Written by Dani Satyawan The International Treaty has been in force for approximately five years and has facilitated the exchange of a high number of accessions of seeds of major food crops every year. However, this exchange is part of...

African seed subject to exploitation By: Michael Hamlyn An international treaty designed to protect seeds from commercial exploitation is allegedly being violated by the US and Brazilian governments and a Texas university. According to the Johannesburg-based African Centre for Biosafety...

Biodiversity is a precondition for sustained food security and livelihoods of people. Indeed, according to the Director of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Land Resource Division Mr Aleki Sisifa, it is essential for the very existence of humankind....

Biodiversity law could stymie research Scientists who study the world’s biodiversity are facing a dilemma: proposals to regulate access to the riches of ecological hotspots may hamper the research needed to monitor these areas. The warning comes as signatories to...

Barely had the dust settled in the wake of Haiti’s worst earthquake in two centuries when international aid agencies began the rush to help. A priority was to feed the devastated Caribbean country’s population. Yet added to immediate catastrophes such...