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. […]
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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. […] Various ecological, social and economic challenges must be addressed if agriculture is to be truly sustainable. This briefing discusses the choices facing developing countries and policy makers, and suggests some ways forward. […] The present note provides an overview of the main findings and reasoning in the WTO Panel’s Interim Report on the case “European Communities – Measures Affecting the Approval and Marketing of Biotech Products” […] The US Government is proclaiming victory in the WTO case launched against the European Union on GMOs. But according to FOE, the WTO interim ruling does not question the right of countries to adopt strict biosafety. […] |
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