Genetic Resource Policies and the Generation Challenge Programme

Abstract

The cluster \'Policy Research\' within the GCP programme produced a number of \'policy briefs\' during its first year. The following issues were considered vital to a better understanding of the context in which the GCP operates: Overview of the policy environment Humanitarian licenses and definition of \'resource poor\' Liability and stewardship 4. Other IP-mechanisms Benefit sharing Access legislation Impact of IPR on the breeding sector. Consortium members assigned their experts in this field to prepare papers introducing relevant issues to non-specialists. The papers were primarily prepared for the GCP and its members. It is hoped that the publication of the papers in this volume will contribute to a wider use and to the ongoing discussions in the extensive field of genetic resource policies