Los Estados Unidos y La Ley de la Semilla
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El primero de noviembre 2002, el embajador de los Estados Unidos ante la Organización de lasNaciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), anunció lo que parece un arrepentimiento de la política de su gobierno y firmó formalmente el Tratado Internacional sobre Recursos Fitogenéticos. Este no es un cambio de política, solo un cambio de estrategia. Como pasó con el Convenio sobre Diversidad Biológica hace una década, los Estados Unidos "firmarán", pero nunca "ratificarán" la Ley de la Semilla.
Problemas en el paraiso
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En la reunión anual del CGIAr en Filipinas, el Comité de Organizaciones No Gubernamentales anunció su ruptura de relaciones con el sistema del CGIAR durante todo un año. La razón principal para ello es el fracaso del CGIAR para actuar en consecuencia con el descubrimiento -hace más de 13 meses- de que el maíz transgénico contaminó el centro de diversidad de ese cultivo en México.
Trouble in Paradise
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For the first time in its more than 30-year history, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) – a network of public and private donors that supports sixteen agricultural research centres around the world – held its annual meeting outside the confines of the World Bank in Washington, DC. The CGIAR is the largest public sector agricultural research effort and is mandated to serve the developing world’s poor.
Making Well People Better
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ETC Group's Pat Mooney is the author of "Making Well People Better," an essay appearing in WorldWatch magazine's July, 2002 issue entitled, Beyond Cloning: The Risk of the Rush to Human Genetic Engineering and the Larger Agenda of the Human Biotech Industry. The essay is available in PDF format on this Worldwatch website, and the entire issue (July/August 2002, Vol. 15, No. 4) can be purchased for US $4.
Intellectual Property: Enhancing Corporate Monopoly and Bioserfdom
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An essay by ETC Group's Hope Shand entitled "Intellectual Property: Enhancing Corporate Monopoly and Bioserfdom", appears in Fatal Harvest: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture. Edited by Andrew Kimbrell and published by the Foundation for Deep Ecology in 2202. Fatal Harvest offers a visually stunning collection of photos and essays on the myths and tragedy of US-bred industrial agriculture. It also offers a vision for a food and farming system that is socially just, ecologically and culturally diverse and sustainable.