The recent expansion of international trade agreements to include intellectual property rights threatens the sustainability of local ecosystems, the rights of indigenous peoples, the ability of nations to provide food security, and protection of the global environment. We are particularly concerned about how the privatization of knowledge threatens biodiversity. To address this concern, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy has initiated the Intellectual Property and Biodiversity Project (IB/BP).

As a public education component of this project we have developed several IPR Info Sheets. Listed below are the Info Sheets currently available. These Info Sheets are available on-line, and can be retrieved by sending a simple email message to: <info sheet name>@igc.apc.org. No subject is required in the subject line, no message in the body of the email.

For example, to retrieve this document, which serves as the index to the other IPR Info Sheets, send email to: ipr-info@igc.apc.org. You will automatically receive this document in your email box. To receive any of the other IPR Info Sheets listed below, send email to the Info Sheet name provided.

To learn more about the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy and our other on-line services, including how to subscribe to our Internet service--IATPnet, and how to access our many free on-line publications, send email to: iatp-info@igc.apc.org.org.

2. GATT and Third World Pharmaceuticals
by Azra Talat Sayeed(July 1994)
To receive a copy send email to: ipr-info2@iatp.org

3. Pirates of Diversity: The Global Threat to the Earth's Seeds
by Karen Lehman, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy(July 1994)
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4. rBGH, Monsanto and Corporate Agriculture
Michelle Thom, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy(August 1994)
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5. A Primer on Agricultural Biotechnology
A Production of the Shiva Working Group on Global Sustainability(January 1995)
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6. The Human Genome Diversity Project and Its Implications For Indigenous Peoples
by Debra Harry, Northern Paiute Nation, Nevada(January 1995)
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7. Patenting Of Life and Its Implications For Indigenous Peoples
by Debra Harry, Northern Paiute Nation, Nevada(January 1995)
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8. Genetic Engineering
A Production of the Shiva Working Group on Global Sustainability, University of Minnesota Ecology Department(January 1995)
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9. Releases of Genetically Engineered Plants and Their Impacts on Less Developed Countries
Isabelle Meister and Dr. Sue Mayer, Greenpeace International(April 1995)
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10. GATT and Retail Food Cooperatives
by Jim Glassman, Minnesota Food Association(June 1994)
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11. International Policy on Plant Genetic Engineering
by Michelle Thom, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (May 1995)
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12. Genetic Engineering Regulations
by Michelle Thom, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
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13. Patent Nonsense: On the Patenting of Life
by Dr. Phil Bereano, Council for Responsible Genetics Washington Biotechnology Action Council
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14. Towards A Biosafety Protocol
by Kristin Dawkins, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
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