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Lessons from Mexico to Canada: GM Crops as Threats to Indigenous Ways of Life

A legal battle over GMO crops in Mexico may shed light on how Canada will interpret Aboriginal and Treaty rights as they relate to economic and agricultural activity on land subject to those rights. Glyphosate is a powerful herbicide. It was developed into a commercial product called Roundup by Monsanto in the 1970s, and…

August 9, 2017

Andrea Lesperance

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agriculture, bioeconomy, Canada, conservation, farmers' rights, genetic resources, indigenous law, indigenous peoples, Intellectual Property, IP, law, plant diversity, sustainability, TK, traditional knowledge, UNDRIP

Strengthening access and benefit sharing among Canadian farmers

Despite the absence of national access and benefit sharing (ABS) laws in Canada, there is still an opportunity to strengthen ABS among the Canadian farming community. The international framework surrounding ABS is defined by agreements including the The International Treaty on Plant and Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)…

June 3, 2016

Vipal Jain

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agriculture, farmers' rights, seed banks, TK

Tag Archives: farmers’ rights

Lessons from Mexico to Canada: GM Crops as Threats to Indigenous Ways of Life

Strengthening access and benefit sharing among Canadian farmers

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