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Save the date!
Thursday, 8th July from 17:00 to 18:30
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Seed Policy Dialogue
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What's the issues with the patent on barley owned by Carlsberg?
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Which could be the impacts such patents can have as these might also be granted on vegetables, fruits and other food plants?
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Which are and what are open-source seed initiatives?
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We will dialogue with lawyer Fulya BATUR that makes a general presentation of the newsletter "Sprout from Brussel" and the highlights of patents on organisms.
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Afterward, Johanna ECKHARDT from NO PATENTS ON SEEDS!, will show recent developments on patents on seeds and will bring fresh news from the Symposium of the German Ministry "Patentability of Plants and Animals: Scope for Action and Need of Reform?".
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Finally, Johannes KOTSCHI will make a presentation considering "Seed as a commons - the Global Coalition of Open Source Seed Initiatives"
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The webinar will be in English, Francais.
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EC-LLD / News! n. 14 of July 2021
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EDITORIAL
The german symposium (here more info) will examine the status quo surrounding the patenting of animals and plants and will explore possible areas of reform as well as avenues for the further development of the law. With this event, the German Ministry wants to help kick-start a discussion among the Member States of the European Patent Organisation and the European Union and create momentum for the further substantive exploration of this issue at European level.
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We, as Let's Liberate Diversity! community also starts a discussion and after a short summary of the state of the art from the german meeting, we will also look at visible realities or possible ways forward with open-source initiatives.
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Join us!
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Sprouts from Brussel
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Is a monthly newsletter that wishes to inform the seeds and crop biodiversity movement across Europe on the policy developments which may have an impact on their activities.
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1. EC-LLD Seed Policy Dialogue
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2. Seed Marketing Reform – Inception Impact Assessment
3. EP INI Report on Biodiversity Strategy
4. EP INI Report on Farm to Fork Strategy
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NEWS from EC-LLD! Members
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Naming plants in international legislation- words matter!
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by Michèle PERRIN-TAILLAT (RMRM)
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Plant terminology in legislative texts regulating the commercialisation, use and protection of plants is not unbiased. Words matter. They both influence and reflect the adopted approach, and they have an impact on the action taken in the real world. One may ask the question whether plant terminology is adequate …
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The Campaign for Seed-Sovereignty
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By Dachverband Kulturpflanzen- und Nutztiervielfalt e.V.
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The EU started a new attempt to change the seed legislation. They published a "Inception Impact Assesment" and looks for feedback until July 13th.
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The Campaign for Seed-Sovereignty discussed the IIA and its 4 options
and wrote a draft for an answer to EU.
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NEWS from EC-LLD! Community
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The SAVE eNews 02/2021 is available, this time with also an article on Let's Liberate Diversity!
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We need to create synergies for agrobiodiversity!
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Join the Global Organic Movement at the #OWC2021!
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On 6-10 September, some 2,500+ organic stakeholders, farmers, researchers and policymakers will address questions around resilience, societal transformation, health, and food sovereignty during the world’s largest organic gathering.
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Let's Liberate Diversity! Calendar
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