Biodiversity Rights Legislation (BRL)

Welcome to the BRL - the Biodiversity Rights Legislation section of the GRAIN website.

Overview

An explanation of how the BRL is organised and what it is for.

Contents

The material can be accessed, using the panel on the right-hand side or the links below,

by region:

Africa and the Middle East

Asia and Pacific

Latin America and Caribbean

or by type of law:

1. Patents & sui generis PVP : the minimum standards of TRIPS

Patent laws

Sui generis plant variety protection (PVP)

2. TRIPS+

Bilateral agreements

3. Biodiversity laws: ABS and beyond

Access and benefit sharing regimes

Broader biodiversity laws

4. Traditional knowledge: the latest IPR trap

Protection of traditional knowledge

5. Alternative regimes: non-IPR community rights

Community rights

Farmers' rights

Indigenous peoples' rights

6. Seed Laws

Seed Laws

Last modified: 17 November 2007