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9th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

The 9th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 9) to the Convention on Biological Diversity will be held in Bonn, Germany, from 19 to 30 May 2008. Held together with the 4th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, these meetings are the main decision sphere on issues such as the threat on biodiversity posed by agrofuels, GM trees and the use of terminator seeds. >> See Choike's in depth reports: GM food, Biotechnology and biosafety, Climate change, Agriculture and food sovereignty, Agrofuels. Versión en español Planet Diversity: World Congress on the Future of Food and Agriculture The initiative for this "World Summit" sprang from the 3rd European Conference of GMO-Free Regions, Biodiversity and Rural Development in April of 2007. It's a parallel event to the 9th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Bonn. [see more] No to the privatization of biodiversity! Via Campesina's position paper on the Protocol on Biosecurity and the Convention on Biodiversity calling on signatory governments to recognize the ancient role of peasant/community based farmers and warning them against the false solutions. [see more] Daily briefings on the Conference Series of papers prepared by the Third World Network for the Fourth Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP4) which is meeting in Bonn, 12-16 May. [see more]

News Reports No to the privatization of biodiversity! An appeal to COP 9: Biodiversity with and for people UN: No agreement on liability regarding GMOs, another meeting planned Biodiversity and land reforms: a neglected linkage A new attempt to privatize biodiversity? a look into COP-9 Planet Diversity: World Congress on the Future of Food and Agriculture Daily briefings on the Conference Greenpeace's position paper on liability and redress See what happened on COP8 in Curitiba plus more background GM trees raise concerns at the Convention on Biological Diversity

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