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Posted by bex — 18 July 2001 at 8:00am - Comments
Volunteers occupy tanker- Italy

Volunteers occupy tanker- Italy

Update: 18th July , 2001

Much buoyed by the ongoing occupation of the Exxon tanker near Genoa, our delegation spread out early this morning across the conference center, gathering information and position papers, and focussing on the details of the negotiations for their assigned groups.

Today is the last day that substantive progress can be made before the ministers start the political negotiations in earnest tomorrow.

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Greenpeace calls on government to halt imminent GM trials and remove flower heads from current GM trials

Last edited 28 February 2001 at 9:00am
28 February, 2001
Solution - Go OrganicGreenpeace today attacked the government for announcing new GM trial sites (1) despite the fact a review into how imported Canadian seed was contaminated with GM has yet to be completed.


Greenpeace wrote to Environment Minister Michael Meacher outlining their concerns last week. In the letter Greenpeace called on the Government to remove the flower heads from all GM crops currently growing to prevent contamination of surrounding farms and to halt new GM trials.

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Canadian Government report urges caution over GM crops and food

Last edited 19 February 2001 at 9:00am

Oil seed rapeThe safety and regulation of GM food has again been questioned. According to a new Canadian report (prepared by highly regarded experts for the Royal Society of Canada) GM food could pose:


"serious risks to human health, of extensive, irremediable disruption for the natural ecosystems or of serious dimunition of biodiversity"

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Canada's Great Bear Rainforest - a priceless treasure

Last edited 13 February 2001 at 9:00am

Brown bears in the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia

Brown bears in the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia

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Greenpeace welcomes Canadian farmers call for GM moratorium.

Last edited 8 December 2000 at 9:00am
8 December, 2000

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Greenpeace today welcomed a call by the National Farmers Union of Canada for "a moratorium on the production, importation, distribution, and sale of GM food".

Charlie Kronick, Greenpeace GM Campaigner said, "For the last 4 years, politicians and the NFU in the UK have said that if we fail to adopt GM crops that we'll lose out to our North American rivals. As the Canadian NFU has so clearly identified the environmental and economic drawbacks of GM, their call for a ban on GM foods sets exactly the kind of example that farmers, food producers and politicians should follow in this country".

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