El prontuario criminal de Monsanto Por Fernando Glenza Agencia Prensa Mercosur Una reciente resolución de las autoridades científicas de Argentina invita a recordar la historia negra de esta transnacional norteamericana que atenta contra el medio ambiente y la vida. Monsanto se presenta a sí misma como una empresa visionaria, una fuerza de la historia mundial que trabaja para aportar ciencia de vanguardia y una actitud ambientalmente responsable a la solución de los problemas más urgentes de la humanidad. Pero, ¿qué es en realidad Monsanto? ¿Cuál es su origen? ¿Cómo llegó a ser el segundo productor mundial de agroquímicos y uno de los principales proveedores de semillas en el planeta?. ¿Es Monsanto la compañía "limpia y verde" que proclaman sus anuncios, o los mismos apenas representan una operación de imagen que oculta la naturaleza criminal de la compañía? En una Resolución del 13 de diciembre de 2004, el Comité Nacional de Etica en la Ciencia y la Tecnología (CECTE), dependiente del Ministerio de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología de Argentina, tomó conocimiento de la convocatoria al Premio "Animarse a Emprender", instituido por el Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas, Educativas y Técnicas (CONICET) y la empresa Monsanto, que otorgaba 30 mil dólares al mejor proyecto en el área de biotecnología y medio ambiente, y recogió las inquietudes formuladas sobre este premio por algunos investigadores. En atención a esas consideraciones, el CECTE estimó que es "inconveniente" que una institución pública de la ciencia y la tecnología se asocie en el otorgamiento de premios a la investigación científica o tecnológica con organizaciones o empresas que "son objeto de cuestionamientos éticos por sus responsabilidades y acciones concretas en detrimento del bienestar general y el medioambiente". -
Monsantos Harvest of Fear
Monsanto's Harvest of Fear | Politics | Vanity Fair http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/05/monsanto200805?pri... I NVESTI GATI ON Monsanto already dominates America’s food chain with its genetically modified seeds. Now it has targeted milk production. Just as frightening as the corporation’s tactics–ruthless legal battles against small farmers–is its decades-long history of toxic contamination. BY DONALD L. BARLETT AND JAMES B. STEELE MAY 2008 No thanks: An anti-Monsanto crop circle made by farmers and volunteers in the Philippines. By Melvyn Calderon/Greenpeace HO/A.P. Images. Gary Rinehart clearly remembers the summer day in 2002 when the stranger walked in and issued his threat. Rinehart was behind the counter of the Square Deal, his “old-time country store,” as he calls it, on the fading town square of Eagleville, Missouri, a tiny farm community 100 miles north of Kansas City. The Square Deal is a fixture in Eagleville, a place where farmers and townspeople can go for lightbulbs, greeting cards, hunting gear, ice cream, aspirin, and dozens of other small items without having to drive to a big-box store in Bethany, the county seat, 15 miles down Interstate 35. Everyone knows Rinehart, who was born and raised in the area and runs one of Eagleville’s few surviving businesses. The stranger came up to the counter and asked for him by name. 1 of 19 4/18/2010 9:28 PM Monsanto's Harvest of Fear | Politics | Vanity Fair http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/05/monsanto200805?pri... “Well, that’s me,” said Rinehart. -
Jane Shen-Miller Food Innovation Fellowships Prize
November/December 2019 • Volume 46, Number 6 p. 13 p. 15 p. 17 Leon Kochian ASPB Members Where Are They Receives Receive HHMI Now? International Hanna Gray Jane Shen-Miller Food Innovation Fellowships Prize THE NEWSLETTER OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLANT BIOLOGISTS President’s Letter The Transparency Project BY JUDY CALLIS ASPB President, University of California, Davis he word transparent has multiple mean- ings. For us scientists, we might first Tthink of a solution in a tube or vial be- ing transparent, defined by Merriam-Webster Blake Meyers as “having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies Appointed Next lying beyond are seen clearly” (https://www. merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transpar- Editor