February 8, 2013
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By Kris Genovese It’s a truism in environmentalism that the farther you are from the impact of your action, the less you know and, for the most part, the less you care. That’s just what the International Finance Corporation (IFC)—the … Continue reading
October 17, 2012
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By Amanda Kistler As we arrive in La Puya, an enormous banner spans the breadth of the roadway: “The extraction of our natural resources only means progress for the foreigners. NO TO MINING.” Past the banner at the entrance to … Continue reading
November 1, 2010
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In a recently filed amicus brief, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) departed from long standing US case law and policy that allows for the patenting of isolated genes, arguing that isolated genes are part of nature and thus not … Continue reading
October 27, 2010
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UPOV is entering a new era of transparency & inclusiveness. The decision of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) to grant observer status to civil society and farmers’ organizations at its annual ordinary session … Continue reading
October 19, 2010
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Nagoya, 16 October 2010 At 6.15 p.m. Friday here in Japan, a new international treaty, “the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety”, was adopted at one of the largest intergovernmental … Continue reading
October 17, 2010
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The economic tension between the United States and China escalated on Friday, as the Obama administration pledged to investigate Beijing’s subsidies to its growing clean energy industries while delaying a politically volatile report on the Chinese currency. The approach — … Continue reading
September 20, 2010
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The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), a leading non-profit that uses international law and institutions to defend the right to a healthy planet, has selected Carroll Muffett as its new President and Chief Executive Officer Continue reading
May 19, 2010
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The test is meant to see if the trees, eucalyptuses with a foreign gene meant to help them withstand cold weather, can become a new source of wood for pulp and paper, and for biofuels, in the Southern timber belt. … Continue reading
April 18, 2010
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In this edition: April 9th – 11th, 2010: UNFCCC Advanced Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA) April 26th-30th, 2010: WIPO Committee on Development and IP (CDIP), 5th Session May 3rd – 7th, 2010: WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on IP and … Continue reading