Global Rules on Access and Benefit-sharing of Biodiversity Take Shape in Granada Meeting

The latest round of UN talks held in Granada, Jan 2006 on an international agreement on access and benefit-sharing reflected the all-too-familiar tensions and conflicts between the developed and developing countries. […]

The Biodiversity-IPRs Debate

A UN meeting held in Jan 2006 was an opportune occasion to revisit the difficult issues that states, indigenuous and local communities need to grapple with as they come to grips with the interplay of biodiversity and IPRs. […]

Impact of Bt Cotton on Farmers’ Health

This is a report on the health situation of Bt cotton growing farmers in Madhya Pradesh, India following complaints of allergenic reactions among farmers growing GM cotton. […]

Analysis of the MOP 3 Article 18.2(a) decision

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ANALYSIS OF THE MOP 3 ARTICLE 18.2(a) DECISION
By Lim Li Lin and Lim Li Ching, Third World Network

The 3rd Meeting of the Parties (MOP 3) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (under the Convention on Biological Diversity), […]

Analysis of key decisions at Biosafety Protocol meeting

This is an analysis on key decisions taken at the 3rd meeting of the Parties of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety which met from 13-17 March in Curitiba, Brazil. […]

Biosafety Protocol Reaches Agreement on Documentation for GMO Shipments

At the 3rd meeting of the Parties of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in Brazil, agreement was finally reached on international documentation requirements for bulk shipments of genetically modified commodity grains. […]

Historic agreement on documentation for GMO shipments

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Historic agreement on documentation for GMO shipments

Curitiba, 19 Mar (Lim Li Ching and Lim Li Lin) — Agreement has finally been reached on international documentation requirements for bulk shipments of genetically modified com […]

Bt Cotton and Farmers’ Health

Biosafety Protocol Parties decide on tracking of GM seeds trade

Study on biosafety hazards from gene mutations

“The Mutational Consequences of Plant Transformation” by Jonathan Latham, PhD, Allison Wilson, PhD, and Ricarda Steinbrecher, PhD. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology 2006 (article ID 25376). ABSTRACT (available on http://www.hi […]