- breed, save and exchange all seeds and other planting material
- participate in decisions concerning seed improvement/ breeding, selection, quality standards, pricing, production, distribution and diversity
- customary practice especially in regard to indigenous seed
- be protected from being sold fake and inappropriate seed
- have a true choice between the use of certified and seed from fellow farmer managed seed systems
The joint organisations therefore call upon the Indonesian government to resist the ask of the EU to comply with UPOV 91.
Today, almost 90 organisations and networks from around the world, including Both ENDS, sent a letter to the European Commission to urge the EU to stop including UPOV91 in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). The main objective of UPOV91 is to further erode traditional seeds rights and to regulate local seed markets in the interest of internationally operating seed companies.
This matter is urgent because currently, the EU and Indonesia are negotiating an FTA. Including UPOV91 in this FTA means that Indonesia will have to change its policies, which will take away the farmers' rights to:
- breed, save and exchange all seeds and other planting material
- participate in decisions concerning seed improvement/ breeding, selection, quality standards, pricing, production, distribution and diversity
- customary practice especially in regard to indigenous seed
- be protected from being sold fake and inappropriate seed
- have a true choice between the use of certified and seed from fellow farmer managed seed systems.
Wij feliciteren onze collega’s van the National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) uit Uganda! Op 10 december jl. , de Internationale dag van de Mensenrechten, kregen zij eindelijk erkenning voor hun harde, moeizame strijd: NAPE werd toen door de Ugandese Human Rights Commission (UHRC), in samenwerking met de UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), onderscheiden met de prestigieuze Human Rights Award. Voor Frank Muramuzi, de directeur van NAPE, is de prijs een eerbetoon voor het harde werk aan het duurzaam gebruik van natuurlijke hulpbronnen en de rechten van gemeenschappen die de dupe zijn van grootschalige ontwikkelingsprocessen in het land.
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