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A conflict between human rights and biotech industry rights? (June 21, 2001 – CropChoice news) – Human rights and the rights of the biotechnology industry are in conflict when it comes to the development of transgenic crops. Jakkrit Kuanpoth, a law lecturer at the Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University in Thailand, said that these crops could be harmful to environmental health, which is a human right.
Meanwhile, the World Trade Organization is proposing a database to contain the traditional uses of plants and animals worldwide. Officials at the Organization hope that such a database, to be operated by the World Intellectual Property Rights Organization, would help resolve disputes over what varieties and species can be patented.
Sources: Bangkok Post, Just-food.com
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