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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.
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#1589BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-13
BUILDING THE CAPACITY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY: EXPERIENCES AND THE PATH FORWARD
The GEF Implementing Agencies (IAs) would present their experience building the capacity at the country level for the development and implementation of the CPB. The IAs would use this opportunity to show the assistance they can provide to countries interested in building their capacity to addres ...
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#1612BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-13
Biofuels and environment
A discussion on biofuels and its impact on environment, food security and other natural resources
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#1622BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-13
Liability & Redress: The Compact - A Private Sector Compensation Mechanism
This CropLife International initiative is an agreement to provide recourse for actual damage to biological diversity if an LMO product released to the environment by one of the signatories to this contract is proven to have caused such damage. It is a binding commitment to remediate damage afte ...
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#1208BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-13
Risk Assessment and Research
The EU funded projects BIOSAFENET and Science4BioReg (PRRI) will organize this collaborative side event on risk assessment and risk assessment research. The proposed topics for the side event are: Introduction, role of risk assessment under the Protocol, guidance on risk assessment (PRRI) ...
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#1211BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-13
Implementing the Protocol in Developing Countries: The Impacts of Legal, Trade, and Economic Issues on Biosafety Policy and Regulation
Recognized international biosafety experts from developed and developing countries will discuss research results and analysis of key issues that developing countries will encounter when implementing their obligations under the Biosafety Protocol. Topics to be discussed include the legal issues t ...
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#1255BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-13
PROPOSAL FOR ECOTOXICOLOGICAL TEST METHODS AND STRATEGIES OF THE RISK ASSESSMENT OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS
No harmonised concept for the ecotoxicological testing of LMOs like GMPs is available today that fully accounts for the characteristics of whole GMPs. Our concept explicitly addresses both the plant and the transgene products and integrates the case definitions of Directive 2001/18/EC and the C ...
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#1280BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-13
South-South Networking on Biosafety Capacity Building through training
This event will outline the challenges developing countries are facing while exploring the potential role of biotechnology in improving human well-being and addressing the need to ensure that the technology is developed and used in a safe manner. The model of the UNIDO e-biosafety Training progr ...
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#1307BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-13
Tools to Support Environmental Risk Assessment of Transgenic Crops
GMO ERA Project members will give presentations about scientific methodologies and teaching tools for environmental risk assessment and management of transgenic plants, in accordance with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and other international agreements.
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#1339BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-13
Who is liable for the socio-economic and environmental damage caused by GM monocultures in Latin America and Europe??
Liability for damage resulting from transboundary movements of GMOs will be at the centre of attention during MOP4. And at last, socio-economic concerns will be discussed in the context of the international biosafety negotiations (article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol). To address this issue ...
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#1546BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-13
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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#1587BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-13
The Green Customs Initiative and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
The Green Customs Initiative is a partnership of the Secretariats of six multilateral environmental agreements and four international organizations. It aims to enhance the capacity of customs and other relevant enforcement personnel to monitor and facilitate the legal trade and to detect and pre ...
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#1616BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-13
African experiences and challenges with the development and implementation of NBFs and how the EU sees risk assessment in relation to identification, liability and redress bottlenecks and capacity building needs.
The event will have African scientists sharing their experiences and challenges in the development and implementation of NBFs in Southern Africa, and discussing their capacity buiding needs in risk assessment and management. A represantative from Ministry of Environment in the Netherlands will ...
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#1207BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-12
The need for public research in modern biotechnology
In this side event public researchers will present the rationale for and progress of public research on GMOs.
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#1217BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-12
When biotech crops grow, does knowledge flow? Institutions and the impacts of biotech crops on poor farmers
To date, there has been little guidance on how to implement Article 26 of the Protocol, which encourages countries to take social and economic considerations into account when making decisions on genetically modified organisms. A joint IFPRI-Oxfam America project is producing new research on the ...
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#1381BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-12
Growing Biotech Crops In Europe: Experiences of European Farmers
Presentation by a few selected European farmers on their practical experiences with cultivating biotech crops in Europe and how een practical day-to-day activities are influenced by national, european and international legislation
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#1476BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-12
Public Participation in Decision-Making on Biosafety
Interactive Panel Discussion. In this interactive panel, experts from countries that are Parties to the Aarhus Convention will discuss some of the challenges they have encountered in promoting and facilitating public awareness and participation regarding GMOs as well as some good practices they ...
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#1499BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-12
Training and the BCH Regional Advisors - event organized by: The UNEP-GEF Biosafety Clearing-House Project in collaboration with SCBD
To launch the new Help section jointly developed by the SCBD and UNEP and to share experiences using the BCH Regional Advisors
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#1538BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-12
Transgenic trees and unintended transboundary movement - a threat to global forest ecosystems?
An expert panel will examine the current state of knowledge and the potential impact of genetically engineered trees on forest biodiversity, also addressing liability and redress and discussing risk assessment methodology available for long-term and long-distance scenarios.
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#1607BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-12
Biosafety Education and Training: Outcomes of the Second International Meeting of Academic Institutions and Organizations held 16 - 18 April 2007 in Kuala Lumpur
The side event will include a presentation of the conclusions and recommendations of the Second International Meeting of Academic Institutions and Organizations Involved in Biosafety Education and Training which was held 16-18 April 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This will be followed by a pane ...
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#1611BS COP MOP 4
2008-05-12
Impact of GM crops on Poor farmers in India
A panel discussion on impact of GM crops on poor farmers in India