The European Commission is proposing that plants that have been genetically modified at up to 20 different sites of the genome should be “considered equivalent to conventional plants”. This would be the end of the precautionary principle and transparent genetic engineering legislation as we know it. Op-ed by Benny Haerlin. […]
Last week, we unveiled the draft regulation on NGTs (New Genomic Techniques) by the European Commission. What is being proposed exactly? And what are the first reactions? Let’s delve into a brief overview. […]
In the interests of transparency, ARC2020 is making available the draft regulation on NGTs – New Genomic Techniques. Also made available is the Impact Assessment which accompanies it. […]
As the debate around genetically-modified “super crops” heats up, tried-and-tested solutions to tackling the climate crisis are in danger of being left out in the cold. Any deregulation of new GMOs threatens to undermine diverse and self-determined approaches to seed and food production that enhance biodiversity and soil health, and strengthen the resilience of entire agro-ecosystems, argues Stefanie Hundsdorfer. […]
What’s going on with the new EU and US trade plans? Will it be TTIP on steroids? Is it to be zero tariffs, a bonfire of the regulations, or is it all much ado about nothing? […]
Where does Europe get its soybeans – South America, Ukraine, within the EU itself? Hans Wietzels talks sustainable soybean with Oksana Prosolenko of the Donau Soja Organisation she directs in Ukraine. […]
Romania was once the darling of the GMO industry. Now, Romanian farmers have rejected GMO crops in their entirety. Eco Ruralis give us this exclusive report. […]
With UK elections coming up tomorrow, Joseph Dodd of GMO free regions explains the party positions on GM. […]
With the GMO free regions event in Berlin on right now, Ramona Duminicioiu assesses GMOs in the EU and Romania
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Has the Romanian State’s lack of diligence on GM been exposed by Greenpeace? Eco Ruralis tell us. […]
European Parliament reinstates Member State’s right to use environmental concerns to ban GM crop cultivation […]
The Eco Ruralis team outline the details on the approval process for Pioneer’s GM maize 1507 […]
Arc2020 correspondent Myrto Pipsini is suspicious of ministerial motivations […]
As coalition partners discuss, 100,000 German citizens and counting signed a petition stating that they do not want GMO crops on German fields […]
The last refuge for biodiversity comes under threat in Eastern Europe […]
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