agriculture

Genetically engineered rice: illegal and unwanted in China

Last edited 13 April 2005 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2005

Summary

Greenpeace has discovered that GE rice seeds have been sold and grown commercially for a number of years. The GE rice is illegal, and has not been approved as safe for either human consumption or the environment. It has entered the Chinese food chain and environment, and may have contaminated Chinese rice exports.

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Recipes against hunger

Last edited 20 November 2004 at 2:42pm
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20 November, 2004

What can reverse the devastation caused by the agriculture industry and ensure that the world can feed itself in the future? Funded by Greenpeace, Bread for the World and the UK Department for International Development, Essex University researchers undertook the largest ever study of environmentally and socially responsible farming.

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Victory: Bayer pulls out of GM research in India

Last edited 17 November 2004 at 9:00am
Traditional farming in India

Traditional farming in India

In a major blow to the future of genetically modified (GM) crops in the developing world, GM company Bayer has announced that it has stopped all its work on creating new GM crops in India. This is the biotech giant's third defeat this year proving just how unsustainable and unwanted GM agriculture is.

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Major blow for biotech as Bayer stops GM research in India

Last edited 17 November 2004 at 9:00am
17 November, 2004

In a major blow to the future of genetically modified (GM) crops in the developing world, GM company Bayer has announced that it has stopped all its work on creating new GM crops in India. In a letter to Greenpeace, Bayer claims that the decision to stop GM research was "due to changes in our global research strategy," and concedes that all work on GM cabbage, cauliflower, aubergine, tomato and mustard seed has stopped. The company will now only concentrate on conventional plant breeding.

Article tagged as: agriculture, bayer, GM, GM crops, india, oilseed rape, press releases

The Yungas and Great Chaco American forests

Posted by admin — 8 November 2004 at 9:00am - Comments

Greenpeace activists dressed as 'jaguars' use chains to immobilise the bulldozers that have been destroying Yungas forest

Rich in biodiversity and home to rare species such as jaguars, which are on the brink of extinction in the region, these forests are being destroyed at one of the fastest rates in the world.

The rate of this destruction has accelerated since 1996 when Monsanto introduced genetically engineered soya beans into Argentina. Since then, the country has extended its agricultural frontiers to grow genetically engineered soya for export as animal feed particularly to the European Union and China, at the expense of its threatened forests, wildlife and the home and livelihoods of many forest dwelling people, including indigenous people.

Article tagged as: agriculture, argentina, forests, GM food, jaguars, soya

European Communities - measures affecting the approval and marketing of biotech products

Last edited 27 May 2004 at 8:00am
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21 March, 2007

Publication date: May 2004

Summary
The US, Canada and Argentina are challenging the European Union's de facto moratorium on the approval of genetically modified (GM) foods and crops.

The Amicus Coalition represents a wide range of environmental, consumer and social justice groups lobbying the World Trade Organisation to prevent countries being forced to accept GM products that their consumers do not want.

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Global anti-GM coalition submits case to WTO

Last edited 27 May 2004 at 8:00am
27 May, 2004

Campaign groups say trade body must not be stooge for biotech

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GM milk can be ditched overnight

Last edited 13 May 2004 at 8:00am
13 May, 2004

New report shows that dairy industry can immediately go GM-free

The UK dairy industry can go GM-free virtually overnight, with no cost to the consumer or the farmer, according to a new report published today (May 13, 2004) by Greenpeace.

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GM and Dairy Cow Feed

Last edited 13 May 2004 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Steps to a GM-free Future for the UK Dairy Industry

Publication date: May 2004

Summary
The report illustrates how the UK dairy industry can be both GM-free and independent of imports in the future by growing protein-rich crops such as lupins for cattle feed.

The report was produced in collaboration with the farmers' campaigning group FARM.

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Greenpeace steps up global campaign against GE soya and GE food

Last edited 16 April 2004 at 8:00am
16 April, 2004

Amsterdam/ Brussels Two days before new European Union rules on labelling and traceability of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) come into effect, international environmental group Greenpeace announced that it was stepping up its campaign against the spread of genetically engineered (GE) soya and to mobilise consumers against GE food.

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