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Business // January 2008 Business.2010 newsletter: Access and Benefit Sharing Volume 3, Issue 1 - January 2008 The third objective of the Convention: Views on access and benefit-sharing from the plant science, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, horticultural and seed industries Table of Contents Download this newsletter From the Secretariat Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity In context: the third objective of the Convention Valérie Normand, SCBD, Programme Officer, Access and Benefit-sharing Attracting research and business investment Geoff Burton Business needs to develop a positive agenda on ABS Buck Matthias, Policy Officer for International Biodiversity and Biosafety in the International Environmental Agreements and Trade Unit of the European Commission's Environment Directorate-General Our engagement towards 2010 Howard Minigh, President and CEO, CropLife International "We're just scratching the surface of biotechnology" James C. Greenwood, President and CEO, Biotechnology Industry Organization Doing more to consult business Tim Roberts, Rapporteur to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Intellectual Property Commission and joint Chair ICC Task Force on Access and Benefit-sharing The experience from Japan Seizo Sumida, Director General, Research Institute of Biological Resources, Japan Bioindustry Association (JBA) The need for open dialogues with all stakeholders Amandine Bled, ABS project manager, Institut du developpement durable et des relations internationales (IIDRI) A regime founded on the "3S" rule Harvey E. Bale Jr, Director-General, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Association (IFPMA) How to link bioprospecting with sustainable capacity building Franck Petersen, Senior Unit Head, Natural Products Thomas Kuhn, Project Manager, Global Chemical Operations, Novartis Understanding horticulture and biodiversity Edgar Krieger, Executive Secretary of International Community of Breeders of Asexually Reproduced Ornamental and Fruit Varieties (CIOPORA) Birte Lorenzen, legal consultant to CIOPORA (International Community of Breeders of Assexually Reproduced Ornemental and Fruit Varieties) Perspective on a horticultural agreement Maureen Wolfson, Director, Research Services and Scientific Services, South Africa National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) Promoting more effective use of plant genetic resources Stephen Smith, Research fellow, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. John Grace, Manager, Germplasm Licensing, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. A regime based on reality and experience Jacques Gorlin, President, American BioIndustry Alliance (ABIA) Implementation of legal rules for benefit-sharing: A new challenge for the Amazon Noemi Miyasaka Porro, Independent consultant in agronomic engineering and anthropology, Belem, Brazil Jose Antonio Puppim de Oliveira, Associate professor, Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration, Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) Eliminating 'legal uncertainty' and ambiguity surrounding genetic resource Tomme Young, independent consultant on international environmental law and policy Keeping pace with technological development Manuel Ruiz Muller, Programme Director, International Affairs and Biodiversity, Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA) Looking at plant genetic resources used for food and agriculture Bernard Le Buanec, Secretary-General, International Seed Federation (ISF) Catering to the local context Terence Hay-Edie, Programme Specialist, UNDP/GEF Small Grants Programme An International Dialogue for Informing Access and Benefit-sharing Sam Johnston, Senior Research Fellow UNU-IAS Rachel Wynberg, Senior Researcher at the Environmental Evaluation Unit, University of Cape Town Sarah Laird, Director of People and Plants International Learning from nature Janine Benyus, Co-founder, the Biomimicry Guild Pauli Gunter, Founder and Director of the ZERI Foundation (Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives)
