This chapter is part of the Africa Environment Outlook 2 published by UNEP. It concludes that Africa needs to consider the potential benefits of GM technology against the threats posed to biodiversity, livelihoods and cultural systems. […]
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This report found that the profits Chinese Bt cotton growers enjoyed by saving on pesticides have now been eroded with the unexpected emergence of secondary pests which resulted in the increased use of pesticides to control them. […] The concept of ‘technology transfer’ has long been presented as a means to address the great divide between industrialised and less industrialised countries. But just providing access to basic technologies is not enough. People need to be given control […] The paper sets out the broad principles of State responsibility for environmental harm and identifies the possible main elements that could be included in a liability and redress regime to be developed under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. […] Germany’s approach to setting new GMO liability law provides an important example for other countries. The vovernment has sought to explicitly allocate liability for the financial risks arising from the cultivation of GMOs and to protect non-GM farmers. […] This briefing concludes that the present federal oversight in the United States is insufficient to address the potential environmental, human health, and economic consequences of experimental genetically engineered crops. […] Introduced in Hawaii in 1998, GE papaya is facing many setbacks and the prospects for the industry is dim, thus contradicting claims of its success by the GE industry and its allies. […] Bilateral free trade agreements are seen by the agricultural biotechnology industry as an important conduit for spreading GMOs around the world. […] Current field trials of experimental, untested GE crops pose unassessed risks to wildlife, yet US government regulators have inadequate safeguards to protect the environment from genetic contamination […] The Centre for Research in Biosafety (INBI) in New Zealand is urging the food standards agency not to approve Monsanto’s GE high-lysine LY038 corn until further safety studies have been conducted. […] |
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