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Tone Winge

Tone WingeBorn: 1981

Position at FNI: Research Fellow

Academic background:
   Master in Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (2006).
   Bachelor in Political Science and Human Geography, University of Oslo (2004).

Main research interests:
Management of, and law and policy related to, genetic resources. Intellectual property rights and Open Source solutions. Innovation and its links to development. Rural and agricultural development. Farmers' Rights.


Major publications:

Andersen, Regine, Morten Walløe Tvedt, Ole Kristian Fauchald, Tone Winge, Kristin Rosendal and Peter Johan Schei, International Agreements and Processes Affecting an International Regime on Access and Benefit Sharing under the Convention on Biological Diversity: Implications for its Scope and Possibilities of a Sectoral Approach. FNI Report 3/2010. Lysaker, FNI, 2010, 47 p.

Andersen, Regine and Tone Winge, The Plant Treaty and Farmers' Rights: Implementation Issues for South Asia. SAWTEE Discussion Paper. Kathmandu (Nepal), South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment (SAWTEE), 2009, 48 p.

Scurrah, Maria, Regine Andersen and Tone Winge, Los Derechos del Agricultor en el Perú: Las perspectivas de los agricultores. Estudio de antecedentes 8 ('Farmers' Rights in Peru: Farmers' Perspectives. Background Study 8'). FNI Report 3/2009. Lysaker, FNI, 2009, 63 p. In Spanish.

Scurrah, Maria, Regine Andersen and Tone Winge, The Farmers' Rights Project – Background Study 8: Farmers' Rights in Peru: Farmers' Perspectives. FNI Report 16/2008. Lysaker, FNI, 2008, 57 p.

Andersen, Regine and Tone Winge, The Farmers' Rights Project – Background Study 7: Success Stories from the Realization of Farmers' Rights Related to Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. FNI Report 4/2008. Lysaker, FNI, 2008, 72 p.

Winge, Tone, Free or Open? The ideology of CAMBIA and their BIOS Initiative compared to the ideologies of the FOSS movement. Master thesis submitted to the Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2006.
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Contact details  for Tone Winge:
   (+47) 67111948
   tow (+@fni.no)


 Related focal points of research:

   Biodiversity and biosafety
   Global governance and sustainable development


 Important ongoing projects:

The Farmers’ Rights Project: Implementing Farmers' Rights under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

The Access and Benefit Sharing Research Project


 Recent relevant FNI News:

FNI Conducts Global Consultations on Farmers' Rights (07.07.2010)

Side Event on Farmers' Rights at the 3rd Session of the Governing Body of the Plant Treaty (04.06.09)



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