Biodiversity
- Mon Jul 30 2007
Action not talk needed on bio-piracy, says Brazil
More concrete action and less repetitive talk is needed on preventing bio-piracy in the World Intellectual Property Organisation, according to the Brazilian delegation, speaking at a meeting of WIPO's inter-governmental committee (IGC) on intellectual property, genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore.
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Biodiversity
- Thu Jul 26 2007
Peru's Cusco region bans GM potatoes
A region in Peru – Cusco – has declared a ban on the growing, sale, use and transport of genetically modified potatoes in recognition of the historical, cultural, social and economic importance of the potato to the region.
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Biodiversity
- Mon Jun 18 2007
Malaysia's GMO labelling stance and US pressure
The Malaysian government recently has announced that the labeling of GM products will remain mandatory under the new Biosafety Bill amidst of pressure by negotiations for the US-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement, to drop mandatory labelling for GM products and foods.
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Health
/Biodiversity
- Mon Jun 11 2007
Private institute seeks monopoly patents on the world's first-ever human-made life form
Ten years after Dolly the cloned sheep made her stunning debut, the J. Craig Venter Institute is applying for a patent on a new biological bombshell - the world's first-ever human-made species.
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Biodiversity
- Wed May 02 2007
Farming will make or break the food chain
As the world population swells to nine billion by 2050, global biodiversity will be under extreme pressure unless new ways to grow food are developed, experts say.
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Biodiversity
- Tue Mar 27 2007
Week of rice action takes place in Asia
From struggles to save rice lands, to asserting farmers rights and livelihoods, and challenging the GE rice onslaught, peoples' movements and citizens groups are on the move against the injustices facing rice growing communities during the Week of Rice Action (WORA) that takes place in the week 29 March – 4 April, 2007.
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Biodiversity
- Tue Feb 13 2007
New attack on GM food safety testing standards
The baseline for assessing the safety of a GM food has always been to compare its genomic changes and composition with its closest non-GM relative, usually the parental variety from which the GM crop was made. However, this fundamental principle of food safety is now under attack.
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Biodiversity
- Thu Jan 11 2007
ETC group activities at the WSF 2007
ETC Group will host three workshops and participate in several other events on biotechnology and biosafety.
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Biodiversity
- Fri Jan 05 2007
Andean community declared as GM potato-free region
In a landmark move, the Andean Parliament in November 2006 passed a resolution to declare the countries, which are part of the Andean Community (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia), free of genetically modified potatoes.
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Biodiversity
- Tue Nov 07 2006
Monsanto stands firm on GM maize in Mexico
Although the Vicente Fox government closed the door on genetically modified maize, the multinational corporation Monsanto has no plans to leave Mexico, an executive at the firm told Tierramérica.
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