Report on a biosafety conference held on 7-9 Nov 2010 in Nagoya, Japan […]
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Report on a biosafety conference held on 7-9 Nov 2010 in Nagoya, Japan […] Under the pretext of addressing environmental degradation, climate change and the energy and food crises, industry is portending a “New Bioeconomy” and the replacement of fossil carbon with living matter, now labeled “biomass.” […] Bt Cotton has not been too positive in Karnataka where pests are emerging and pesticides use has increased. […] The Biosafety Protocol lags far behind the biosafety challenges faced by developing countries such as South Africa, argues Mariam Mayet of the ACB. […] The ACB raised its objections against the application for field release of GM sugarcane citing lack of information and flawed assumptions. […] GE wheat will have significant impact on Australia’s consumers, farmers, the economy and the environment. […] 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. […] TWN briefing on ecological agriculture as the solution for food security, farmers, livelihoods and addressing climate change. […] Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety held their fifth meeting (COP-MOP5) in Nagoya, Japan from 11-15 October 2010. This is a TWN report of the key COP-MOP5 outcomes. […] |
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