Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy21h
Three questions for nominated SEC Chair Paul Atkins
Atkins’ nomination to chair the SEC is part of the latest attempt by the Trump administration to overhaul an independent agency and would have serious consequences for our ability to address growing ...
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy3d
The EU Climate Advisory Board’s advice on carbon removals: What it means for agriculture
The European Union’s climate change advisory board’s recent recommendations on carbon removals are relevant for the bloc’s ...
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy4d
California leads the country on climate disclosure
California became the first U.S. state to pass climate-related disclosure laws, which impose climate-related reporting ...
IATP7d
TRIPS versus biodiversity: What to do with the 1999 review of Article 27.3(b)
This paper summarises GRAIN's view of what should be done with the World Trade Organisation's Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Article 27.3(b) during its 1999 Review.
IATP22y
Trade Effects on the Non-Member Countries of the Regional Integration: The Case of the Mercosur, The
The effects of the regional trade bloc on non-member countries are examined. Using the case of Mercosur, we examine the trend of intra-regional trade flows and of extra-bloc trade flows with the ...
IATP19y
What After Globalisation? "Mr Strategy", Kenichi Ohmae, on why a borderless world demands a new script for its players.
Whether we like it or not, globalisation is here to stay. Despite the World Trade Organization's (WTO) slow crawl, companies and consumers will increasingly and inexorably cross their own borders to ...
IATP1d
Payments for Environmental Services: Some Nuts and Bolts
Payments for environmental services (PES) is an emerging economics based methodology of conservation management. The basic principle of PES is that external environmental services (ES) beneficiaries ...
IATP20y
Draining the Land (MN)
Wetlands, now valued by Minnesotans -- but hardly preserved -- were once considered a scourge, here and elsewhere in the eastern United States. In part this was because wetlands impeded settlement.
IATP1d
ProdiGene Fined for Biotechnology Blunders
WASHINGTON, DC, December 9, 2002 (ENS) - ProdiGene Inc., the company that allowed genetically engineered corn to contaminated about 500,000 bushels of soybeans, will pay a $250,000 fine - the first ...
IATP17y
Baldwin site of eucalyptus experiment (AL)
Genetically modified eucalyptus trees are growing in the sandy soil of Baldwin County, part of an experiment that aims to turn an Australian export best known as koala bear food into fuel for American ...
IATP15y
Minnesota Communities teach Swedes about Farms, Forests, and Clean Energy
Last month Minnesota became home to Swedish business partners Erik Sundell and Per Hallnevik as they traveled across the state to learn more about farming and agricultural practices.Dovetail Partners, ...
IATP1d
RAFI Report Exposes Global Biopiracy
In an open letter to the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPs), the Rural Advancement Fund International (RAFI) charges it has documented ...