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More than 100 civil society organizations raise alarm about FAO biotechnology meeting
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And soon there will be three. Joy of six heads towards a “ménage à trois”
For more background, see ETC Group’s recent report: Breaking Bad: Big Ag Mega-Mergers in Play [
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...and (possibly) Irrelevant Preview of 2016
The Year that Ended Dangerously
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Dow + Dupont in the Pocket? Next: Demonsanto?
December 2015. In this new report, ETC Group examines corporate consolidation in four agricultural input sectors: seeds, pesticides, chemical fertilizers and farm equipment. With combined annual revenue of $385 billion, these companies call the shots.
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New ETC Group report, Breaking Bad, shows how Dow-DuPont, Monsanto and Syngenta seed and pesticide deals could be blocked by Global South
The $130 billion Dow-DuPont merger announced last week has rekindled ChemChina’s $44.6 billion bid for Syngenta which, in turn, may provoke a fourth takeover try by Monsanto.
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New Report Questions Risky Synthetic Biology Developments Promoted Under “Climate-Smart” Guise
Paris, 27th November 2015 – Some of the world’s largest agro-industrial corporations will be flying the flag for ‘climate-smart agriculture’ at the upcoming Climate Summit.
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Synthetic Biology and Climate Smart Agriculture
Many of the world's largest agro-industrial corporations are pushing forward the poorly-defined idea of "Climate-Smart Agriculture"(CSA) to re-market industrial agriculture as 'climate-ready'.
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New report exposes biotech’s big bet to prop up fossil fuels + International video release.
Paris, 24th November 2015 - At the upcoming Climate summit in Paris, some governments and much of civil society will be pushing for an urgent transition away from the carbon-rich fossil fuels responsible for climate chaos.
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an ETC Group and Heinrich Böll Stiftung Report
The extreme genetic engineering industry of Synthetic biology (Syn Bio) is shrugging off earlier pretensions that it would usher in a clean, green 'post-petroleum' economy. Now they are partnering with big oil, coal, gas and mining interests.
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