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September 30th, 2010 | Category: Assessment & Impacts
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This report reveals a potential case of biopiracy involving DuPont which plans to sell Sorghum seeds that contain a gene that was illegally taken from a Bolivian plant. […] 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. […] 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. […]
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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
Beijing, 9 August (Chee Yok […]
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. […] |
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