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#1337BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-16
Planet Diversity - Presentation of results and the Bonn Manifesto
Representatives of farmers, social movements and grassroots organisations, local, regional and national governments as well as the scientific community throughout the world will hold a conference on the future of food and farming in parallel to the COP/MOP from 12 to 15th May. The results of thi ...
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#1542BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-16
BIOFUELS AND GENETIC ENGINEERING: THE RISKS FOR BIODIVERSITY, FOOD AND FEED
Biofuels offer new opportunities for the expansion of genetically engineered plants and trees. Presentations will give an overview of current applications and R&D, ranging from herbicide tolerance and pesticide expression to plants with increased geographical ranges, altered photosynthesis, alte ...
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#1615BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-16
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#1399BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-15
Screening of the documentary film "Adoption of Bt Cotton in Vidarbha"
This Gene Campaign film depicts the process of adoption of Bt Cotton in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra (India)and looks into the major players responsible. It has also tried to capture the socio- economic consequences as well as impact on health and environment, as observed in the field.
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#1206BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-15
INDUSTRY AS RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS: A REVIEW OF PRIVATE SECTOR STEWARDSHIP AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Representatives from several industry associations will provide an overview of the private sector's commitments to industry stewardship and quality management practices. The Biotechnology Industry Organization will present information on Excellence Through StewardshipSM and its Product Launch ...
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#1214BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-15
Framework for Environmental Risk Assessment of GM Crops: Problem Formulation as an Essential First Step
Seminar and discussion to present ILSI/RF's work on Problem Formulation and plans for further work on a comprehensive framework for ERA of GM crops.
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#1282BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-15
Standardisation of methods for the environmental monitoring of GMOs
Presentation of standardized methods for the environmental monitoring of GMOs and the standardization procedure
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#1334BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-15
Crops for Fuel? N2O release from agro biofuel production
Producing fuels from plants and crops mean not only relevant inputs of fossil energy, but also relevant emission of N2O. N2O is a greenhouse gas much more potent and durable than CO2. Responsible science as good as responsible energy policy has to look at the impact of N2O-releases. Speaker: Pro ...
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#1359BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-15
BiosafeTrain presentation
BiosafeTrain is an international project devoted to GM biosafety capacity building in East Africa. Financially supported by DANIDA, it provides local training courses, fellowships and co-ordinates infrastructural development to promote the responsible use of biotechnology in Africa. The project ...
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#1547BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-15
Capacity-building activities at the Norwegian Institute of Gene Ecology (GenØk) - Centre for Biosafety
* The annual course in "Holistic Foundations for Assessment and Regulation of Genetic Engineering and Genetically Modified Organisms", * Regional biosafety courses, * The GE/GMO Biosafety Forecast Service - the Biosafety Assessment Tool (BAT), * Master of Science Program in Biosafety, * The Gate ...
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#1554BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-15
¿FULFILLING THE AGREEMENTS? Information report for the Compliance Committee on the cases of Mexico, Peru and Brazil.
Mexico, Peru and the silence towards maize contamination derived from transboundary movements & Brazil's biosafety policy and the fulfillment of the Protocol: 3 case analysis.
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#1231BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-14
Global Acceptance of Biotech Crops
For over a decade, agricultural biotechology has enjoyed significant acceptance rates worldwide, with the potential to help address global challenges, such as rising food prices, food supply shortage and a growing global population. CropLife International will provide a number of perspectives ad ...
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#1398BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-14
Panel Discussion on Liability and Redress Regime for GM Crops: A Developing Country Perspective
This discussion will focus on the probable elements of a liability and redress regime required in the context of a developing country like India. Despite allowing commercialisation and field trials of GM crops and unrestricted import of GE foods, India is yet to put in place a liablity and redre ...
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#1552BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-14
The GM Contamination Register
The contamination of non-GM crops by GM crops has become an increasingly costly problem as contamination from crops such as Starlink, Bt10 and Liberty Link Rice have found their way around the world. The online GM Contamination Register has recorded over 225 incidents since 1997 in over 50 cou ...
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#1585BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-14
Golden Rice: Applying the Protocol methodology for risk assessment
Introduction on the general methodology for Environmental Risk Assessment. Appling the methodology of Risk Assessment on the case of Golden Rice. Explaining the procedure and going trough the different steps to be followed; hazard identification, likelihood estimation, evaluation of the conseque ...
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#1333BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-14
Crops for Fuel? The Biofuel Debate: the physical-technical background
Much of the crop fuel-debate neglects or underestimates basic facts. Plants in general are capable to convert only 1% of the energy which comes with the sunlight into biomass. For this reason any energy policy based on renewable sources has to concentrate mainly on use of wind and sun. Biomass c ...
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#1336BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-14
Risk assessment for nontarget arthropods: principles and practice
PBS and IOBC/WPRS will lead a discussion on a tiered approach to non-target testing, including issues such as problem formulation, species selection, experimental design and testing protocols. Risk assessment research will be presented from PBS's Biotechnology-Biodiversity Interface (BBI) grants ...
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#1355BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-14
Internationally Funded Training in Biosafety and Biotechnology – Is it Bridging the Biotech Divide?
Discussion of the results of the UNU-IAS Assessment of Ongoing Efforts to Build Capacity for Biosafety and Biotechnology.
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#1380BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-14
Evidence of GMO health dangers is sufficient to justify their ban
With contributions from more than 30 scientists over two years, we have gathered evidence of 65 health risks of GMOs. They have been linked to thousands of toxic and allergic reactions, thousands of sick, sterile, and dead livestock, and damage to virtually every organ and system studied in lab ...
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#1386BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-14
National Biosafety Legislations and Cartagena Biosafety Protocol: How far we are from convergence?
Products derived from modern biotechnology, especially in agriculture, are subject to growing international oversight, both technology-based and product-based. Over recent years at the international level, several new instruments have been elaborated that directly or indirectly address biosafety ...
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#1397BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-14
Legal Action to Improve Biosafety in India: A Panel Discussion
This side event will revolve around efforts of civil society actors in India to effect policy changes on biosafety, by engaging with the judiciary. CSOs , particularly Gene Campaign, have filed public interest litigations in the Supreme Court of India, seeking its intervention to improve biosafe ...
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#1544BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-14
Biosafety Capacity Building - experiences from an AU- German cooperation
Presentation of the AU Biosafety Strategy and the process of revising the AU model law Presentation of future activities
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#1553BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-14
TAI NATIONAL PARK
PRESENTATION OF TAI NATIONAL PARC AND ITS LARGE POOL OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY. OPPORTUNITIES IN TAI PARK
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#1582BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-14
Building Capacity through Knowledge for Sustainable Biosafety Implementation in West Africa: A Review of Upstream Analytical Work on Regulatory, Environmental and Economic Aspects
The event will provide a brief overview of the West Africa Regional Biosafety Project and focus primarily on the results of key analytical studies commissioned by the World Bank that were aimed to inform the countries on project design, approach and long-term biosafety/biotechnology policy in th ...
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#1584BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-13
The World According to Monsanto
Screening of new video documentary by Marie-Monique Robin.