Further work on biosafety risk assessment which is a key pillar under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety has received a setback at the UN Biodiversity Conference […]
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With the biodiversity financing gap remaining huge, Parties to the CBD had divergent views on whether progress has been made to meet the targets set in 2012 for mobilizing financial resources. […] ‘Organic 3.0’ is meant to be more ecologically sound, economically viable, socially just, culturally diverse, and transparently accountable; and will enable the uptake of truly sustainable farming systems and markets based on organic principles. […] The report of the recent Scientific Conference, Taking Stock – 20 years of GM crops – 40 years of ‘genetic engineering’, which was held in Mexico City, 1-2 December 2016. […] Parties to the CBD have made progress in the global governance and oversight of synthetic biology. However, progress on risk assessment work under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety has stalled. […] Parties to the CBD have adopted a decision on sequence information of genetic resources that sets in motion a plan intended to lead to an important decision at their next meeting in two years’ time. […] Rather than asking how we can ‘feed the world,’ we should be asking what can improve the social conditions in food and farming systems, how we can secure access to natural resources, and what public policies and processes should govern these systems. […] Parties to the CBD have adopted a decision on sequence information of genetic resources that sets in motion a plan intended to lead to an important decision at their next meeting in two years’ time. […] FAO’s website on Agroeocology (www.fao.org/agroecology) highlights and shares relevant knowledge on agroecology. […] The State of Food and Agriculture 2016 stresses that unless action is taken now to make agriculture more sustainable, productive and resilient, climate change impacts will seriously compromise food production in the world’s most fragile regions. […] |
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