Biopiracy+10Comm.pdf (1.49 MB)
Captain Hook Awards 2002
Here are the 2002 crop of pirates and cogs. For the complete citations and further background information, please download the Communique:
2002 Communique
At the 2002 Captain Hook Awards Ceremony in The Hague (Netherlands) at COP5 of the CBD the following were awarded:
Worst Anti-Food Security - Winner: Syngenta
Greediest - Winner: Pod-Ners LLC
Worst Corporate Offender - Winner: Monsanto
Most Offensive - Winner: United States Patent & Trademark Office
Most Offensive - Runner-Up: University of Toledo
Most Dangerous - Winner: United States Patent & Trademark Office
Worst International Convention - Winner: World Trade Organization
Worst Excuse - Winner: Phytopharm
Worst Excuse - Runner-Up: International Rice Research Institute
Cog Award winners for 2002 include:
Best Peoples' Defense - Winner: COMPITCH and Indigenous peoples' organizations in Mexico
Best Peoples' Defense - Runner-Up: Human rights organizations and churches in the South Pacific nation of Tonga
Best Legal Defense - Winner: International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Best Whistle-Blower - Winner: Gwendolyn Zahner
Best National Defense - Winner: Indian Government and the Indian People
Best [we can get] International Treaty - Winner: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The Captain Hook posters, featuring graphics by Eric Drooker, are also available in PDF format:
2002 Cogs Poster
Featuring graphics by Eric Drooker
cog_awards.pdf (2.93 MB)
2002 Pirates Poster
Featuring graphics by Eric Drooker
captain_hook_awards.pdf (587.20 kB)