Patenting the “Climate Genes”

The world’s largest seed and agrochemical corporations are stockpiling hundreds of monopoly patents on genes in plants that are genetically modified to withstand extreme climate conditions. […]

EU Ministers Agree to Revamp GMO Assessment, Approval System

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Environment ministers agree GMO approval overhaul

By Leigh Phillips
EU Observer, 6 June 2008
(http://euobserver.com/9/26285)

EU environment ministers have supported a proposal from France to ove […]

Food Crisis, Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture

This statement deals with the crisis of food prices and shortages, and also the issue of agriculture and climate change. […]

Liability regime on GMOs still elusive, for now

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Progress after tough talks on liability regime for GMOs

Geneva, 23 May (Lim Li Lin) — Four years of negotiations on an
international liability and redress […]

Progress after tough talks on liability regime for GMOs

Four years of negotiations on an international liability and redress regime for GMOs under the Biosafety Protocol have failed to conclude as planned. […]

Giant Biotech Companies File Hundreds of “Climate Genes” Patents

ETC Group
News Release
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
www.etcgroup.org

Gene Giants Grab "Climate Genes"
Amid Global Food Crisis, Biotech Companies are Exposed as
Climate Change Profiteers

Greenpeace: Overview of the Current Text on Liability and Redress

Paper prepared for the 4th meeting of the Conference of Parties of the Biosafety Protocol, 12-14 May 2008 […]

TWN Briefing Papers for COP-MOP4

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4th Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

The 4th meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 4) will be held in Bonn, Germany, from 12 to 16 May 2008.

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New policies to address food crisis needed

Comments from the Oakland Institute on the food crisis and appropriate policies to address it. […]