Synthetic Biology and the CBD
Submitted by Trudi Zundel on
Five key decisions for COP 13 & COP-MOP 8
December 2016
Call for nominations: Captain Hook Awards for Biopiracy 2016
Submitted by Trudi Zundel on
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?
Webinar: Are GMOs 2.0 in your food & cosmetics?
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An introduction to synthetic biology for shoppers
Companies are sneaking new GMO foods into our food and cosmetics: gene-silenced apples, a GMO potato, synthetic biology flavors and fragrances are on their way to market, or already there — and they may even be marketed as “natural.” This webinar will tell you everything you need to know to avoid the new wave of GMOs and find truly natural and sustainable options.
Date:
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 - 13:00
Monsanto in retreat: movement from the grassroots
Submitted by Silvia Ribeiro on
Monsanto in retreat: movement from the grassroots
English
Since August 1st, the news is spreading that Monsanto had to abandon the construction of one of the biggest factories in the world for producing transgenic seed that was to be installed in Córdoba, Argentina, in the municipality of Malvinas Argentinas. From there they had planned to distribute seeds to Latin America and beyond. This is an occurrence of enormous importance, that the company has not wanted to admit publicly, because the reason for their exit is the persistent popular resistance from neighbourhoods, youths and mothers, who have blocked the factory since 2013.
Nobel laureates serving Monsanto and Syngenta
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By Silvia Ribeiro*
It is not often that so many prominent scientists reveal their ignorance on a topic in such a short space. This was the case for the public letter that a hundred Nobel laureates published on June 30th defending genetically modified organisms (GMOs), particularly the so-called “Golden Rice,” and attacking Greenpeace for its critical stance on these crops. The letter is so full of high-sounding adjectives and epithets, false claims and poor arguments that it seems more like a propaganda tirade from transgenic companies than scientists presenting a position.
What is Synthetic Biology? The Comic Book
Submitted by Joëlle Deschambault on
Engineering life and livelihood
Merge-Santo: New Threat to Food Sovereignty
Submitted by Joëlle Deschambault on
If we act, we can stop the Big Six from becoming the Titanic Three.
Briefing Note, March 23, 2016
As ETC first warned in May[i] last year and again in February[ii] this year, the pressure of two mergers among the Big Six Gene Giants would make a third merger inevitable. In the last few days the business media have reported that Monsanto is in separate talks with Bayer and BASF – the two German giants among agricultural input companies. While anti-competition regulators are fussing about the hook up of DuPont with Dow and of Syngenta with Chem China, Monsanto urgently needs to make a match. They hope that if regulators let the other two deals go through, they won’t be able to deny Monsanto a chance to even the score.
Corporate vision of the future of food promoted at the UN
Submitted by Joana Chelo on
More than 100 civil society organizations raise alarm about FAO biotechnology meeting
La Via Campesina, GRAIN and ETC Group
Breaking Bad
Submitted by Joëlle Deschambault on
Big Ag Mega-Mergers in Play; 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. Who will dominate the industrial food chain? And what does it mean for farmers, food sovereignty and climate justice?
Issue
No to 1.5°C with geoengineering!
Submitted by Joëlle Deschambault on
Sign-on letter
Paris, 11 December 2015
Seemingly out of the blue (or rather, out of the black smog of the UNFCCC process), some of the largest historical culprits for climate change, countries including the United States, Canada and the European Union, have decided to back an "ambitious goal" of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C. To achieve this, radical emissions cuts would be needed from now, but in the case of these countries, that's not their real intention.
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