Berlin Manifesto for GMO-free Regions and Biodiversity in Europe
GENET, Foundation Future Farming...

European Conference, Berlin 22 -23 January 2005 - The Regions of Europe should be given the final say on the growing of genetically modified crops (GMOs) in their area, a major European conference today concluded.The conference, organised during the International Green Week in Berlin, heard that with over 100 regional and 3500 sub-regional areas now declaring themselves GMO-free, it was time for European law to be changed to protect such areas from the cultivation of GM crops. 200 delegates from GMO free regions and from 30 European countries called on the European institutions to protect conventional and organic seeds from GMO contamination, to establish the regions right to stay GMO-free and to give them a say in the approval process of GMOs, which they find scientifically questionable and not based on the precautionary principle.

[ NGO Network on Genetic Engineering | Foundation on Future Farming ]

World Conservation Union Calls for Moratorium on Further Release of GMOs.
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From Bangkok, on the 22 November, IUCN (World Conservation Union) members voted by a large margin for a moratorium on the further release of GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) until they can be demonstrated, beyond reasonable doubt, to be safe for biodiversity, human health, and animal health.

[ IUCN | IUCN Press Release | Reaction ]