Claudio Chiarolla`s publications

Claudio Chiarolla
List of Publications
Book
Intellectual Property, Agriculture and Global Food Security: The Privatisation of Crop Diversity.
Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar (2011).
Peer-reviewed Articles
“Intellectual Property Rights and Benefit Sharing: The emerging case of Marine Genetic Resources in
ABNJ”, Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property (2014).
“Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits from the Utilization of Marine Genetic Resources in Areas
beyond National Jurisdiction: Bridging the Gaps between Science and Policy” (with A. Broggiato, S.
Arnaud-Haond & T. Greiberd), Marine Policy (2014).
“Plant Patenting, Benefit Sharing and the Law Applicable to the FAO Standard Material Transfer
Agreement”, The Journal of World Intellectual Property (2008) Vol.11 (1), 1-28.
“The Question of Minimum Standards of Access and Benefit-sharing under the CBD International
Regime: Lessons from the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture”,
Asian Biotechnology and Development Review (2008) Vol. 10 (3), 3-18.
“Commodifying Agricultural Biodiversity and Development-related Issues”, The Journal of World
Intellectual Property (2006) Vol. 9 (1), 25-60.
Book chapters
“Commentary on the ABS provisions of the draft Biodiversity Law of France” in T. Dedeurwaerdere et
al. (eds), Implementing The Nagoya Protocol - Comparing Access and Benefit-Sharing Regimes in
Europe (Brill/Martinus Nijhoff, forthcoming).
“The Right to Food and IP Protection for Plant Genetic Resources” in Christophe Geiger (Ed.),
Research Handbook on Human Rights and Intellectual Property (Edward Elgar: 2014).
“Emerging and Unresolved Issues: The Example of Seabed and Open Ocean Genetic Resources in
Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction” (with S. Arico, M. Vierros and C. Salpin) in S. Arico (ed.),
Sustainable Oceans in the Twenty-first Century (UNESCO-Cambridge University Press: 2014).
“The Role of Private International Law under the Nagoya Protocol” in E. Morgera, M. Buck and E.
Tsioumani (eds.), The Nagoya Protocol in Perspective: Implications for International Law and
Implementation Challenges (Brill/Martinus Nijhoff: 2013).
“Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and Farmers' Rights: an analysis of the relationship
between the Nagoya Protocol and related instruments” (with S. Louafi, M. Schloen) in The Nagoya
Protocol in Perspective, ibid.
“The FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources and Farmers’ Rights” in Protection of Plant
Varieties with reference to Farmers’ and Breeders’ Rights (Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of
India: Hyderabad, 2007).
“Patenting – An Emerging Legal Issue” (with Pilling Dafydd) in The State of the World’s Animal
Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Rome: FAO, 2007) pp. 285-91.
Reports, studies and policy briefs
“Bioprospecting under the Nagoya Protocol: a conservation booster?” with Renaud Lapeyre &
Romain Pirard, IDDRI Policy Brief N°14/2013, Paris, France (2013) 4 p.
“Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge: How can they be protected?” with Renaud Lapeyre, IDDRI
Policy Brief N°13/2013, Paris, France (2013) 4 p.
“A long and winding road. International discussions on the governance of marine biodiversity in areas
beyond national jurisdiction” with Elisabeth Druel, Julien Rochette & Raphaël Billé, IDDRI Study
N°07/2013, Paris, France (2013) 42 p.
“An Assessment of Private Ex Situ Seed Collections: The Private Sector’s Participation in the
Multilateral System of the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources” with Hope Shand, A
background study by the Berne Declaration and the Development Fund (August 2013) 40 p.
“Intellectual Property Rights Issues” [concerning the exploitation of marine genetic resources], IUCN
information paper N°6, prepared for the UN Intersessional Workshop on Marine Genetic Resources,
May 2013, NY.
“Biodiversity conservation: can bioprospecting under the Nagoya Protocol make a difference?” with
Renaud Lapeyre & Romain Pirard, IDDRI Study N°06/13, Paris, France (2013) 32 p.
The 11th Conference of the Parties to the CBD: a return to normalcy in Hyderabad? With R. Billé; E.
Druel; R. Pirard; & J. Rochette, Policy Briefs N°14/2012. Iddri, 2012. 6 p.
Outstanding Issues on Access and Benefit Sharing under the Multilateral System of the International
Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (2011) with S. Jungcurt. A background
study paper by the Berne Declaration and the Development Fund.
“Nagoya, un protocole contre la biopiraterie”, Alternatives Internationales, Hors-série n° 009 - mai
2011
“Implications of the Nagoya Protocol” (with M. Jardin), Environmental Policy and Law Journal, (2011)
Vol.41 (2), 70-71.
