Developed Countries Reject Mandatory Disclosure Requirements

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. […]

Last Attempt to Conclude Access and Benefit-Sharing Treaty

Parties to the CBD started meeting in Japan on 13 Oct and hope to finalise and adopt the Access and Benefit Sharing Protocol by end of the conference. […]

New Treaty on Liability for GMO Damage is Born

This TWN paper is a report of the 4th meeting of the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, where a Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress was completed. […]

New Treaty on Liability for GMO Damage is Born

This TWN paper is a report of the 4th meeting of the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, where a Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress was completed. […]

GM Soy: Sustainable? Responsible?

A summary of scientific evidence showing that GM soy and the glyphosate herbicide it is engineered to tolerate are unsustainable. […]

GM Soy: Sustainable? Responsible?

A summary of scientific evidence showing that GM soy and the glyphosate herbicide it is engineered to tolerate are unsustainable. […]

Bt Brinjal: The Scope and Adequacy of the GEAC Environmental Risk Assessment

This report addresses the scientific issues related to the risk assessment and moratorium on Bt brinjal in India. […]

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. […]