of ent). As in, did your chemical dissolve? But the The Plant Cell transparency to which I refer is the second set of definitions in the dictionary: “free from pre- tense or deceit,” “readily understood,” and most relevant for this letter, “characterized by vis- SPB is pleased to announce the ap- ibility or accessibility of information especially pointment of Blake C. Meyers as concerning business practices.” editor-in-chief of The Plant Cell be- A ASPB is an active and multifaceted orga- ginning January 1, 2020. The Plant Cell pub- nization with diverse activities including lishes novel research of particular significance outreach, professional development, publish- in plant biology, especially in the areas of ing, and advocacy, among others. Because of well. In the fall of 2015, the main leadership cellular biology, molecular biology, genetics, these various endeavors, understanding how committee, previously called the Executive development, and evolution. -
Strategic Report for Monsanto Company
Strategic Report for Monsanto Company Kevin Yamazaki Anastasia Dialynas Jed Cullen April 7, 2010 Monsanto Company Table of Contents Executive Summary................................................................................................... 3 Company History ....................................................................................................... 5 Monsanto’s Beginnings (1901-1960)........................................................................ 5 The Birth of Monsanto’s Agricultural Division (1960-1997) ...................................... 5 The ‘New’ Monsanto (1997-2009) ............................................................................ 7 Competitive Analysis................................................................................................. 9 Internal Rivalry........................................................................................................ 10 Entry Threat............................................................................................................ 12 Buyer Power........................................................................................................... 14 Supplier Power ....................................................................................................... 16 Substitutes.............................................................................................................. 17 Complements ......................................................................................................... 21 Financial Analysis................................................................................................... -
MODEL PESTICIDE REDUCTION PLAN November 1996
MODEL PESTICIDE REDUCTION PLAN November 1996 Developed By: THE AIR FORCE CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DIRECTORATE AFCEE/EQ 3207 North Road Brooks Air Force Base, Texas 78235-5363 Prepared by: EARTH TECH, Inc. Prepared For: Department of the Air Force Air Force Materiel Command Through the Contracting Offices of: Department of the Air Force Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence Contract No F41624-94-D-8138 Delivery Order No. 12 1 November 1996/text.doc Model Pesticide Reduction Plan 1 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 1 November 1996/text.doc Model Pesticide Reduction Plan 2 PREFACE BACKGROUND This Air Force Model Pesticide Reduction Plan can aid you in reducing the amount of pesticides used at your installation and help you meet the Department of Defense (DoD) goal for reduction in pesticide usage. This DoD goal requires all installations to reduce their pesticide usage by 50 percent by the year 2000. The intent of this program is to reduce human exposure to pesticides and to reduce environmental impacts caused by pesticides usage. The following Air Force personnel provided significant contributions to the development of this Model Pesticide Reduction Plan: Wayne Fordham, Air Force Pest Management Program Coordinator, HQ AFCESA/CESM Michael Cornelius, HQ AFMC Command Entomologist, HQ AFMC/CEVC Terri Lucas, Wright-Patterson AFB Environmental Flight, 88ABW/EME Michael Clawson, Initial Project Manager for this Model Pesticide Reduction Plan, HQ AFCEE/EP The Model Pesticide Reduction Plan is designed to supplement a base’s existing Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program by providing pesticide reduction alternatives in addition to those that are a part of an effective IPM program. -