Global Governance of Biodiversity - New Perspectives on a Shared Challenge (2011) with L.
Chabason, R. Billé et al. IFRI Health and Environment Reports N° 6/11.
COP 10 in Nagoya: a success for global biodiversity governance? (2010) with L. Chabason & R. Billé.
Iddri, Synthèses, N°6;
Making Sense of the Draft Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing for COP 10 (2010) Iddri, Idées pour
le débat, N°07/2010, 12p.
Exception #1: Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture [under the draft ABS Protocol to the
CBD], Bridges Trade BioRes (2010), Vol. 4(3), 5-6.
Considerations on the proposed Biodiversity Technology Initiative (2010) with Balakrishna Pisupati,
Issue paper No. 10, published by the CBD Secretariat and UNEP-DELC in cooperation with IDDRI.
Literature review on International Intellectual Property Strategy and Development (2009) with D.
Matthews, QMUL & UK Intellectual Property Office: London, UK.
Benefit Sharing in ABS: Options and Elaborations, contributing author (UNEP / UNU-IAS: April 2009).
Third Party Beneficiary, including in the Context of Arbitration (with D. Manzella), an information
document prepared for the second meeting of the Contact Group for the Drafting of the Standard
Material Transfer Agreement (FAO: 2006).
Sweet & Maxwell European Patent Decisions (2005) Release 19.
Conference Papers
Benefit sharing in the food and agriculture sector under the FAO International Treaty on Plant
Genetic Resource for Food and Agriculture, a background paper prepared for the UEBT-IFC-MMA
project on access and benefit sharing (ABS) Workshop on ‘Models and Incentives for Benefit Sharing’,
Sao Paulo, 4-5 November 2013.
“The Role of Private International Law under the Nagoya Protocol”, international workshop on The
2010 Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing: Implications for International Law and
Implementation Challenges, Edinburgh; 2-3 December 2011. Organized by the University of
Edinburgh School of Law, with the Scottish Centre of International Law and the Centre for Studies in
Intellectual Property and Technology Law;
“Institutional Aspects of Low Carbon Technology Strategies for Green Innovations and their
Diffusion,” 2nd Yale/UNITAR Global Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy, Yale
University, 17-19 September 2010;
“Ag-biotech Patenting and Benefit Sharing: Emerging Issues in the Standard Material Transfer
Agreement”, 11th International Conference on Agricultural Biotechnologies (ICABR): New Frontiers
and Products – Economics, Policies and Science, Ravello, Italy, 26-29 July 2007;
“The FAO International Treaty’s Multilateral System of Access and Benefit Sharing: Evaluating
Changes in the Governance Framework for Biotechnology, Agricultural Development and Intellectual
Property”, 10th ICABR Conference: Facts, Analysis and Policies, Ravello, Italy, June 29 - July 2, 2006;
“The Legal Framework for the Management of Animal Genetic Resources” (with I. Hoffman and D.
Manzella), Conference Proceedings: International Conference on Options and Strategies for the
Conservation of Farm Animal Genetic Resources, System-wide Genetic Resources Programme of the
CGIAR, FAO and AGROPOLIS, Montpellier, France, November 2005.
Public Interventions
“New crossroads for the life sciences? Research & Development Implications of the Nagoya Protocol
on ABS in France and the European Union”, Public Lecture at the University of London Institute in
Paris, 24 April 2014.
« Comment l’approvisionnement en matières premières des entreprises peut-il contribuer à la
conservation de la biodiversité dans les pays du Sud ? » Une intervention dans le cadre d'une
conférence organisée par la Fondation Nicolas Hulot au Conseil Economique Social et
Environnemental (CESE), Paris, 3 Décembre 2013.
13th Informal Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Seminar on Human Rights and the Environment, hosted
by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Danish Institute for Human Rights in Copenhagen,
Denmark, 21-23 October 2013.
“A European instrument for biodiversity: Access and Benefit-sharing” une intervention dans le cadre
d'une conférence sur la proposition de mise en œuvre du Protocole de Nagoya par la Commission
européenne, organisée par le Groupe des Verts/ALE au Parlement européen, Bruxelles, (Belgique) 16
May 2013.
“Global regimes on genetic resources: the food and agriculture, and health sectors”, a presentation
given at the international workshop on marine genetic resources convened by the Secretary-General
of the United Nations on 3 May 2013 in New York, USA.
Keynoted presentation at the OCEANOMICS launch conference, Aquarium Tropical du Palais de la
Porte Dorée, Paris, France, 21 March 2013.
