The IISD announces the publication of the first in a series of five comprehensive educational modules on the operation of the International Treaty.

Environmental Law and Policy News announces the launch of the first in a series of five comprehensive educational modules on the operation of the Treaty.

Funding to preserve plant diversity could protect the 300 different types of potato found in Peru.An international treaty aimed at protecting and improving access to the world's plant genetic resources has obtained more than US$10 million from donors to fund...

SINGAPORE, March 17 (Reuters) - Nations need to speed up the sharing of genetic material from crops if the world is to have any chance of feeding itself in a future with more extreme droughts, floods and storms, a senior...

The International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED) has urged the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) to protect farmers' customary rights over biological resources. IIED has submitted a paper to the conference of ITPGRFA...