Parties to the CBD are meeting in Peyeongchang, S.Korea from 6-17 Oct 2014. CSOs are calling for a moratorium on the environmental release and commercial use of synthetic biology, due to the lack of safety assessments and potential socio-economic impacts. […]
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This briefing calls for a precautionary approach to synthetic biology and recommends that CBD Parties establish a moratorium on the environmental and commercial release of Synthetically Modified Organisms and assess their livelihood implications. […] Civil society statement on low levels of GM crops in international food and feed trade calls for preservation of zero tolerance for unapproved GM crops. […] A large group of developing countries has proposed that the WTO’s intellectual property agreement be amended to require the disclosure of origin of genetic resources and/or associated traditional knowledge in patent applications. […] A research paper by the South Centre analysing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources and its reference to developing countries. […] A milestone is reached at the WHO on an agreement governing the sharing of influenza viruses and resulting public health benefits including vaccines and diagnostic kits. […] This is a Policy Brief by the South Centre on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing and the issue of microorganisms. […] In a landmark decision, the UN conference on biodiversity adopted a de facto moratorium on geoengineering projects and experiments on 29 October 2010. […] The UN conference on biodiversity which ended on 30 Oct 2010 adopted more than 40 decisions, including a new legally binding agreement to combat biopiracy. […] Developed countries continue to reject a list of mandatory checkpoints to detect potential biopiracy by users of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge within their jurisdiction. […] |
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