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ETC Group at the World Social Forum 2011

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This week (02/2011) ETC Group travels to Dakar to meet friends and partners – new, old and yet-to-be – to learn, listen and share information about corporate power and emerging technologies, including their impacts on marginalized communities. In the run-up to the Rio+20 Summit in May 2012, the international community will be confronted with a challenging list of so-called ‘green economy’ technology and policy proposals – as well as major agricultural and environmental institutional decisions.

Grupo ETC en el Foro Social Mundial 2011

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Esta semana (02/2011) el Grupo ETC viaja a Dakar para participar junto con amigos y aliados (nuevos, antiguos y futuros) con el fin de aprender, escuchar y compartir información sobre el poder corporativo y las nuevas tecnologías y sus impactos sobre las comunidades marginadas. En el proceso hacia la Cumbre de Rio + 20 en mayo de 2010, la comunidad internacional se verá confrontada con una agresiva lista de propuestas tecnológicas y  políticas de la llamada "economía verde", así como con importantes decisiones relativas a la agricutlura, el ambiente y las instituciones.

Groups Criticize Presidential Commission’s Recommendations on Synthetic Biology

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‘Business as usual’ wins out over precaution

The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues released its recommendations on the oversight of synthetic biology, provoking strong criticism from public interest watchdogs for its failure to respond to key environmental and public health risks.

In a letter sent to the commission, 58 environmental, public interest, and religious groups rejected the recommendations as a deeply flawed response to advances in synthetic biology, including the creation this year of the first entirely synthetic organism, that demand strong federal oversight.

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