Ultimate Judas to Beloved Earth Al Gore at BIO 2010
Paradigm Shift Environmental Alliance

Ultimate Judas to Beloved Earth Al Gore Keynote Speaker at BIO 2010
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Promote sustainable agriculture, support Negros's rejection of GMOs: Greenpeace
Greenpeace Southeast Asia

Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, PHILIPPINES — Greenpeace today called on the national government to follow the example of Negros Occidental in its vigilance against GMO crops (genetically modified organisms) to protect and promote sustainable agriculture in the country. The call came at the conclusion of the province’s Environment Week celebrations last week which showcased Bacolod’s organic and sustainable farming initiatives.
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Belgian rape seed fields contaminated
Coalition against BAYER Dangers

Fifteen Belgian rape seed fields, owned by Bayer CropScience, have been contaminated by genetically modified organisms (GMOs) banned in Europe, the country's public health ministry announced yesterday. The Bayer subsidiary, which specialises in improving crop yields, informed the Belgian authorities of the contamination, which happened last month during the planting of normal rape seed.
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Hillary Clinton and Monsanto
Linn Cohen-Cole

Dear Hillary,

By polling logic, I should be your supporter - Democrat, older woman, white, liberal. I was even in a dorm with you in college. I have pulled for you for years. But something this past summer fundamentally changed my responsibility to my children and grandchildren. In the time I have left in my life to protect them and others, I need to speak out.
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Bonn: Protest against bio-piracy and GMO-patents
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Report / Fotos of demonstration against plant breeders association and the botanical garden
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Aktion zu Agrartreibstoffen in Bonn
Aktionsbuendnis

Protest an Tankstellen: "Agrotreibstoffe verursachen Hunger und Armut"

Bonn, Sonntag, 18. Mai – Etwa 60 Menschen protestierten in Bonn gegen die grossangelegte Produktion von Agrartreibstoffen (irreführend auch Biosprit genannt).

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German gov dept revoke admission of bayer toxics
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The german govs department for consumer protection revoke today the admission of some agrotoxics of Bayer: "Chinook", "Elado", "Mesurol" and "Poncho" (with Clorthianidin), which was used for preparing the seeds for sow.

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Bonn: Tausende auf demo gegen Gen-Technik
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Anti-GMO-Demo in Bonn (2008-05-12)
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Via Campesina Call to action towards CBD, Bonn, 17-19th May 2008
Via Campesina

Faced with climate change, the destruction of biodiversity and an energy crisis, transnational companies pretend they have the magic solutions to permit business as usual. They promote many « miracle-technologies » – GM plants and trees, synthetic germoplasm, nanotechnologies, Terminator, Transcontainer, agrofuels, « carbon traps » - that they claim will tackle the environmental crisis.
Hidden behind their paternalistis claims, however, is their wish to privatise all Earth’s resources: land, fresh water, germoplasm, oceans, knowledge and, soon, even the air that we breathe.
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La Via Campesina mobilises during the Convention on Biodiversity Conference in B
La Via Campesina

An international farmers delegation of La Via Campesina will mobilise in Bonn, Germany, during the 4th Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Biosecurity (MOP4) and the 9th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD, COP9). Farmers leaders from Latin America, North America, Europe, Africa and Asia join actions, conferences and debates with the Coalition AktionsbundnisCOP9.
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De een zijn dood... verdienen aan de voedselcrisis
Globalinfo

Miljoenen mensen sterven van de honger en door de huidige voedelscrisis zullen dat er alleen maar meer worden dan vorig jaar. Tegelijkertijd maken grote voedselbedrijven en spekulanten recordwinsten. Grain heeft daarover een rapport uitgebracht.

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Conservation as a disguise
BUKO Kampagne gegen Biopiraterie

Environmental destruction, biopiracy and a lot of hot air

"One Nature! One World! Our Future!" these are the slogans presented by the BMU (German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety). From 19 to 30 May the German government is hosting a conference which they call the "UN Conference on Nature Protection". Its proper name is the 9th Conference of the Parties (COP 9) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted during the "Earth Summit" in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.
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Aktionsbündnis COP 9 gegründet
Aktionsbuendnis COP 9

Presseerklärung
Aktionsbündnis COP 9 gegründet - Aufruf zur kritischen Begleitung der CBD Vertragsstaatenkonferenzen

Umweltdiplomatie steht hoch im Kurs – in zwei Wochen beginnen in Bonn die UN-Verhandlungen zum Biosafetyabkommen sowie zur Biodiversitätskonvention. Doch es gibt nichts zu feiern: Im Namen des Umweltschutzes werden Menschenrechte verletzt, Agrotreibstoffe angebaut, Pflanzen patentiert und gentechnisch veränderte Bäume gezüchtet.
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Volle Tanks und leere Teller
gk

Eine neue Industrie garantiert gigantische Profite – »Bio«kraftstoffe schädigen die Umwelt mehr als bisher, Lebensmittelpreise explodieren, Dritte-Welt-Länder werden durch Monokulturen in den Ruin getrieben.

Artikel 'Volle Tanks – leere Teller' in der Junge Welt von Klaus Pedersen (www.jungewelt.de, 28. April 2008, Thema)
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Bäuerliche Landwirtschaft erhält Artenvielfalt und vermindert Klimawandel
La Via Campesina

Wir von Via Campesina sagen "Nein zur Privatisierung der Natur" und rufen zu Aktionen vom 17. bis zum 19. Mai 2008 während der CBD [1] in Bonn auf.

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Call for action at COP9/MOP4 - Aktionsaufruf COP9/MOP4
editorial team

Driving out small farmers and peasants, genetic manipulation, deforestation, use of pesticides ...
... it will all be at stake at the UN summit in Bonn. The MOP4 meeting will take place 12-16 May, the COP9 16-30 May.

Gentechnologie, Vertreibung von Kleinbauern, Abholzung, Pestizidgebrauch, Zugang und Vorteilsausgleich zur biologischen Vielfalt ...
... dies und mehr sind die Inhalte des UN-Gipfels in Bonn.

Join the protests and other events! As agro multinationals will also use the opportunity for massive lobbying.

Protestiere mit und beteilige dich an weiteren Aktivitäten!

You can read this call in Dutch and German/Deutsch. Later more articles related to the conference in Bonn and all the side events and actions will be published on this site.
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Portuguese anti-GM crop action classified as terrorism.
GM er

Portuguese Judicial Police classifies action against genetically modified corn as a "terrorist" act in Europol report.


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