European Coordination Let’s Liberate Diversity !
To encourage, develop and promote the dynamic management of cultivated biodiversity on farms and gardensUSE IT OR LOSE IT
European Coordination Let’s Liberate Diversity !
To encourage, develop and promote the dynamic management of cultivated biodiversity on farms and gardensUSE IT OR LOSE IT
EC-LLD! News
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Seed Networks
Politics, scientific research, knowledge, marketing, access to diversity: these are the 5 main areas in which seed networks operate. How? And what is the meaning of “farmer seed network”? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o6g31e5nLg This video is part of 10 video...
What is happening in Brussels for agrobiodiversity and seeds? Latest “Sprout from Brussel” of March!
UNDROP right to to seeds in the EU New Geneva Academy publication on the Implementation of the UNDROP Article 19 on the right to seeds in the EU The new Practical Manual on the Right to Seeds in Europe, co-authored by Dr. Christophe GOLAY from the Geneva...
IFOAM ORGANICS EUROPE WELCOMES NEW ORGANIC ACTION PLAN
BRUSSELS, 25 MARCH 2021 – The organic food and farming movement welcomes today’s publication of the European Organic Action Plan 2021-2027, and particularly its “push-pull” approach, aiming at balancing increases in both production and demand of organic products....
European Patent Office finally revokes Monsanto patent on melons
However, further patents on seeds can still be granted.. 19 March 2021 / The Technical Board of Appeal at the European Patent Office (EPO) has confirmed the revocation of a patent on melons held by Monsanto (EP1962578). In the patent, Monsanto claims melons with a...
SEED POLICY DIALOGUE
What does the next seed law reform foresee? Which is the vision of the agroecological movements and actors? SEED POLICY DIALOGUE begins, once a month exchange with lawyer Fulya Batur and EC-LLD Members to analyse the Sprouts From...
First International Multi-stakeholder Symposium on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Technical Consultation on in situ conservation and on-farm management of PGRFA 29–30 March 2021 Background The challenge of sustainably producing more food with fewer inputs may be met only if the broadest possible diversity of plant genetic resources for...
ECLLD-NEWS! February
Europe - It's time to exchange seeds, what initiatives are there in your country? Within what legal framework is it possible to act? How can we have organic varieties and how is the organic plant breeding status? KWANN-Norwegian Seed Savers organized a...
The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review
From 1992 to 2014, economic capital per capita (wealth) doubled and human capital per capita (the set of skills acquired) increased by 13 per cent, while natural capital per capita (comprising soil, geology, air, water and all living organisms) declined by almost...
Seed Saving for Local Adaptation
The Norwegian Seed Savers will soon be hosting a webinar on Seed Saving for Local Adaptation with Dr. Bradley Tonnesen, who comes recommended courtesy of the Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance. Dr. Bradley Tonnesen holds a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Colorado State...
LLD On Air
Different perspectives, same theme, Seeds.
The webinar series is now over, recordings will be uploaded soon.
Sprouts from Brussel
Is a monthly newsletter wishes to inform the seeds and crop biodiversity movement across Europe on the policy developments which may have an impact on their activities.
If you wish to be part of the conversation, and receive this briefing, you will find it either separately or together with the monthly EC-LLD / News!
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Events for March
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First International Multi-stakeholder Symposium on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Technical Consultation on in situ conservation and on-farm management of PGRFA
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30th
First International Multi-stakeholder Symposium on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Technical Consultation on in situ conservation and on-farm management of PGRFA
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Fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Farmers’ Rights
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Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity
DYNAVERSITY Final Conference
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– Legal Watch –
The legal watch is realised by the French Farmers’ seeds network, Réseau Semences Paysannes. Informations are related to seeds marketing, intellectual property rights, genetic ressources.
It is presented in French.
