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. […]

Biosafety Protocol Steps Forward

 

Biosafety Protocol steps forward
 
Nagoya, 16 October (Lim Li Lin and Doreen Stabinsky) – The bi-annual meeting of Parties to the UN Cartagena Proto […]

Summary Findings of IAASTD on GMOs

A synthesis of the findings from the IAASTD as they relate to GMOs. […]

Summary Findings of IAASTD on GMOs

 

Biotechnology and Sustainable Development
 
Findings from the UN-led International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Sc […]

Making Agricultural Research Work for Small Farmers and Agroecological Approaches in West Africa

This paper highlights some of the outcomes of recent farmer deliberations on the governance and priorities of food & agricultural research in West Africa. […]

Genetic Engineered Fish

There is an attempt to commercialise GE salmon. This briefing looks at the issues pertaining to GE fish and their release. […]

Developed Countries Reject Mandatory Disclosure Requirements

Developed Countries Reject Mandatory Disclosure Requirements

Developed countries continue to reject a list of mandatory checkpoints to detect potential biopiracy by users of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge within their jurisdiction. […]