Secretariat of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
http://bch.biodiv.org/informationsharing/default.shtml

DIRECTORY OF ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN BIOSAFETY ACTIVITIES

Secretariat of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
http://bch.biodiv.org/resources/organizations.shtml

China updates plant variety testing procedures (10/07)

INDIA

India issues new regulations to protect plant varieties and farmers' rights (01/07)

Consolidated version of 17 August 2006

Consolidated version of 6 October 2006

• 10 000 variétés d'espèces agricoles

LIVRE DE RÉFÉRENCE PUBLIÉ PAR LE GNIS

• Tout sur les semences - Un ouvrage de référence

• Getreide, andere Ackerkulturen, Futterpflanzen
• Listes variétales

Ministry of Agriculture
- The plant variety protection in Brazil and the national registered plant variety list

• Cultivares Protegidas
• Informações aos Usuários
• Formulários para Proteção de Cultivares
• Publicações no Diário Oficial da União
• Denominação de Cultivares
• Catálogo de Cultivares Protegidas de Soja
• Plant Variety Protection Law and Decree (english version)
• Instruções para preenchimento da GRU
• G.R.U. para Proteção de Cultivares
   
• Minister´s Regulation 
• Ministry Act 
• DECREE Nº 2,366
• LAW Nº 9,456

USDA/APHIS
Federal Register: click HERE

PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION

USDA/Plant Variety Protection Office
Find out if a variety of seed is protected: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/pvplist.pl

STATE SEED REGULATIONS

American Seed Trade Association creates first comprehensive Guide to State Seed Regulations (01/07)

VARIETY NAMING

USDA/AMS
US variety naming clearance process: http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/seed/varietyname.htm