“Towards a Model Agreement on Access and Benefit Sharing for Marine Genetic Resources”, Micro
B3 Stakeholder Workshop, organised by Université catholique de Louvain, Bruxelles (Belgique) 27 &
28 February 2013.
« Panorama des mécanismes multilatéraux existants : partage des avantages et droits de propriété
intellectuels », une intervention dans le cadre de la troisième réunion du groupe national informel
haute mer, organisé en partenariat entre l’Agence française des Aires Marines Protégées (AAMP) et
l’Iddri, Paris, France, 13 février 2013.
“Recent developments in international and comparative patent law relevant for marine genetic
resource governance”, a keynote speech delivered at the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working
Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity
beyond areas of national jurisdiction, 7-11 May 2012, UN Headquarters, New York, USA (A/67/95,
para. 57) 7 May 2012.
« Ratification européenne du protocole de Nagoya » une intervention dans le cadre d'une audition
menée par la Commission des affaires européennes de l'Assemblée nationale, Paris, France, 24
Octobre 2012.
Organised and chaired a side-event on “Making ABS Work for Biodiversity Conservation” during the
eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Hyderabad, India,16
October 2012.
« Problématiques de la forêt et le Protocole de Nagoya », une intervention dans le cadre d'un
colloque La forêt dans tous ses états, organisé par le pôle environnement du Carrefour des acteurs
sociaux (CAS), en collaboration avec le Partenariat eurafricain dans le cadre de l’Année internationale
des forêts, Paris, France, 18 Novembre 2011.
« Les droits des peuples autochtones dans le cadre du Protocole de Nagoya sur l'APA relatif à la
CDB » Une intervention dans le cadre de la journée « Biodiversité et peuples du monde » organisée
par l’association Plante & Planète à Paris, 16 Octobre 2011.
« La gouvernance mondiale de la biodiversité : une réussite du projet de Rio ? », avec R. Billé. Les
pays émergents dans la gouvernance du développement durable, Séminaire de restitution d’un projet
de recherche financé par l’Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), 10 mars 2011.
Scientific Coordinator
“First Geneva Dialogue on Traditional Knowledge”, organised in partnership with the International
Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), the Australian Centre for Intellectual
Property in Agriculture (ACIPA) and IDDRI, 21 March, 2014.
The Protection of Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge, an international conference co-hosted by
IDDRI and the Fondation d'enterprise Hermès, in partnership with the French National Library, Paris,
France, 7 June 2013.
The Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on ABS – Legal, policy, practical challenges and
contributions to sustainable development, organized by IDDRI, in collaboration with the Agence
Française de Développement, Paris, France, 3 February 2011.
First Steering Committee Meeting on Outstanding ABS Issues, organized by IDDRI, Paris, France, 4
February 2011.
Peer-review and professional services
Member of the Board of Advisors of the University of Edinburgh’s BENELEX research project.
Accredited reviewer/referee for the International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and
Ecology (IJARGE).
Accredited reviewer/referee for Life Sciences, Society and Policy (LSSP).
Accredited reviewer/referee for the McGill International Journal of Sustainable Development Law &
Policy (JSDLP).
Accredited reviewer for Global Environmental Politics (MIT Press Journals).
Accredited reviewer/referee for the UK Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) and its follow on
fund scheme.
Reviewer of a policy guide on “TRIPS-Related Patent Flexibilities and Food Security: Options for
Developing Countries” by Carlos Correa (ICTSD and QUNO) (February 2012).
Reviewer of the article: “The Nagoya Protocol on ABS: Ratification by the EU and its Member States
and Implementation Challenges” by Veit Koester, IDDRI Study N°3/12, Paris, France (2012) 32 p.
Reviewer of the “UEBT Ethical BioTrade Standard” (Draft Revised Standard - STD01 – D1 – Ethical
BioTrade Standard – 2011-05-04) (November 2011).
Reviewer of the UNCTAD paper “Implications for BioTrade of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to
Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization” by
Carlos Correa (November 2011).
Accredited book reviewer for Brill / Martinus Nijhoff - e.g. “Unravelling the Nagoya Protocol: A
Commentary on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing to the Convention on Biological
Diversity” by Elisa Morgera and Elsa Tsioumani, with Matthias Buck (2014).
Accredited book reviewer/referee for Edward Elgar - e.g. “Governance of Genetic Resources: A Guide
to Navigating the Complex Global Landscape” by Catherine Rhodes (2013).
Co-draft and revised for the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès and IDDRI the 2012 call for proposals on
“Biodiversity and local knowledge: Promoting innovation in producer/consumer interfaces.”
Accredited editor/reviewer for the European Patent Office, Academia & IP research, European Patent
Academy - “EPO Patent Teaching Kit, Volume 1: Protect Your Ideas.”