Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD):

• Home page: http://www.biodiv.org

• Full text of the Convention: http://www.biodiv.org/doc/legal/cbd-en.pdf

• List of Parties: http://www.biodiv.org/world/parties.asp

 

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA):

• Home page: http://www.fao.org/ag/cgrfa/itpgr.htm

• Full text of the Treaty: ftp://ext-ftp.fao.org/ag/cgrfa/it/ITPGRe.pdf

• List of Parties: http://www.fao.org/Legal/TREATIES/033s-e.htm

• FAO Commission on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: http://www.fao.org/ag/cgrfa/default.htm

 

IRRI and rice genetic resources:

• Requesting germplasm from the rice genebank: http://www.irri.org/grc/requests/requests.htm

• Concepts on ownership of rice germplasm: http://www.irri.org/grc/GRChome/whose.htm

• Policy on IPR of germplasm: http://www.irri.org/grc/requests/ipr-policy.htm

• Flow diagram of distribution policy: http://www.irri.org/grc/requests/Distribution_policy.htm