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Communication from the European Communities and their Member States: “Review of Article 27.3 (b) of the TRIPS Agreement, and the relationship wbetween the TRIPS agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the protection of traditional knowledge and folklore,” (17 October 2002), IP/CW/383. Available at: www.wto.org document search.
“Congress? Opportunity to Make Trade Go Green” by John Audley, in the CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT’S TRADE, EQUITY, AND DEVELOPMENT PAPER SERIES: Environment’s New Role in U.S. Trade Policy, 3 ( 9 2002). This paper constructs a roadmap for Congress to use the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) it granted President Bush to develop an effective new role in protecting the environment. To request a copy, contact: Scott Nathanson; tel: 202-939-2289; email: snathanson@ceip.org Internet: www.ceip.org/pubs .
“Trade’s dynamic solutions to transboundary pollution” by Linda Fernandez , in the JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT, 43 (3, 2002): 386-411. This study develops a differential game to examine the effects of trade liberalisation on transboundary water pollution.
THE STATUS OF THE DRAFT CODE OF CONDUCT ON BIOTECHNOLOGY: REPORT OF SURVEYS OF FAO MEMBERS AND STAKEHOLDERS. By the FAO, (9 2002). This report summarizes the comments received from a survey conducted in 2000 of FAO Members and relevant stakeholders who were familiar with the draft International Code of Conduct on Plant Biotechnology. While some respondents had no objections to the current Draft, the report says there is a “wide consensus” that it needs substantial revision before the Commission on Genetic for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) considers its approval.
“Ecological modernisation of GM food” by Dave Toke, in ENVIRONMETNAL POLITICS, 11 (3, 2002): 145-163. Christoff’s ‘weak’/’strong’ model of ecological modernization (EM) is applied to the case of GM food and crops in the UK. This case study can be effectively modeled using EM in general and the utility of the EM model is increased in this instance by using Christoff’s version of EM. Christoff’s criticisms of Hajer’s interpretation of EM have relevance in this case study, although not necessarily in other cases. It is apparent that EM theory in general may not be able to deal with all aspects of issues such as GM food.
“Biodiversity and optimal policies towards R&D and the growth of genetically modified crops” by Alistair Ulph Lucy O’Shea, in ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS, 22 (4, 2002): 505-520. This paper provides a model illustrating the possible nature of government policy with regards to genetic modification, taking into account its impact on the environment. An attempt is made to show that it is necessary not only to intervene in the growing of crops, but also to intervene in R&D through a tax on the adoption of new GM technology.
THINKING INSIDE THE BOXES. By IFPRI, in PERSPECTIVES, 25 (8 2002. This paper believes that WTO needs new categories to define food insecurity based on objective, relevant quantitative indicators. Those categories, along with some clarifications and changes in the current language of the Agreement on Agriculture, should help food-insecure nations.
“International Conservation Treaties, Poverty and Development: The Case of CITES” by Barnabas Dickson, in NATURAL RESOURCE PERSPECTIVES, 74 (1 2002). The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) aims to protect wild species from the threat posed by international trade. While the original treaty does not acknowledge a positive role for trade, the Parties to CITES have subsequently developed a range of trade measures that implicitly recognise that a regulated trade can have conservation benefits. Nevertheless, there is still considerable uncertainty about the effectiveness of trade measures as a conservation tool, and, in the CITES context, their potential for poverty reduction remains largely unexplored.
Job Vacancy
IUCN, Vietnam IUCN - In Vietnam, IUCN will soon start the implementation of the Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) Sub-Sector Support Project - Phase II in collaboration with the Non-Timber Forest Products Research Centre (NTFP RC)/Forest Science Institute of Vietnam (FSIV) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). The project aims at supporting ecologically sustainable use, management and development of NTFPs that contribute to biodiversity conservation, improved livelihoods of poor people resident in and around forest areas, and to local and national socio-economic development in Vietnam. For this Project, IUCN now recruit experts to fill the following positions: 1 CHIEF TECHNICAL ADVISOR (CTA) - 1 TRAINING ADVISOR (TA) - 2 FIELD ADVISORS (FAs) CHIEF TECHNICAL ADVISOR (CTA) To apply for the above positions: Interested candidates should send their applications and CVs along with the names of two referees before 15 November 2002 for the CTA position and 29 November 2002 for the TA and the two FA positions to: Country Representative, IUCN Vietnam Office, I.P.O. Box 60, Tel: 84 4 9330012, Fax: 8258794; email: office@iucn.org.vn ; Internet: http://www.iucn.org.