21. Januar 1944
Nacht 20. - 21. Januar 1944 Operationen RAF Bomber Command 495 Lancaster, 264 Halifax und 10 Mosquito s starten in England zu einem weiteren Angriff auf die „Big City“ Berlin. 22 Halifax und 13 Lancaster müssen für diesen Raid geopfert werden . In Berlin sterben 335 Menschen, 613 erleiden Verwundungen. 20.938 Personen werden obdachlos. 4 Menschen bleiben ver misst (Hauptluftschutzstelle - endgültige Feststellung vom 17. 0 2. 19 44) 12 Mosquito s nach Düsseldorf, 4 nach Kiel und 3 nach Hannover. 29 Flugzeuge Verminung Seegebiete vor französischen Häfen - keine Verluste . Operationen RAF 205 Group 48 Wellington bombardieren in zwei Wellen Eisenbahneinrichtungen bei Cecina - Italien . K eine Verluste . Operationen Deutsche Nachtjagd Um 17.09 Uhr meldet d as deutsche Radarschiff „Togo“ vor der holländischen Küste , den Anflug eines feindlichen Kampfverbandes. Aufgrund von extremen „Schlechtwetter“ können zunächst nur die erfahrensten deutschen Besatzungen des 1. Jagdkorps zur Abwehr des britischen Bomberstroms starten. Etwa 10 Viermot orige werden auf dem Hinflug zum Angriffziel Berlin von den Nachtjägern abgeschossen. Über der Reichshaupstadt selbst finden sich etwa 100 zweimotorige und 70 einmotorige Nachtjäger zur Abwehr ein. Im Großraum Berlin gelingt es den deutschen Jägern, etwa 20 Feindbomber abzuschiessen. Jäg er der 3. JD verfolgen die britischen Bomber auf dem Rückweg und erzielen weitere Abschusserfolge . Abschussmeldungen Luftwaffe Nachtjagd Dienstgrad / Name Einheit Typ Ort / Raum Zeit Oberfeldwebel Berschwinger 4 ./ NJG 2 Halifax * - - - - 1 8.56 Oberfeldwebel Berschwinger 4 ./ NJG 2 Halifax * - - - - 1 9.10 Major Prinz zu Sayn - Wittgenstein Stab NJG 2 Halifax * Anflug nach Berlin - D eutschland 19.10 - 19.20 Major Prinz zu Sayn - Wittgenstein Stab NJG 2 Halifax * Anflug nach Berlin - Deutschland 19.15 - 19.35 Unteroffizier Handing 10 ./ NJG 5 Hal/Lanc * - - - - 1 9.19 Unteroffizier Zawadka 4 ./ NJG 5 Halifax * - - - - 1 9.19 - 19.45 Oberleutnant Meister 1 ./ NJG 4 Lancaster * 2 Km südlich Liebenwalde - D. -
25. Februar 1944
Na cht 24. - 25. Februar 1944 Operationen RAF Bomber Command 554 Lanc aster, 169 Halifax und 11 Mosquito s , zusammen 734 Kampfflugzeuge , bom b ardieren die Stadt Schweinfurt in Bayern. Zum ersten Mal wendet „ Bomber Command “ eine neu e Taktik an : 392 Flugzeuge starten in einer ersten Angriffswelle, die zweite Welle mit 342 Bomber n greift 2 Stunden später an. Beide Angriffsformationen zusammen verli eren 33 Flugzeuge . 1 83 Übungsflugzeuge fliegen einen Täuschungsangriff (D iversionary S weep) über der Nordsee. 60 Halifax und 50 Stirling verminen die Kieler Bucht und das Kattegat. Da bei gehen 2 Stirling verloren. 15 Mosquito s greifen Flugplätze der Luftwaffe in Holland an. 8 Mosquito s nach Kiel und 7 nach Aachen. 12 „Serrate - Patrols “ - 1 Mosquito kehrt hierbei nicht zurück. 5 Wellington s Verminung Küstengewässer vor Lorient – Frankr eich . K eine Verluste. Operationen RAF 205 Group 205 Group sendet 56 Flugzeuge zum Angriff auf das ( „ Pointblank - Target” ) Daimler - Puch Werk in Steyr . 6 Wellin gton s gehen verloren. Obwohl das Wetter über dem Zielgebiet als gut bezeichnet werden kann, befin den sich die meisten Flugzeuge beim Bombenwurf nicht über Steyr, sondern über Vöcklabruck . Operationen Luftwaffe - Nachtjagd Der Täuschungsangriff der Englän der ü ber der Nordsee veranlasst die deutschen Jägerleitoffiziere 209 ein - und zweimotorige Nachtj äger etwa 2 Stunden vor dem eigentlichen Hauptangriff der Briten auf Schweinfurt , in den Nachthimmel hinein starten zu lassen. Die Masse der deutschen Jäger ve rsamm elt sich nördlich Bremen und Hamburg , um den vermeintlich herannahenden Feind zu empfangen. Als die erste Welle der englischen Feindbomber, diesmal die tatsächliche Angriffsformation, die französische Küste überquert, versammeln Jägerleitoffiziere die sich in der Luft befindlichen deutschen Jäger nahe dem Funkfeuer Kuli (Raum Trier).