Issue brief explaining digital sequence information (DSI), the governance challenges it poses, comparative approaches under the CBD and ITPGRFA (including the Cali Fund), and implications for researchers and benefit-sharing.
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Local Seed Recovery and Conservation
Presentation by Llavors d’Ací on conserving and sharing traditional seeds in the Valencian Community through seed banks, exchanges, training and resources; includes post-2024 flood recovery guidance.
New European seed marketing legislation from the perspective of community seed banks, seed libraries and small-scale seed producers
Slides summarising the new EU seed marketing Regulation: legal recognition for conservation networks and diverse varieties, opportunities for seed exchange and non-professional sales, but continued administrative burdens and species-specific limits.
Experiences from the EC-LLD Network: How can a Community Seed Bank connect with its local community and territory?
Presentation on linking community seed banks with local communities: Rete Semi Rurali’s CSB Diversitas, manuals and tools, the Florentine Organic District case, participatory approaches and practical takeaways for replication.
How to create a community seed house in five steps: The case of Luxembourg
Five-step practical guide to create a community seed house: found an association, save local seeds, run training/events, build a seed network, and establish a seed house (SEED Luxembourg, Oct 2026).
The next level: A Community Seed House – Opportunities and challenges
Presentation on the Community Seed House concept: definitions, functions, coordination, funding, and implications of the new EU PRM regulation for community seed initiatives, with objectives for 2026–2030.
Patents on classical plant breeding under Rule 28(2) EPC: the European Patent Office is still granting patents on plants obtained from and used in conventional breeding
Report showing how EPO patents circumvent Rule 28(2) EPC for conventionally bred plants, with case examples and proposed legal fixes including a full breeders’ exemption.
Using open-source resistance to ToBRFV in participatory tomato breeding in Austria
ARCHE NOAH presents participatory tomato breeding work in Austria using open-source ToBRFV resistance, breeding objectives, patent challenges, available resistant materials, and planned resistance testing (2026–2027).
Plant Variety Protection in Europe – the Review Process – the Enforcement – the Free Trade Agreements
Presentation reviewing EU Plant Variety Protection (Council Reg. 2100/94), its review and enforcement issues, industry enforcement demands, and the role of UPOV in EU free trade agreements with examples from negotiations.
Plant variety protection, NGTs and patents: Updates on political debates and cooperation amongst organic breeders, growers and NGOs
Slide presentation (24 May 2026) by NO PATENTS ON SEEDS! summarising legal background, recent patents on classical breeding and NGTs, risks for breeders, and policy recommendations to clarify exclusion of classical breeding from patentability.
