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- 1998-2001 (Creation)
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GRAIN (Genetic Resources Action International) email subscription newsletters: articles from various sources on gene science, particularly problems such as 'biopiracy, political developments and new laws affecting gene science and plant varieties: e.g. TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights); Lome's biopiracy clause; India's 'Plant Variety and Farmers' Rights Bill' 1999; Biopatenting (CIDSE press release); 'Unregulated Medicinal Plant Exports' by A Lama; plants protected by patents in USA; variety rights debates in Asia by IRRI (International Rice Research Institute); 'Beyond the Genome' by Tom Wilkie (Wellcome Trust) GRAIN publications: 'Global Trade and Biodiversity in Conflict', Issue nos.1-3, 1998: 'TRIPS versus CBD', 'Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity Myths' and 'Ten reasons not to join UPOV'.
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Admin History: GRAIN (Genetic Resources Action International): the purpose of the listserver 'is to circulate knowledge about recent developments in the field of intellectual rights relating to biodiversity & associated knowledge'.