Negotiating Biodiversity, Trade and Intellectual Property: Implications of Regional and Bilateral Trade Agreements
22nd January 2008
A growing number of bilateral and regional trade agreements incorporate provisions relevant to the relationship between biodiversity and intellectual property, which tend to go beyond, either in scope or level of protection, of the standards established at the multilateral level. Provisions on patents and plant variety protection, among others, will thus have a direct impact on the development and implementation an international regime on access and benefit sharing at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), including on issues such as preventing misappropriation, ensuring compliance with prior informed consent, protecting traditional knowledge, and promoting the transfer of technology.
This event, organized by ICTSD in the context of the sixth meeting of the CBD Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing, will provide a platform for discussion of provisions relating to biodiversity, trade and IP in recent bilateral and regional free trade agreements, as well as for the consideration of the implications of these provisions for relevant multilateral discussions and negotiations in the context of the CBD, the Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) of the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Agenda
Introduction: Ahmed Abdel Latif . Programme Manager, Intellectual Property, ICTSD
Chair: Maria Julia Oliva . Senior Programme Officer, Environment, ICTSD
Speakers: .
Biodiversity and the US-Peru free trade agreement by Monica Rosell . Consejo Nacional de Medio Ambiente, Peru (to be confirmed).
Intellectual property and biodiversity in Economic Partnership Agreements by Dalindyebo Shabalala . Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL).
Implications for disclosure of origin discussions in the WTO by Guilherme Patriota . Mission of Brazil to the WTO.
Biodiversity and bilateral trade agreements: Considerations for negotiations on an international regime on ABS by Jorge Cabrera . Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Costa Rica
Participants
J.A Ekpere University of Ibadan
Linda Siegele FIELD
Abdoulaye Sanoko Permanent Mission of Mali
Ambroise Balima Permanent Mission of Burkina Faso
N.P Pokhool Nepal
M. Mbengashe Deat, South Africa
Patrick Mink Federal Office of Agriculture-Switzerland
Pati Abondaumie Mali
Fahd Azzabi ITC
Piefer Leenknegt Permanent Mission of Belgium
Guardial S Nijar CE Blaw Malaysia
G.Chibememe CHIEHRT
Vanida Khumnirdpetch Dept. of Livestock Development Thailand
Pattarin Sanghaisuk Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning
Sabine Taeuber University of Bonn-Institute for Food and Resource Economics-Belgium
Nguyen Duc Dung Permanent Mission of Vietnam in Geneva
Francois Meienberg Berne Declaration
Carlos Vejar Permanent Mission of Mexico to the WTO
Anne Angwenyi National Environment Management Authority, Kenya
Swantje Jaeger-Lindeman European Commission, Delegation Geneva
Nathalie Vialle Permanent Mission of Israel to the WTO
Mireya Munoz Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the WTO
Alina Escobar Permanent Mission of Cuba
Fidel Ortega Permanent Mission of Cuba to WTO
Tone Solhaug Ministry of Environment-Norway
Gustavo Pacheco Miinistry of External Relations-Brazil
Rudo Faranisi Permanent Mission of Zimbabwe
Maria Celeste Emerick Ministry of Environment-Brazil
Kkioshi Adachi UNCTAD
Wendy Yap Singapore
Christoph Spennemann UNCTAD
Sandy Harmil UNCTAD
Sunjay Sindhir Permanent Mission of India
Abdul Hakim Aulaiah Yemen
Yemen Morocco
Balakrishna Pisupati UNEP
Thiru Balasubramaniam KEI
Tore Riise Norway
Sylvia Martinez Switzerland
Tony Gross UNU
William New IP-Watch
Kaitlin Mara IP-Watch
Sonia Pena IUCN
Gladman Chibememe Chieha
Aurelian Gavrilescu Permanent Mission of Romania
Don Leskien FAO
Mariam Mayet African Center for Biodiversity
Gina Vea ICTSD
Wend Wendland WIPO
Ritu Gambhir Canada
Maria Beatriz Delore ICC
J.H. Setah Malawi
B. de Jorge The Netherlands
Makoto Tabata UPOV
Camila M.S. Oliveira Ministry of the Environment
Jayashra Watal WTO
Grace Tanno Permanent Mission of Brazil
Ahmad Hammad Permanent Mission of Jordan
Marie Kraus Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
Alejandro Neyra Permanent Mission del Peru
Hiswani Harun Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the WTO
Assama El-Tayeb Eg. Environment Affairs Agency
Andreas Krallmann Permanent Mission of Germany
Matthias Schauer Permanent Mission of Germany
Maria Beatriz Dellore ICC
Yusong Chen Permanent Mission of China
Susaune Heitmuller Secretariat
Sangeeta S. TWN
Naresh Pokharel Permanent Mission of Nepal
Tove Maria Ryding Denmark
C. Mucheka Zimbabwe
Peter Bretting USDA/ARS
Seraneh Seymour US State Dept.
Karin Ferriter USPTO
Adriano Timossi