Bt 11 – C/F/96.05.10 notification for cultivation

Greepeace report on why Bt11 should not be approved for cultivation in Europe. […]

Insect resistance to Bt crops

Item 1 New Resistance Mechanism in Helicoverpa armigera Threatens Transgenic Crops Expressing Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac Toxin APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, May 2005, p. 2558–2563. Vol. 71, No.5 Robin V. G […]

IMPORTANT – views and text proposals to be submitted by Nov 1 for

r UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/2/11 Page 10-17 Annex This annex includes options, approaches, issues, as well as an appendix containing scenarios, for further consideration. It is not meant to be exhaustive nor does it […]

Contamination Incidences Spark Calls for Liability Laws

Item 1 GM crop contamination may spark review Sep 15 2005 http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=24961 The federal and state governments are being urged to consider national liability laws after canola crops in four states we […]

Close Scrutiny Needed for GM Microorganisms

Item 1 Field-testing Bacterial Pathogens with Antibiotic Resistance Genes Prof. Joe Cummins The University of Wisconsin is preparing to release genetically modified (GM) Erwinia carotovora bacteria containing a […]

The Ecological Impacts of Transgenic Crops on Agroecosystem Health

The impacts of agricultural biotechnology are here evaluated in the context of agroecological goals aimed at making agriculture more socially just, economically viable, and ecologically sound. […]

The Myths of Agricultural Biotechnology: some ethical questions

The author contends that the key problem facing agroecologists, is that modern industrial agriculture, today epitomized by biotechnology, is founded on philosophical premises that are fundamentally flawed. […]

The Potential of Agroecology to Combat Hunger in the Developing World

The authors maintain that agroecology, a scientific discipline that uses ecological theory to study, design, manage and evaluate agricultural systems that are productive but also resource conserving, may well be the answer of hunger in the Third World. […]

Agroecology: principles and strategies for designing sustainable farming systems

The author introduces agroecology as an example of the practice of sustainable agriculture. […]

Seed Purity

This research report documents the alternatives to thresholds and concludes that no relaxation of the zero tolerance standard is required given the availability of commercially viable, extremely low risk pathways to import seed. […]