Energy

Small-scale bioenergy initiatives

This report is based on a series of 15 international case studies conducted between September and November 2008 under a joint initiative of FAO and the PISCES Energy Research Programme Consortium funded by DFID. The case studies focussed on developing an improved understanding of the linkages between Livelihoods and small-scale bioenergy initiatives.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
FAO
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Environment, Biofuel, Energy, Rural Development, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Africa, Asia, South America, Land Ownership
Industry

 News snippets

>> Viacom on March 13 slapped a billion-dollar lawsuit against Google and its affiliate YouTube in New York. It accuses the video-sharing website of massive copyright infringement. It alleges that

Publication Date: 
14/04/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Finance, Services, Industry, Patents, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Media, United States Of America (US), Sustainable Development, Environment Management, Internet
Economy

 Tripped again

pharmaceuticals: The Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) regime was amended on December 6, 2005, to ensure patent protection for pharmaceutical products without, however, preventing

Publication Date: 
14/01/2006
Down to Earth
Tags:
Traditional Knowledge, Drugs, Biodiversity, Patents, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
Industry

 Online

http://www.focusweb.org
North versus South

Publication Date: 
14/01/2006
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Environment, Development, WTO, Health, Disaster Management, Traditional Knowledge, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Philippines, Thailand, India, Internet, Agriculture
Wildlife

 Starved of substance

No headway made at World Food Summit in accelerating efforts to eliminate hunger

Publication Date: 
14/07/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Malnutrition, Starvation, Farmers, Subsidies, Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Legislation, Human Rights, FAO, United States Of America (US), Australia, Global, Developing Countries
Fisheries

 Pact ratified

Experts question efficacy of plant genetic resources treaty

Publication Date: 
14/07/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Malnutrition, Starvation, Farmers, Subsidies, Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Legislation, Human Rights, FAO, United States Of America (US), Australia, Global, Developing Countries
Poverty

 What a mess

Should the people of South Africa be denied medicines because they are too poor to pay for them?

Publication Date: 
14/04/2001
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Drugs, Drug Industry, Poverty, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Africa, India
India

 EC backs India

condemning what it described as the phenomenon of "biocolonialism' in the context of gene patents , the European Council has supported India's stance against piracy of its natural

Publication Date: 
30/10/1999
Down to Earth
Tags:
Biodiversity, Patents, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), United States Of America (US), India, Developing Countries
Environment

The challenge of the balance: environmental economics in India - proceedings of the national environment and economic meeting

The number of institutions trying to integrate environmental concerns with economics is still small in India, especially given the size of the country and the diversity of its environmental problems and challenges, but a small beginning has already been made. This volume presents the proceedings of the national environment and economics meeting held in January 1994, in New Delhi.

Publication Date: 
Dec 1996
Anil Agarwal
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Environment Economics, Land Use, Animal Care, Lakes, Tanks, Groundwater, Water Management, Irrigation, Forest Management, Watershed Development, Trade, Energy, Biodiversity, Poverty, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Sustainable Development, Agriculture

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