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Encyclopedia > Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher

Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher is an Ethiopian who won the Right Livelihood Award in 2000 "for his exemplary work to safeguard biodiversity and the traditional rights of farmers and communities to their genetic resources." Jakob von Uexkull, founder of the Right Livelihood Award The Right Livelihood Award, established in 1980 by Jakob von Uexkull, is presented annually in the Swedish Parliament, on December 9, to honour those working on practical and exemplary solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the world today. An international... This article is about the year 2000. ...


He is also named one of the 2006 winners of the United Nations top environmental prize


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" I am local, rural, communal. And I find that the whole world is a community. We have made progress in asserting our local community rights globally. We shall continue to do so." - Tewolde Berhan


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Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher - Ethiopia - 2000 Right Livelihood Award Recipient (371 words)
Tewolde Berhan was born in 1940, graduated in 1963 from the University of Addia Ababa and took a doctorate from the University of Wales in 1969.
Tewolde was instrumental in securing recommendations from the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) encouraging African countries to develop and implement community rights, a common position on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), and a clear stance against patents on life.
Tewolde also guided the drafting of the OAU model legislation for community rights, which is now used as the common basis for all African countries.
Canada denies visa for Africa's top biosafety negotiator - Wikinews (538 words)
Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher, the Ethiopian government's chief scientist and its representative to the Montreal-based UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) had his passport returned without the requested Canadian visa, and without explanation.
Tewolde is Africa's chief negotiator for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
Tewolde had announced he would be visiting Montreal the first week of August to lobby for the labeling of genetically modified (GM) seeds and food products and urge companies and governments to accept liability for environmental contamination their seeds could lead to.
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