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Traditional Knowledge and Patentability (IISD Trade and Development Brief, Number 7 of 9, 2003)
» IISD, IISD, 2003. Newsletter, copyright: IISDThis paper is one in a series of nine briefing papers prepared by the International Institute for Sustainable Development for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). Each of the papers focuses on an issue of particular importance for sustainable development in the South in the WTO’s current round of negotiations—the so-called Doha Development Agenda. The aim of the series is to set out, in brief and uncomplicated style, what is at stake in those negotiations for those concerned with international development and the environment.
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Notes
This briefing is one of a series of nine. All briefings can be found in the IISD Publications Centre by clicking on the titles below.
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Number 1 - Non-Trade Concerns in the Agricultural Negotiations of the World Trade Organization
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Number 3 - The WTO, Trade Facilitation and Sustainable Development
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Number 4 - Government Procurement in the World Trade Organization
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Number 7 - Traditional Knowledge and Patentability (Summer 2003)
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Number 8 - The TRIPS Agreement and Biological Diversity (Fall 2003)
Highlighted Report
Solutions for Improved Human Well-Being
» Dave Wilkins, IISD, 2012.The 2011–2012 IISD Annual Report highlights the institute’s efforts over the past year to meet the core challenge of its strategic plan—to find solutions through transformative change that improve human well-being. The strategic plan defines 12 themes encompassing 28 goals to realign macroeconomic policies, management of ecological and social systems, and global environmental governance with sustainability.
The annual report contains a series of articles on the work done to date toward achieving selected goals of our strategic plan. In the context of finding solutions for improved human well-being, the cover photo celebrates the progress made toward achieving the Millennium Development Goal related to halving by 2015 the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation.
The report also includes a list of our funders by strategic plan theme and a summary of our financial performance for the year ending March 31, 2012.
See our complete audited financial statement: English (PDF - 105 KB) - Français (PDF - 145 KB).
For a free copy of our annual report, please contact info@iisd.ca.
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» Themes
- Adaptation and Risk Reduction
- Climate Change and Energy
- Economics and SD
- Education, Learning and Leadership
- Environment, Conflict and Peacebuilding
- Gender Equity
- Governance for Sustainable Development
- Internet and Technology
- International Trade
- Investment and Sustainable Development
- Measurement and Assessment
- Natural and Social Capital (NASCap)
- Natural Resources
- Networks & Partnerships
- Procurement & Public Private Partnerships
- Sustainable Finance
- Sustainable Markets
» Initiatives
- Community-based Risk Screening Tool – Adaptation and Livelihoods (CRiSTAL)
- Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI)
- IISD Foresight Group
- Partnership for Procurement and Green Growth
- The Sustainable Commodity Initiative (SCI)
- Sustainability Leadership Innovation Centre (SLIC)
- Water Innovation Centre (WIC)
