Society for Environment, Wildlife Action, and Awareness (SEWAA)
Voluntary organisation in response to the worsening conditions of the environment and wildlife of the Uttaranchal region, with the aim to bridge the gap of digital divide. (Central Himalayas).
South African Underwater Ecology Society
SAUES' main focus is Marine Ecology, and involves sport divers and Marine Scientists in conducting ongoing experiments, surveys and research on the extensive coral reef ecosystems, and adjoining habitat, off the Southern African coastline. South Africa.
Third World Network (TWN)
International network of organizations and individuals involved in issues relating to development, the Third World and North-South issues.
Tropical Science Center
The objectives are to conduct and support scientific research and education, and to encourage the acquisition and application of knowledge concerning the enduring and harmonious relationship of human beings with the biological and physical resources of tropical environments. Costa Rica.
Venezuelan Audubon Society
Audubon Society promotes citizen participation through education, advocacy, publications, policy analysis and research. It also promotes knowledge, conservation and enjoyment of Venezuela's natural world, with a special focus on birds and their habitats. Venezuela.
Four years after the moratorium on Terminator technology was reaffirmed by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), proposals to develop and commercialize ‘genetic-use restriction technologies’ (GURTs) are back on the agenda for policymakers and the biotechnology industry.
Public agricultural research on genetically modified crops in Asia is becoming less about the needs of ordinary people and small farmers and more about scientific control and corporate interests. For Asia’s small farmers is there really any difference between a national GM crop and a transnational one?
The authorization of GM corn crops in Mexico and the attempt by the FAO to legitimize this practice are strongly questioned by tens of organizations meeting in Guadalajara, Mexico, in the parallel activities to the FAO Conference.
Prospects seem encouraging for a new international agreement to prevent biopiracy and to ensure fair and equitable benefit sharing from the use of biological resources and associated traditional knowledge. October 2010 is the target for this agreement to be adopted by governments that are Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), when the governments gather in Nagoya, Japan for the biennial Conference of the Parties.
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Third World Network - Resurgence
