Biotech Industry’s Hands Seen in Bilateral Agreements

r WTO: RUSSIA WELCOMES U.S. TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CREATION OF ITS BIOSAFETY REGULATION

Eremurus Club/CIS Alliance for Biosafety, Russia (http://biosafety.ru)

27 November 2006

In [the] frame of the bilateral agreemen […]

Asians Want to Remain GM-Free

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China delays GMO rice but raises biotech budget

By Nao Nakanishi

HONG KONG, Dec 6 (Reuters) – China, the world’s top rice producer and consumer, has again put off a plan to allow farmers to grow transgen […]

Monsanto’s Patents To Be Re-examined

MONSANTO ANTI-FARMER PATENTS TO BE REEXAMINED AT PUBPAT REQUEST:

Patent Office Finds "Substantial Questions" Regarding the Validity of

Each of Monsanto’s Four Widely Asserted Patents

NEW YORK — Nov […]

Brazil Prohibits Cultivation of GM Crops in Indigenous, Protected Areas

Brasil prohbe cultivo de transgnicos en rea indgena

Luisa Massarani

9 Noviembre 2006

Fuente: SciDev.Net

[RIO DE JANEIRO] El presidente Luis Igncio Lula da Silva firm la semana […]

Illegal GM Rice Found in West Africa

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FoE Africa GMO Campaign

Press Release, 24 November 2006

US rice imports sent to West Africa are contaminated with illegal GM rice

FoE Africa calls for immediate recall of all […]

Turning Food into Fuel: GM Drought Tolerant Soybean and its Use in the Production of Biodiesel

Soybean is viewed as a very attractive crop for the production of biodiesel. This briefing looks into attempts to develop GM soybean for that purpose in South Africa. […]

Africa Contaminated By Unapproved GM Rice from the USA

Friends of the Earth Africa announced that LLRICE601 has been found in rice supply in the West African countries of Ghana and Sierra Leone. […]

Turning Food into Fuel: GM Drought Tolerant Soybean and its Use in the Production of Biodiesel

Soybean is viewed as a very attractive crop for the production of biodiesel. This briefing looks into attempts to develop GM soybean for that purpose in South Africa. […]

Report Finds GE Rice Unnecessary

Future of Rice – Executive Summary

Rice is the world’s most important staple food – grown in over 100 countries, consumed regularly by over two billion people and the primary source of protein for millions. But the production of rice i […]

The WTO GMO Dispute: Implications for developing countries and the need for an appeal

This note explains what the WTO Dispute Panel on the EC biotechnology case decided, what might be appealed, and what might be important to developing countries wanting to regulate GM imports and other products. […]