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Brief / 30 June 2022
Open letter to the European Commission concerning plant variety rights in the Free Trade Agreement with Indonesia
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. -
Brief / 30 June 2022
Open letter to the Indonesian Government concerning plant variety rights in the Free Trade Agreement with Indonesia
On behalf of almost 90 CSO's and networks including Both ENDS, IGJ has sent a letter to the Indonesian government about the free trade agreement with the European Union. In this agreement, the EU pushes Indonesia to align its plant variety protection laws with UPOV 91, which would threaten farmers' access to seeds, food souvereignty and agrobiodiversity. 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.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 systemsThe joint organisations therefore call upon the Indonesian government to resist the ask of the EU to comply with UPOV 91.
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Publicatie / 12 April 2022
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Nieuws / 11 October 2019Indonesië: hoe economische ontwikkeling en de bescherming van bossen wordt gedwarsboomd door ISDS
In Indonesië zijn Amerikaanse mijnbouwbedrijven erin geslaagd nieuwe wetgeving ongedaan te maken die bedoeld was om de economische ontwikkeling van het land te stimuleren en de bossen te beschermen. Dat is de impact die investeringsverdragen kunnen hebben op de ontwikkeling en rechten van de bevolking op sociaal, milieu- en economisch gebied. Waarom? Vooral vanwege zogenaamde ‘Investor-to-State Dispute Settlement’-clausules die vaak zijn opgenomen in dit soort verdragen.
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Nieuws / 26 January 2017Niets geleerd van TTIP en CETA in de onderhandelingen over verdrag EU-Indonesië
Van 24 tot en met 28 januari 2017 vond op Bali de tweede onderhandelingsronde plaats over een 'Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement' (CEPA) tussen de EU en Indonesië. Het voorgestelde akkoord gaat over liberalisering en deregulering op grote schaal, met mogelijjk enorme gevolgen voor lokale mensen en hun leefomgeving. Maatschappelijke organisaties, inclusief Both ENDS, brachten een verklaring uit waarin ze hun zorgen uiten en waarin ze de onderhandelaren oproepen het proces te stoppen en de mogelijke impact van het verdrag op lokale gemeenschappen en het milieu te onderzoeken.
