GM crops – the Health Effects

Emerging scientific evidence has emerged indicating that there are real health risks from genetic engineering. […]

AHTEG Roadmap for Risk Assessment

This paper highlights the significance and importance of the AHTEG Roadmap for Risk Assessment and its contribution in providing Parties sound guidance to implement Annex III of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety […]

Biotechnology and Sustainable Development

This report synthesizes findings from the IAASTD as they relate to GMOs. […]

Organic Farming Benefits Outweigh Agrochemical-based Agriculture

A comprehensive study of the sustainability benefits of organic farming systems could have far-reaching implications on global agricultural practices. […]

Advancing the Understanding of Biosafety: Extended Abstracts

The foremost aim of this Scientific Conference is to advance the current understanding of biosafety in terms of the ecological, human health and socio-economic implications of GMOs. […]

GM Corn in US Streams, Raises Questions About Health, Environmental Effects

A study published in a scientific journal found that insecticidal protein from GM corn in the US has comtaminated streams in the American Mid-west. […]

Does DuPont’s Sorghum Seed Include a Biopirated Bolivian Gene?

This report reveals a potential case of biopiracy involving DuPont which plans to sell Sorghum seeds that contain a gene that was illegally taken from a Bolivian plant. […]

Gates Foundation and Cargill Pushing Soya in Africa

This report by ACB argues that the Gates Foundation project to develop a soya value chain in Africa will open the gates to the African soya market and eventually introduce GM soya into the continent. […]

Indigenous Crops to Solve Food Crises amid Climate Change

African scientists cautioned that agricultural development in rural areas based on Western-style methods could lead to increased loss of indigenous plants that are important as reliable and nutritious food sources. […]

Access and Benefit-sharing Protocol Negotiations Resume in September

The Convention on Biological Diversity will discuss the issue of biopiracy and equitable benefit sharing when it resumes for another meeting on 18-21 September in Montreal. […]