Apbrebes – Updates on Plant Variety Protection Issue #8
Updates on Plant Variety Protection
Issue # 8 – July 23, 2014
Content
1. Editorial
2. APBREBES report on the UPOV 2014 Spring Session
3. APBREBES publishes UPOV “Restricted Area” documents
4. AFSA Makes Small Gains for Farmers’ Rights in Draft SADC PVP
Protocol
5. Regional Intellectual Property Office for French-speaking African
countries -OAPI- joins UPOV ’91
6. Berne Declaration: UPOV report on the impact of plant variety
protection – A critique
7. AFSA appeals to ARIPO, AU and UNECA for Protection of Farmers’
Rights and Right to Food
8. ETC Group/USC Canada Seed Map Portal
