Geoengineering Moratorium at UN Ministerial in Japan: Risky Climate Techno-fixes Blocked

De facto Moratorium on Geoengineering Adopted by CBD Parties

In a landmark decision, the UN conference on biodiversity adopted a de facto moratorium on geoengineering projects and experiments on 29 October 2010. […]

Biodiversity Convention Adopts Landmark Decisions; Doubts Prevail on ABS Protocol

The UN conference on biodiversity which ended on 30 Oct 2010 adopted more than 40 decisions, including a new legally binding agreement to combat biopiracy. […]

De facto Moratorium on Geoengineering Adopted by CBD Parties

Biodiversity Convention Adopts Landmark Decisions; Doubts Prevail on ABS Protocol

Ecological Agriculture is ‘Development-Smart’

TWN briefing on ecological agriculture as the solution for food security, farmers, livelihoods and addressing climate change. […]

Access and Benefit Sharing Treaty Enters Critical Stage

New Treaty on Access and Benefit-Sharing Remains Elusive

US Lawmakers Urge Rejection of GE Salmon

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Forty Representatives And Senators Call On FDA To Halt GE Salmon Approval
 
The Center for Food Safety, USA
Press Release

Biosafety Protocol Steps Forward

Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety held their fifth meeting (COP-MOP5) in Nagoya, Japan from 11-15 October 2010. This is a TWN report of the key COP-MOP5 outcomes. […]