TECHNICAL EXPERT COMMITTEE REPORT SCIENTIFIC AND SENSIBLE: FARMER UNIONS AND COALITION HOPE THAT SUPREME COURT WILL ACCEPT THE INTERIM REPORT IN TOTO
Published By kavitha On Monday, October 29th 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: Cartagena Biosafety Protocol, Field Trials, superpests, Superweeds, Technical Expert Committee report in GMOs PIL
On the eve of the Supreme Court Hearing in the PIL related to GMOs (Writ Petition (Civil) No. 260 of 2005, by Aruna Rodrigues and ors) which is to look into the interim report of the Technical Expert Committee appointed by the Court, the Coalition for a GM-Free India condemned ... Continue Reading
All field trials to be stopped, unless conditions met: SC Technical Expert Committee submits interim report
Published By kavitha On Thursday, October 18th 2012. Under Field Trials, Uncategorized Tags: Biosafety, Bt brinjal, Bt cotton, GM field trials, Moratorium on Bt food crops, SC technical expert committee in GMOs PIL
"10-year Moratorium on field trials of Bt food crops, Moratorium on field trials of Herbicide Tolerant crops (till independent assessment of impact and suitability) and Ban on field trials of GM crops for which India is Centre of Origin/Diversity"
In an Interim Report signed off on 7th October 2012 (D.No.1944/2005/SC/PIL in ... Continue Reading
Coalition condemns Biotech industry attempts to hijack and dilute the CBD MOP6 discussions
Published By kavitha On Saturday, October 6th 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: Biosafety, Biotech Industry, CBD MOP6, Coalition for GM-Free India, Field Trials, Monsanto, Nagoya Supplementary Protocol, Precautionary Principle, Socio Economic Considerations
MOP exposes real safety concerns of GM crops;
Coalition demands that India should not allow any open-air field trials or release of GM crops.
A comprehensive Biosafety Law be enacted with strict liability and redress provisions.
The CBD MOP6, has for once, exposed the Global Biotech industry’s attempts to ... Continue Reading
NO SHORT-CUT TO REAL BIOSAFETY
Published By kavitha On Wednesday, October 3rd 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: Biosafety, Coalition for a GM-Free India, GM field trials
Today (October 2nd 2012), civil society, particularly from the host country India, urged global leaders at the MOP6 on Biosafety Protocol to follow the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in letter and spirit, to ensure that our biodiversity and with it the access of the local people to their biological ... Continue Reading
“GM Crops a Danger to India’s Food and Nutrition Security”
Published By kavitha On Tuesday, October 2nd 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: GM & Yield, GM crops & food security, Superweeds
’GM lobbyists’ claims of yield advantage for GMOs unfounded, state international scientists’
Hyderabad, September 27th 2012: GM crops do not provide a solution to current and coming challenges. These include climate change, increased losses from pests, increasing population, scarce water and expensive energy and fertilizers. Analysis of Monsanto’s new drought-tolerant ... Continue Reading
