Benefit Sharing Protocol Text Negotiations Finally Start

Governments that are Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity finally started to negotiate the text of a draft protocol on access and benefit sharing on 10 July 2010. […]

Organic Agriculture Addressing Climate Change and Food Security

IFOAM and IFOAM EU Group argue that organic agriculture has a significant role to play in addressing climate change and food security. […]

Organic Agriculture for Biodiversity and Pest Control

A paper in the journal Nature provides evidence that organic farming promotes evenness among natural enemy species, a measure of biodiversity. […]

Herbicide Resistant Plants Trigger ‘Arms Race’ Among Chemical Companies

Chemical companies are racing to develop new GM crops or to use old herbicides to attack weeds that are increasingly immune to herbicides. […]

Organic Farming Gives Indian Farmers Greater Financial Security

This report finds that organic cotton farming that include practicing crop diversity can be more profitable than merely growing GM cotton. […]

Treaty on Liability for GMO Damage Closer to Completion

A TWN report on the outcomes of the meeting of the Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Bioafety Protocol in Kuala Lumpur in June 2010. […]

Imminent Threat of Damage from GMOs

A TWN briefing on the concept of imminent threat of damage, an issue under negotiations on Liability and Redress in the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. […]

Financial Security:The Example of the Philippine Environmental Guarantee Fund

A TWN briefing on financial security under the Cartagena Protocol on BIosafety: a Philippines Case […]

Reducing Global Warming Through Organic Agriculture

Two research institutions argues that organic agriculture can help farmers adapt to climate change. […]

Ecological Food Provision for the Future

A new report from the UK Food Group points to the need for a radical shift towards more ecological and equitable food provision. […]