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The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: A Record of the Negociations

This paper seeks to record the evolution of the Protocol from the initial provision in Article 19(3) of the Convention through to the final adoption of the text of the Protocol in January 2000. It aims to contribute to the institutional memory and to the historical record of the Convention. It has been developed by the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD).

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The Case for a GM-Free Sustainable World , Drafted by Mae Wan-Ho and Lim Li Ching

Publisher: TWN (983-9747-99-1) and ISIS (0-9544923-1-5)
Published Year: 2003; No. of pp: 135

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About the Book

The Independent Science Panel (ISP) on GM - launched 10 May 2003 at a public conference in London attended by the then UK environment minister Michael Meacher and 200 other participants - consists of dozens of prominent scientists from seven countries, spanning the disciplines of agroecology, agronomy, biomathematics, botany, chemical medicine, ecology, histopathology, microbial ecology, molecular genetics, nutritional biochemistry, physiology, toxicology and virology.

As their contribution to the global GM debate, the ISP has compiled this complete dossier of evidence on the known problems and hazards of GM crops as well as on the manifold benefits of sustainable agriculture.

CONTENTS ~ Preface ~ Executive Summary ~

Part 1 : NO FUTURE FOR GM CROPS
1. Why Not GM Crops?
2. Escalating Problems on the Farm

Part 2 : GM Crops not safe
3. Science & Precaution
4. Safety Tests on GM Foods
5. Transgene Hazards
6. Terminator Crops Spread Male Sterility
7. Herbicide Hazards
8. Horizontal Gene Transfer
9. The CaMV 35S Promoter
10. Transgenic DNA More Likely to Spread
11. Horizontal Transfer of Transgenic DNA
12. Hazards of Horizontal Gene Transfer
13. Conclusion to Parts 1 & 2

Part 3 :The manifold Benefits of Sustainable Agriculture
14. Why Sustainable Agriculture?
15. Higher or Comparable Productivity & Yields
16. Better Soils
17. Cleaner Environment
18. Reduced Pesticides & No Increase in pests
19. Supporting Biodiversity & Using Diversity
20. Environmental & Economic Sustainability
21. Ameliorating Climate Change
22. Efficient & Profitable Production
23. Improved Food Security & Benefits to Local Communities
24. Organics for Health
25. Conclusion to Part 3

~ References ~ Statement of the Independent Science Panel ~ Independent Science Panel on GM: List of Members

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