News
Summer
2011.
Due
to insufficient funding, the Quaker International Affairs Programme
(QIAP) was officially laid down (closed) in the summer of 2011.
For inquiries related to the programme, please contact the
Canadian Friends Service Committee at (416) 920-5213 or cfsc[at]quakerservice.ca.
QIAP's website
and on-line publications will be re-located to CFSC's website at: http://quakerservice.ca/our-work/economics-and-ecology/intellectual-property-rights-2/
Nov.
2010. Annual
Report and Appeal 2009-10 is now available
Fall
2009. The book The Future Control of Food is now available
in Spanish/
El
Control Futuro De Los Alimentos - Disponible en español
June
2009, QIAP
wins distinguished book award
At
the June 2009 UK Guild of Food Writers awards ceremony, the Derek
Cooper Award for Campaigning and Investigative Food Writing
was jointly awarded to QIAP's The Future Control of Food: A Guide
to International Negotiations and Rules on Intellectual Property, Biodiversity
and Food Security and chef Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food
television series.
Jan.
21, 2008. QIAP launches book The Future Control of Food
On
Jan. 21, 2008 the Quaker International Affairs Programme (QIAP) launched
the book The Future Control of Food: A Guide to International
Negotiations and Rules on Intellectual Property, Biodiversity and Food
Security produced by the QIAP and the International Development
Research Centre (IDRC) at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity
Meetings in Geneva. The decision to produce this book was a response
to concerns negotiators in various multilateral negotiations raised
about the need for such a guide as well as an observation that negotiators
or groups working in one area were often unaware, and sometime undermining,
what was happening elsewhere that we encountered in the Quaker programme
of work in this area.
The book is the first wide-ranging guide to the key issues of intellectual
property and ownership, genetics, biodiversity, and food security. Proceeding
from an introduction and overview of the issues, comprehensive chapters
cover negotiations and instruments in the World Trade Organization,
Convention on Biological Diversity, UN Food and Agriculture Organization,
World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Union for
the Protection of New Varieties of Plants and various other international
bodies. The final part discusses the responses of civil society groups
to the changing global rules, how these changes affect the direction
of research and development, the nature of global negotiation processes
and various alternative futures.
The book is published by Earthscan and can be purchased through
:
Earthscan
in the UK. For 20% discount download this pdf
flyer.
UBC
Press in Canada. For 20% discount download this pdf
flyer.
The
book is also free online in HTML and XML formats on IDRC's
website - click on "READ ONLINE" or the "DOWNLOAD
BOOK" button.
Book
Launch Events
March
3, 2008
13:00-15:00
The Munk Centre, University of Toronto, Canada
A
seminar and book launch of The Future Control of Food
Co-sponsored by Development Seminar, Masters in International Relations,
Toronto Food Policy Council, and Ryerson Centre for the Studies in Food
Security.
For
details contact cis.general@utoronto.ca
March
6, 2008
13:00-15:00
IDRC,
8 th floor, Room W. David Hopper “C”, 150 Kent Street, Ottawa, Canada
A
dialgoue and book launch of The Future Control of Food
Organized
by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Seats
are limited. RSVP by March 3 at ips@idrc.ca
Click
here for book launch events in the UK
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