WHO OWNS OUR VEGGIES?

The patenting of a broccoli developed through conventional breeding in Europe is a disturbing trend since it violates the law on plant life

Spare change

Resources devoted to health care systems are neither divided equitably nor in proportion to the distribution of health problems

No consensus

The UN Forum on Forest's fourth meet ended half a day ahead of schedule, raising doubts on the convention's ability to frame an agenda. Clifford …

Patents Vs Patients

WTO's conundrum: cheap drugs for poor countries or protecting North's business interests

Tangible action: now!

The commitment to curb global warming must resurface

Not ready for Roundup Ready

Notwithstanding the resounding failure of its Bt cotton, Monsanto has begun to introduce another genetically modified crop into India, its …

Nuclear disarmament a distant goal

Kyoto in trouble

Russia may not ratify it. And even if it does, it's not going to do so anytime soon. That was the message, loud and clear, from the Russian …

Fat Chance

Reducing obesity -- the leading cause of non-communicable diseases in the world -- has become a political game. At stake are the interests of the …

Bring farmers to farms

The Future is Now

In 1992, the world moved several steps towards globalisation. But little attention was paid to the sharp economic, social and cultural divides. …

Modified treaty

The Biosafety Protocol has finally been adopted in the hope that it will bring some transparency into the trade in genetically-modified products. …

New Delhi to Milan

Will this year's climate change conference be different?

Developing countries are dumpyards for e-waste

A recent study in the US shows that by 2004, over 315 million computers will become obsolete. By 2005, for every single computer an American buys,…

Vaccine Eloquent

Universal vaccination became part of government policy in 1978. A quarter of a century since, progress has been fitful. In some parts of the …

Price of food inflation

In near future the impact of high food price will show in terms of more malnourished

Costly vaccine to pre-empt cervical cancer may not find takers

Inheritance of loss

Economic losses due to extreme weather events reach record high while nations spar over liability

THE FUTURE OF CLEAN ENERGY

A simple chemical reaction is the basis of fuel cell technology. Fuel cells run on hydrogen to provide electricity. The only byproduct is water …

Talking in riddles

A recent protocol on compensation to victims of hazardous waste permits the generators to go scot-free

Twist in the TRIPS tale

UK panel endorses South's stand on intellectual property rights

Looking for the right bait

Developing countries like India need to be prepared for multilateral negotiations. This is certainly true of the fishing economy

Responses to DTE editorial 'No more kindergarten approach to climate change'

Pressure point

At the climate change conference in Poznan, Poland, the world could get cooked, for good A curtain raiser on the climate negotiations in …

FARM IP, ENTER WIPO

Developing countries will now have to battle IP issues related to new agricultural technologies at WIPO instead of WTO