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Section: Agriculture / Organisms Date: Jun 15, 2009  GM Crops Ten Years On: The Undying Promise Research on GM crops spanning ten years by the Institute of Development Studies/STEPS Centre, UK. » Read more ...   Section: Biosafety Science Date: Jun 10, 2009  New Paper Questions Safety of GM Food Crops New study further questions safety of GM foods. » Read more ...   Section: Agriculture / Organisms Date: Jun 04, 2009  Bt Cotton and the Myth of Enhanced Yields This article explores the myth of rising yields of Bt cotton in India and points out that genetic engineering has been at best neutral with respect to yield. » Read more ...   Section: Trends in Industry Date: Jun 03, 2009  GM Crops 10 years on A decade ago there was much hope and hype about the potentials of GM crops. The reality, thus far, is a more complex and mixed story. » Read more ...   Section: Assessment & Impacts Date: Jun 03, 2009  GM Insecticidal Crops and Natural Enemies The study reviewed data from published and peer reviewed literature about the impact of insecticidal GM plants on arthropod natural enemies in laboratory experiments. » Read more ...   Section: Sustainable Systems Date: May 26, 2009  Mounting Opposition to GMOs and Patents on Life in Europe More and more Europeans are saying NO to GMOs. » Read more ...   Section: Trends in Industry Date: May 25, 2009  South Africa Facing a Tsunami of Risky GMOs A wave of new GMOs are expected to flood the South African market during 2009. Biotech backers, such as the Bill Gates Foundation, are also bringing new GM crops onto the South African scene. » Read more ...   Section: Policy and Regulation Date: Apr 29, 2009  GMO Moratorium: The way forward for Europe A European Conference calls for an EU-wide moratorium on the authorization and the commercial planting of GMOs. » Read more ...

»  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 »  GM Foods: Potential Human Health Effects »  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   NEW BOOK: Hope not Hype: The Future of Agriculture Guided by the IAASTD     1) Biosafety Assessment Tool (BAT) Date: April 26, 2009 to December 31, 2009     2) Southern African Regional Course on Biosafety Date: June 28, 2009 to July 03, 2009 Venue: University of the Free State, South Africa     3) Biosafety Course and Conference: Hazard ID and Risk Assessment of (Trans)gene Flow Date: August 17, 2009 to August 26, 2009 Venue: Tromso, Norway     1) Ban GM Trees Date: September 27, 2006     2) Campaign To Stop Smallpox Genetic Engineering Date: January 22, 2007

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