Nature Communications article shows 'true colours' of biochar advocates
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Press Release by African Biodiversity Network, Amigransa Venezuela, Biofuelwatch, CESTA (Friends of the Earth El Salvador), COECOCEIBA Costa Rica, Econexus, ETC Group, FASE Brasil, Gaia Foundation, Global Forest Coalition, Global Justice Ecology Project, Latin American Network against Monoculture Tree Plantations (RECOMA), NOAH Food and Agriculture (FoE Denmark), Observatorio de Conflictos Ambientales (OLCA) Chile, Otros Mundos Mexico, Rettet den Regenwald, Salva la Selva, Save America's Forests, Sobrevivencia (Friends of the Earth Paraguay) Timberwatch Coalition and World Rainforest Movement
Twenty one groups today expressed their dismay at an article by leading biochar advocates, published by the science magazine Nature, which proposes that an area larger than the land mass of India could be turned into charcoal plantations in the name of climate change mitigation.[1] The paper’s own figures contradict the authors’ claims that biochar will not lead to large-scale land grabbing in the global South.
Artículo en Nature Communications muestra las mentiras de los defensores del 'biochar'.
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Boletín de prensa colectivo de African Biodiversity Network, Amigransa Venezuela, Biofuelwatch, CESTA (Amigos de la Tierra El Salvador), COECOCEIBA Costa Rica, Econexus, Grupo ETC, FASE Brasil, Gaia Foundation, Global Forest Coalition, Global Justice Ecology Project, Latin American Network against Monoculture Tree Plantations (RECOMA), Observatorio de Conflictos Ambientales (OLCA) Chile, Otros Mundos Mexico, Rettet den Regenwald Alemania, Salva la Selva España, Save America's Forests, Sobrevivencia (Amigos de la Tierra Paraguay) y el Movimiento Mundial por los Bosques WRM
Sintia está viva … ¡y reproduciéndose! ¿Panacea o caja de Pandora?
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En un documento publicado hoy en la revista Science, el Instituto J. Craig Venter y Synthetic Genomics, Inc anunciaron la creación en laboratorio del primer organismo autoreplicante cuyo genoma completo fue construido desde cero por una máquina. (1) La construcción de este organismo sintético, que el Grupo ETC previó y apodó “Sintia” hace tres años, provocará acalorada controversia sobre la ética de construir vida artificial y las implicaciones del muy desconocido campo de la biología sintética.
Synthia est bien vivante et elle est parmi nous : panacée ou boîte de Pandore ?
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Dans un article paru aujourd'hui dans la revue Science, l'institut J. Craig Venter et la société Synthetic Genomics Inc. ont annoncé la création, en laboratoire, du premier organisme autoreproducteur dont le génome a été assemblé de toutes pièces au moyen d'une machine. (1) Cet organisme synthétique, dont l'ETC Group avait déjà annoncé la création et qu'il avait baptisé "Synthia" il y a trois ans, va susciter de vives controverses sur la pertinence, sur le plan éthique, de créer la vie artificiellement et sur les implications de la biologie synthétique, qui constitue un domaine encore pratiquement inconnu.
Synthia is Alive … and Breeding: Panacea or Pandora's Box?
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In a paper published today in the journal Science, the J. Craig Venter Institute and Synthetic Genomics Inc announced the laboratory creation of the world's first self-reproducing organism whose entire genome was built from scratch by a machine.(1) The construction of this synthetic organism, anticipated and dubbed "Synthia" by the ETC Group three years ago, will stir a firestorm of controversy over the ethics of building artificial life and the implications of the largely unknown field of synthetic biology.