Unapproved GE rice from the US enters food chain

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/18/AR200608180104?3_2.html?
U.S. Rice Supply Contami […]

Chinese GM Cotton Growers Face Less Revenue

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Chinese Farmers of Genetically Modified Cotton Are Losing Money
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Emerging Technologies: Genetically Modified Crops

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. […]

Tarnishing Silver Bullets: Bt Technology Adoption, Bounded Rationality and the Outbreak of Secondary Pest Infestations in China

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. […]

GE HIV Vaccine Clinical Trial

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Genetically modified (GM) vaccines in South Africa?

comment and concerns re clinical trial of  GM HIV vaccine
 MRKAd5 HIV-1 gag/pol/nef

Rose Williams, July 2006

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Democratising Technology

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 […]

Developing a Liability and Redress Regime under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

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. […]

GM Rice Not Approved in China, For Now

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Lid stays on modified rice

China, the world’s top rice producer and consumer, is unlikely to give its nod for commercial production of genetically modified rice at least until next year with a government panel demanding more dat […]

Deficiencies in US Regulatory Oversight of GE Crops

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Briefing Report:
Deficiencies in Federal Regulatory Oversight of Genetically Engineered
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Those who question the appropriateness of local ordinances or state- level efforts to control the spread of genetically en […]

German Liability Law for GMO Cultivation

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. […]