¿De quién es la naturaleza?
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El Grupo ETC publicó su informe de 55 páginas ¿De quién es la naturaleza? acerca de la concentración del poder de las corporaciones sobre los alimentos, la actividad agrícola, la salud y la estrategia en marcha para volver mercancía todos los recursos naturales que quedan sobre el planeta.
En un mundo en que las investigaciones de mercado son cada vez más costosas y secretas, el Grupo ETC da nombres, revela el reparto de los mercados y brinda información sobre las 10 principales industrias del mundo en todos los ramos que atraviesan la cadena alimentaria controlada por las corporaciones. No todas las compañías identificadas en el informe del Grupo ETC son las más famosas en su sector, pero colectivamente controlan una porción gigantesca de los productos que encontramos en la agricultura industrial, en nuestros refrigeradores y nuestros botiquines.
News Release: Who Owns Nature?
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ETC Group released a 48-page report, "Who Owns Nature?" on corporate concentration in commercial food, farming, health and the strategic push to commodify the planet's remaining natural resources.
In a world where market research is becoming increasingly proprietary and pricey, ETC Group's report names names, discloses market share and provides top 10 industry rankings up and down the corporate food chain. Not all the corporations identified in ETC Group's new report are household names, but collectively they control a staggering share of the commercial products found on industrial farms, in our refrigerators and medicine cabinets.
The Last Straw?
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Synthetic biologists, a brave new breed of science entrepreneurs who engineer life-forms from scratch, will hold their largest-ever global gathering in Hong Kong, October 10-12 2008, known as "Synthetic Biology 4.0." Although most people have never heard of synthetic biology, it's moving full speed ahead fueled by giant agribusiness, energy and chemical corporations with little debate about who will control the technology, how it will be regulated (or not) and despite grave concerns surrounding the safety and security risks of designer organisms. Corporate investors/partners include BP, Chevron, Shell, Virgin Fuels, DuPont, Microsoft, Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland.
Global Moratorium on Ocean Fertilization?
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Stalled at the eleventh hour by three isolated countries that are attempting to block consensus, most of the world’s environment ministries and others are on the brink of reaching agreement on a worldwide moratorium on commercial ocean fertilization – controversial proposals to dump nutrients in the ocean to artificially alter the climate. The three blocking countries, Australia, China and Brazil have spent several days manipulating the process to avoid discussion and prevent progress, much to the exasperation of delegates and observers. The clock runs out on negotiations at 6pm today (30. May 2008).
Captain Hook Awards for Biopiracy 2008
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Today (21. May 2008) the world learned which corporations, governments, institutions and individuals earned a spot in biopiracy’s hall of shame when the Coalition Against Biopiracy (CAB) announced the winners of the 5th Captain Hook Awards at a lunch-time ceremony during the Ninth Conference of the Parties (COP9) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Bonn, Germany.