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Section: Global Agreements and Fora Date: May 09, 2008
 Greenpeace: Overview of the Current Text on Liability and Redress
Paper prepared for the 4th meeting of the Conference of Parties of the Biosafety Protocol, 12-14 May 2008
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Section: Sustainable Systems Date: Apr 30, 2008
 Civil Society Statement on the IAASTD
Statement from 20 civil society organizations on the outcome of the IAASTD in South Africa.
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Section: Sustainable Systems Date: Apr 30, 2008
 Civil Society Statement on the IAASTD (Spanish)
Declaración de 20 organizaciones de la sociedad civil sobre el resultado de la IAASTD.
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Section: Biomedical Applications Date: Apr 23, 2008
 Biosafety Evaluation of GE SAAVI MVA-C Multigene HIV Vaccine
An independent expert biosafety evaluation of the application made for trial release of GE SAAVI MVA-C multigene HIV vacccine in South Africa

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Section: Global Agreements and Fora Date: Apr 01, 2008
 No Agreement Yet on Liability Regarding GMOs
Negotiations under the UN Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to establish an international regime for liability and redress for damage caused by genetically modified organisms (GMOs) failed to conclude as mandated.
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Section: Key Regulatory Issues Date: Mar 10, 2008
 Documents for Liability and Redress Meeting, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Documents produced for the 5th meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
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Section: Agriculture / Organisms Date: Mar 06, 2008
 Hot potato - South Africa's GM potato - a critical analysis
A critical review by the African Centre for Biosafety on the GM potatoes experiment in South Africa.
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Section: Assessment & Impacts Date: Feb 29, 2008
 GM Contamination Register Report 2007
This is the third annual report from the online GM Contamination Register, which reviews reported cases of contamination and illegal plantings and releases of GM (genetically modified) organisms.
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Section: Assessment & Impacts Date: Feb 13, 2008
 Who Benefits from GM Crops - The Rise in Pesticides Use
This report shows that growing of GM crops has increased the use of harmful pesticides in major biotech crop producing countries.
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Section: Assessment & Impacts Date: Feb 13, 2008
 Who Benefits from GM Crops - The Rise in Pesticides Use (Executive Summary)
This report shows that growing of GM crops has increased the use of harmful pesticides in major biotech crop producing countries.
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»  Genetic Engineering and Omitted Health Research
»  Safety Considerations for Genetically Engineered Rice
»  The ‘Golden Rice’: An Exercise in How Not to Do Science
»  The Genetic Engineering of Smallpox
»  Socio-Economic Considerations in Biosafety
»  Why Biotech Patents Are Patently Absurd - Scientific Briefing on TRIPs and Related Issues
»  Capacity Building and the Biosafety Protocol: A TWN report
»  Model National Biosafety Law
»  Post-Market Oversight of Biotech Foods: Is the System Prepared?
»  A GM-Free Sustainable World -- English

 

Potential Socio-Economic, Cultural and Ethical Impacts of GMOs: Prospects for Socio-Economic Impact Assessment
 

  1) 5th meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress, Cartagena Protocol on Bioasfety
Date: March 12, 2008 to March 19, 2008
Venue: Cartagena, Colombia
 
  2) 4th Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Date: May 12, 2008 to May 16, 2008
Venue: Bonn, Germany
 
  3) International Biosafety Course
Date: July 28, 2008 to August 08, 2008
Venue: Tromso, Norway
 

  1) Ban Terminator Campaign
Date: October 01, 2005
 
  2) Ban GM Trees
Date: September 27, 2006
 
  3) Campaign To Stop Smallpox Genetic Engineering
Date: January 22, 2007
 

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