Briefings
Global Trade and Biodiversity in Conflict
A series of exposes produced jointly by the Gaia Foundation and Genetic
Resources Action International (GRAIN). There are five issues to date:
1. Trips versus CBD - Conflicts between the WTO regime of intellectual
property rights and sustainable biodiversity management (April 1998)
2. Ten reasons not to join UPOV (May 1998)
3. Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity The Economic Myths (October 1998)

4. Biodiversity for Sale - Dismantling the hype about benefit sharing (April 2000)

5. Privatising the Means for Survival The commercialisation of Africa's
Biodiversity (May 2000) By Rachel Wynberg, Biowatch, South Africa, with
contribution from Gaia/ GRAIN

Some issues are available to download as PDF files from the GRAIN website