Rural
Advancement Foundation International (RAFI) is
a US-based non-profit organisation dedicated to the
conservation and sustainable improvement of agricultural
biodiversity. They provide information on loss of
genetic diversity and the impact of intellectual property
rights on agriculture and world food security.
Patents on life and biopiracy
are central themes on the GRAIN
- Genetic Resources Action International homepage.
Their quarterly newsletter, SEEDLING, is also published
on this page.
Food patenting
and the undermining of food security are issues discussed
by the development organisation ActionAid.
Search patents
Patent descriptions
of the US Patent Trademark Office (USPTO) are available
on the IBM Patent
Server. Search e.g. for "transgenic".
For information
on patents in the rest of the world try esp@cenet
patent information service, which is provided by
the European Patent Office. Here you can search in European,
Japanese and worldwide patents.
Take
action - links to other organisations and campaigns
The
Five Year Freeze Campaign - is calling for a five
year freeze on patenting of genetic resources for food
and farm crops, the growing of genetically engineered
crops for any commercial purpose and imports of genetically
engineered foods and farm crops in the UK.
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