United Nations: Biodiversity Treaty Implementation at Stake

Does DuPont’s Sorghum Seed Include a Biopirated Bolivian Gene?

Gates Foundation and Cargill Pushing Soya in Africa

This report by ACB argues that the Gates Foundation project to develop a soya value chain in Africa will open the gates to the African soya market and eventually introduce GM soya into the continent. […]

Indigenous Crops to Solve Food Crises amid Climate Change

African scientists cautioned that agricultural development in rural areas based on Western-style methods could lead to increased loss of indigenous plants that are important as reliable and nutritious food sources. […]

Food Derived From GM Fed Animals Are Not GM-Free

 

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Media Release
Issued 18 November 2009/no 50
By Commerce Commission, New Zealand
 

Access and Benefit-sharing Protocol Negotiations Resume in September

 

Access and Benefit-sharing Protocol Negotiations Resume in September
 
Beijing, 9 August (Chee Yok […]

Access and Benefit-sharing Protocol Negotiations Resume in September

The Convention on Biological Diversity will discuss the issue of biopiracy and equitable benefit sharing when it resumes for another meeting on 18-21 September in Montreal. […]

Bayer Drops Liberty Link Rice in Brazil (for now)

 

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Bayer retreats and suspends its application for approval of Liberty Link rice in Brazil
Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | July […]

Ecological farming: Drought-Resistant Agriculture

This Greenpeace report examines strategies to withstand drought in agriculture using ecological farming based on biodiversity. […]

Advancing the Understanding of Biosafety – Oct 2010 – Nagoya, Japan