Posts Tagged ‘development

Combating genome harvesting.

Denmark has taken a small step to combat genome harvesting and is supporting African countries with approx. 3.5 million Danish kroner, for a conference to pave the way for international rules on the exchange of genetic resources.
The article can be found here:http://ulandsnyt.dk/indhold.asp?ID=18776&mode=Nyhed
Another article on the issue of genome harvesting can be found here:http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/04/world/fg-virus5

Harvesting intellectual property is theft!

You wouldn’t steal a car or rip DVDs, but you would steal the intellectual property of past, present and future generations in the developing world? Stop the harvesting now. To learn more, please read this article from the Jakarta Post.
Not only is intellectual property being harvested in the developing world, genomes are as well. Indonesia [...]