21) United Kingdom Overseas Territories Biodiversity Strategy

This paper sets out a new UK Government strategy for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in the Overseas Territories. It has been prepared by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), with input from officials from Defra, the Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO), and the Department...

Category: Legislation and policies, Directives

Regions: Europe

Publication year: 2009

22) Patenting of Plants and Exceptions to Exclusive Rights: Lessons from European Law

Biotechnology has increased the use of patent law to protect the outcomes of plant breeding. While the TRIPS Agreement allows countries to exclude the patentability of plants and essentially biological processes to obtain them, many developing countries are granting patents on plants and plant components,...

Category: Miscellaneous

Regions: Europe

Publication year: 2021

23) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1866 of 13 October 2015

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1866 of 13 October 2015 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 511/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the register of collections, monitoring user compliance and best practices Also available in French and...

Category: Legislation and policies, Directives

Regions: Europe

Publication year: 2015

24) European Commission Directive 2009/145/EC

The Commission of the European Communities in November 2009 provides for certain derogations, for acceptance of vegetable landraces and varieties which have been traditionally grown in particular localities and regions and are threatened by genetic erosion and of vegetable varieties with no intrinsic...

Category: Legislation and policies, Directives

Regions: Europe

Publication year: 2009

25) Seed Security Local Norms : Embracing Coexistence with National and International Law ?

Category: Miscellaneous

Regions: Africa; Global

Publication year: 2022