160 Organisations mondiales appellent à un moratoire sur le forçage génétique obtenu par génie génétique
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170 Organizaciones de todo el mundo llaman a una moratoria sobre la nueva tecnología de "extinción genética" en reunión de la ONU
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CANCÚN, México – Esta semana, organizaciones sociales, ambientales y sindicales publicaron un llamado en el que conminan a los gobiernos reunidos en el Convenio sobre Diversidad Biológica (CDB) de 2016 a establecer una moratoria sobre la controvertida tecnología de extinción genética conocida como de impulsores genéticos.
170 Global Groups Call for Moratorium on New Genetic Extinction Technology at UN Convention
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CANCUN, MEXICO – This week, international conservation and environmental leaders are calling on governments at the 2016 UN Convention on Biodiversity to establish a moratorium on the controversial genetic extinction technology called gene drives.
Call for nominations: Captain Hook Awards for Biopiracy 2016
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Yo ho ho! Who are the most gruesome and despicable biopirates plundering genetic resources in your country? Which corporate crooks are looting indigenous knowledge in your communities? Have any governments failed to ward off marauders, enacted bogus policies, or plotted against their own people? Which gene-jacking genome editors are carrying out dastardly digital theft via your local genome database?
New Guide IDs GMOs 2.0 in Food and Cosmetics
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Consumer and Environmental groups release “Shopper’s Guide to Synthetic Biology”
BALTIMORE, MD — Consumer and environmental groups today released the Shopper’s Guide to Synthetic Biology to help consumers avoid the new wave of GMOs in food and cosmetics, and find truly natural and sustainable options.
Gene-silenced apples that never look old, synthetic stevia created with genetically engineered yeast — these are just some of the new generation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) making their way into food and consumer products.
Fusión Monsanto - Bayer: una de siete. Megafusiones y dominio de datos amenazan semillas y seguridad alimentaria
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Las autoridades podrían aún bloquear las megafusiones; los campesinos y agricultores seguirán la lucha por sus semillas y sus derechos
La fusión Bayer-Monsanto es sólo una de las diversas megafusiones que hemos anticipado. Hay en ciernes al menos otras tres, bastante ocultas del radar de la opinión pública, que quieren cambiar radicalmente las reglas del juego en los agronegocios.
The Monsanto–Bayer tie-up is just one of seven; Mega-Mergers and Big Data Domination Threaten Seeds, Food Security
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Policymakers could still block the agribiz mergers; peasants and farmers will continue the fight for seeds and rights
Wednesday’s confirmation that Monsanto and Bayer have agreed to a $66 billion merger is just the latest of four M&A announcements, but at least three more game-changing mergers are in play (and flying under the radar). The acquisition activity is no longer just about seeds and pesticides but about global control of agricultural inputs and world food security. Anti-competition regulators should block these mergers everywhere, and particularly in the emerging markets of the Global South, as the new mega companies will greatly expand their power and outcompete national enterprises. Four
30 líderes ambientales dicen ¡No! a impulsores genéticos
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La tecnología de extinción genética, rechazada por científicos y ambientalistas
OAHU, HAWAI — Mientras miles de representantes de los gobiernos y conservacionistas se reúnen en Oahu esta semana para el Congreso Mundial de Conservación 2016, líderes internacionales ambientales suenan la alarma en torno a los peligros potenciales del uso de los impulsores genéticos (gene drives) — una nueva tecnología de biología sintética muy controvertida, diseñada para extinguir especies objetivo.
Llamado a la conservación con conciencia
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No hay lugar para los impulsores genéticos en la conservación
Las nuevas tecnologías han jugado un papel importante en la protección de la vida sobre la Tierra y quienes firmamos este llamado apoyamos la innovación y la ciencia que puede servir a la conservación. Sin embargo, consideramos que una tecnología tan poderosa y potencialmente peligrosa como los impulsores genéticos (gene drives), cuyas consecuencias imprevistas no han sido estudiadas ni probados, ni tampoco ha sido evaluada en sus impactos éticos y sociales), no debe promoverse como herramienta de conservación.
30 Environmental Leaders say 'No!' to Gene Drives in Conservation
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Genetic “Extinction” Technology Rejected by International Group of Scientists, Conservationists and Environmental Advocates
OAHU, HAWAI'I — As thousands of government representatives and conservationists convene in Oahu this week for the 2016 World Conservation Congress, international conservation and environmental leaders are raising awareness about the potentially dangerous use of gene drives — a controversial new synthetic biology technology intended to deliberately cause targeted species to become extinct.