Swiss organisation The Berne Declaration has recently warned that the European Patent Office was to grant more patents on plants and animals:
The Berne Declarations has also accused EPO's president Benoît Battistelli of backing the interests of agrobusiness giants Monsanto and Syngenta who "already own more than 50% of seed varieties of tomato, pepper and cauliflower registered in the EU".
We are concerned about the impacts this could have on small farming communities such as the one we filmed in South Africa.
For more information, log on to No Patents on Seeds.
In the coming weeks, around a dozen new patents will be granted, covering species such as broccoli, onions, melons, lettuce and cucumber. This is in strong contrast to EPO practise last year, when only very few patents were granted due to a pending precedent decision on the patentability of plants and animals.
The Berne Declarations has also accused EPO's president Benoît Battistelli of backing the interests of agrobusiness giants Monsanto and Syngenta who "already own more than 50% of seed varieties of tomato, pepper and cauliflower registered in the EU".
We are concerned about the impacts this could have on small farming communities such as the one we filmed in South Africa.
For more information, log on to No Patents on Seeds.
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