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The Next Agribusiness Takeover: Multilateral Food Agencies

Enviado por Dru Oja Jay el

Stakeholders vs. Steak-eaters

Between now and late 2021, the World Economic Forum, agri-food conglomerates, IT companies and philanthropists (led by the Gates Foundation) have teamed up to spearhead three separate initiatives which could converge and utterly transform the multilateral agricultural system.

At stake is influence over four institutions with a combined annual budget of $11 billion and 5100 scientific/professional staff.

Three Big Battles for Global Food Policy Looming

Enviado por Dru Oja Jay el

World Food Systems Summit is part of a three-pronged corporate food policy power grab
February 12, 2020—A corporate alliance (consisting of Big Ag, the World Economic Forum, philanthro-capitalists and others) have spearheaded three separate initiatives (the Food Systems Summit, restructuring research institutions, acceleration of data collection) which threaten to converge and utterly transform the multilateral food and agriculture system. 
 

Gene Drive organisms: Destructive and Uncontrollable

Enviado por Veronica Villa el

Brief video about gene drives, by ETC Group and Swissaid

 Gene drive organisms have been greeted with a breathless euphoria by some geneticists, policy-makers and philanthropists. By manipulating the sexual reproductive system of organisms, the promoters of the technology claim they should be able to exterminate some species that are harmful to humans. However, once we look behind the headline-grabbing claims, it becomes clear that the use of this technology could put food systems and humanity at serious risk of irreversible harm.

See the video here:

The Right to Climate Justice (COP 25 Madrid)

Enviado por Dru Oja Jay el

Collective Convergence for Just Solutions and Against Geoengineering

Wed, 04 Dec 2019 11:30 to 13:00 Room 4 - Blue Zone

Climate crisis requires a real transformative shift away from fossil fuels in the production and consumption of everything. Grassroots movements and civil society organizations are making this shift through rights-based proposals that stand in stark contrast to geoengineering and other false solutions.

Forçage Génétique

Enviado por Dru Oja Jay el

Introduction à une nouvelle technologie dangereuse qui menace les Africains
Les organismes créés par forçage génétique sont conçus pour propager intentionnellement leurs traits implantés à travers une population entière et pourraient facilement être conçus pour provoquer l’extinction ou le remplacement d’une espèce entière. Jusqu'à présent, cette "technologie exterminatrice" n'a jamais été testée dans un environnement naturel, ou même semi-naturel, mais le jour de la libération des gene drive organisms approche.
 
Temas relacionados: 
Biología sintética
Evaluación de tecnología
Relacionados foros: 
Biodiversidad: CDB, OSACTT, IPBES

Gene Drive Organisms

Enviado por Dru Oja Jay el

An introduction to a dangerous new technology putting Africans at risk
Gene Drive Organisms are built to intentionally spread their implanted traits through an entire population and could easily be designed to cause a whole species to become extinct or replaced. So far this ‘exterminator technology’ has never been tested in a natural, or even semi-natural environment but the day of GDO release is coming. 
 
This report explains what Gene Drives are, who is behind them, and what rights and tools communities in Africa have to stop them.
    Temas relacionados: 
    Biología sintética
    Evaluación de tecnología
    Otras nuevas tecnologías
    Relacionados foros: 
    Biodiversidad: CDB, OSACTT, IPBES

    Plate Tech-Tonics

    Enviado por Dru Oja Jay el

    Mapping Corporate Power in Big Food
    Intersecting oligopolies, big data, unprecedented control of seeds byagrochemical companies. Corporations and giant asset managementfirms are creating an earthquake in the food system, in order to establish control of machinery, livestock breeding, pharmaceuticals and other inputs to the global food system, while consolidation continues in processing and distribution as well.
     
    Temas relacionados: 
    Semillas y diversidad genética
    Derechos humanos / Derechos de los Agricultores
    Concentración Corporativa
    Relacionados foros: 
    Alimentación y Agricultura: FAO, CGIAR, CFS

    ETC Podcast Episode #1: Gene drives in Africa

    Enviado por Dru Oja Jay el

    ETC will be occasionally chatting with collaborators, activists and experts about emerging technologies. Check for the ETC podcast on iTunes, Google Play, or other podcast services. A full list of episodes can be found at etcgroup.libsyn.com In Episode #1 ETC's Tom Wakeford speaks with Ugandan lawyer and advocate Barbara Ntambirweki about gene drives, a powerful new genetic technology that can change species in the wild and make species go extinct.

    Briefing on Proposed ISO Radiative Forcing Standard

    Enviado por Dru Oja Jay el

    Leaked documents reveal ISO's geoengineering plans

    In early August, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that the ISO, a corporate-driven standards organization, was moving forward with a new standard that could undermine existing climate standards, which included mentions of geoengineering.

    At the time, we asked who was behind the push the attempt to create a standard for measuring "radiative forcing," and to create a market for 

    Tecnologías: manipulando la vida, el clima y el planeta

    Enviado por Veronica Villa el

    Publicación del Grupo ETC y ALAI

    Digitalización, robótica, manipulación molecular, geoingeniería – nos encontramos en medio de un tsunami tecnológico caracterizado por la convergencia entre tecnologías y el Big Data, en escalas desde lo nanométrico hasta lo planetario; y todo ello bajo el control predominante de poderosos oligopolios. Esta coedición de ALAI y el ETC Group explora facetas de esta realidad, como aporte para avanzar en la comprensión crítica del conjunto, condición para la acción colectiva.

    Qui nous nourrira?

    Enviado por Veronica Villa el

    Le réseau alimentaire paysan et la chaîne alimentaire industrielle

     

    Le réseau alimentaire paysan nourrit 70 % de la population mondiale avec seulement 25 % des ressources?

     

    Chaque dollar que nous payons pour la nourriture produite par la chaîne industrielle nous coûte deux dollars supplémentaires pour réparer les dommages qu’elle cause?

    Nuevo estándar socava los acuerdos sobre el clima y afianza la geoingeniería

    Enviado por Veronica Villa el

    Quién está presionando para que se debiliten los estándares en la lucha contra el cambio climático

     

    DAVAO, MONTREAL Y CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, 29 de Agosto. — Un informe de la Agencia France Presse (AFP) reveló un nuevo intento por establecer la base para un mercado de “créditos climáticos” para usar técnicas de geoingeniería. Grupos de la sociedad civil están denunciando las negociaciones a puerta cerrada de la Organización Internacional de Normalización (ISO por sus siglas en inglés), que podrían debilitar los esfuerzos para frenar el cambio climático.

    Proposed standard threatens to undermine climate agreements, entrench geoengineering

    Enviado por Dru Oja Jay el

    Who is behind backroom push to undermine climate standards?

    DAVAO, MONTREAL AND MEXICO CITY—A report from Agence France-Presse has revealed a new effort to establish the basis for a market for “climate credits” for the use of geoengineering technologies. Civil society groups are denouncing the closed-door negotiations at the International Standards Organization (ISO) that could undermine efforts to curb climate change. 

    Le rapport de l'agence mondiale pour la conservation sur le biologie synthétique et le forçage génétique a-t-il été truqué ?

    Enviado por Dru Oja Jay el

    Un groupe de surveillance trouve des preuves de partialité et de conflits d'intérêts

    8 juillet 2019, Montréal

    Dans un rapport publié aujourd'hui, le Groupe ETC révèle de graves partis pris et conflits d'intérêts chez les membres du groupe d'experts réuni par la très influente UICN (Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature), le plus grand organisme international à convoquer les mouvements de conservation.

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