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July 08

ISB News Report
- Ecological research and risk assessment of genetically engineered crops
- Honey bees, Bt crops and the role of meta-analysis in risk assessment
- Ethics of GE plants: towards a better informed and balanced debate

La Présidence française de l'Union Européenne lance un groupe de travail pour renforcer l’évaluation des OGM à l’échelle européenne
Francia crea un grupo de trabajo para reforzar el control de los OGM en la UE

Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference (ABIC) to be held in Ireland

Adoption of genetically engineered crops in the U.S.

Malawi government okays research into genetically modified crops

Destruction de trois parcelles expérimentales d'OGM en France

USA 2008: GM cultivation almost at 60 million hectares

Soutien unanime à la recherche sur les OGM: un marché de dupes?

Testing of Bt cotton to start this year in Uganda

June 08

Conversations about plant biotechnology: Dietitian Mary Lee Chin discusses safety and benefits of GM foods

European Commission's Joint Research Centre produces first large-scale study on the agronomic and economic performance of a genetically modified crop cultivated in the European Union
El Centro Común de Investigación de la Comisión Europea publica el primer estudio sobre el rendimiento agronómico y económico a gran escala de un cultivo modificado genéticamente de la UE

University of Barcelona researchers study coexistence of transgenic and organic agriculture in Catalonia and Aragon

Dr. Wilf Keller appointed as the new President and CEO of Genome Prairie

India adopts new set of guidelines for GE plants and foods

Agenda for the 86th meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) to be held on 25.6.2008

Decisions taken in the 85th Meeting of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee held on 28 May 2008 (PDF)
- Mahyco receives seed production approval for Bt Brinjal

Mahyco receives seed production approval for Bt Brinjal

Samexistensregler färdiga för odling av GMO

Neue Erkenntnisse zur Biosicherheit in der ausserhumanen Gentechnologie
Swiss study shows GMOs safe

Syngenta receives approval for Bt11 corn in Brazil
Liberada a comercialização de mais uma variedade de milho transgênico
Brasil autoriza el cultivo del maíz Bt 11

FAO-BiotechNews, Updage 3-2008

U.S. biotech industry showcases stewardship through the Excellence Through Stewardship program

BASF and Nidera unveil new CLEARFIELD sunflower trait – CLHA-Plus
Basf y Nidera presentan un nuevo girasol tolerante a herbicida

First Egyptian approval of genetically modified corn raises questions

Australian OGTR: DIR 086/2008 - Notification of Licence Application - Limited and controlled release of maize genetically modified to investigate gene function

PG Economics report: Global impact of biotech crops: socio-economic and environmental effects 1996-2006
Impacto global de los cultivos transgénicos: efectos socioeconómicos y ambientales en 1996-2006

VIB and Bayer join forces for plant research

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Notification for the deliberate release of genetically modified DAS-Ø15Ø7-1xMON-ØØ6Ø3-6 maize (4-year program 2008 to 2011)
- Notification for the deliberate release of genetically modified DP-Ø9814Ø-6 maize (4-year program: 2008 to 2011)
- Notification for the deliberate release of genetically modified DP-Ø9814Ø-6xDAS-Ø15Ø7-1 maize (4-year program: 2008 to 2011)
- Notification for the deliberate release of genetically modified DP-Ø9814Ø-6xDAS-Ø15Ø7-1xDAS-59122-7 maize (4-year program: 2008 to 2011)
- Official trials for registration of maize varieties resistant to certain Lepidopteran insect pests
- Field trials with glyphosate herbicide tolerant cotton transformation event GHB614 for agronomic, nutritional and toxicological evaluation
- Field trials of genetically modified herbicide tolerant maize event GA21 (Continuation)
- Field trials with herbicide tolerant and insect resistance cotton transformation event GHB119 for agronomic, nutritional and toxicological evaluation
- Field trials with herbicide tolerant and insect resistance cotton transformation event T304-40 for agronomic, nutritional and toxicological evaluation
- Agronomic evaluation of genetically modified cotton variety, herbicide resistance
- Agronomic evaluation of genetically modified cotton variety, insect resistance
- Release of maize plants with event Nk-603 to perform the necesary agronomic and identification trials required for the inclusion of maize varieties in the Spanish Registry of Commercial Varieties (Registro Español de Variedades Comerciales)
- Release of maize plants with eventS NK603 and MON810 combined to perform the necesary agronomic and identification trials required for the inclusion of maize varieties in the Spanish Registry of Commercial Varieties (Registro Español de Variedades Comerciales)

New Zealand's Environmental Risk Management Authority plans GM crops hearing

Australian OGTR: Issue of licence DIR 077/2007 to the University of Adelaide for a limited and controlled release of wheat and barley genetically modified for enhanced tolerance to abiotic stresses or increased beta glucan

Autorizan un nuevo maíz transgénico en Argentina

Union Européenne: vers une meilleure efficacité du processus d’homologation des OGM? - Les professionnels des semences et de la protection des plantes attendent de l’Europe plus de consensus et d’efficacité.

Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics in Barcelona, Spain to use 454 sequencing for melon research

454 Life Sciences, Cogenics and Limagrain to jointly develop solutions for crop SNP discovery with next generation sequencing - Partners will co-develop genomic complexity reduction methods for crop genomes - Initial study to focus on wheat genome

Mais biotecnologia por menos petróleo
Más biotecnología y menos de petróleo

Conversations about plant biotechnology: Potential advantages of GM cotton for Burkinabe farmers

Honduras planea la extensión de cultivos genéticamente modificados en maíz y sorgo

El Salvador adopta el uso de cultivos genéticamente modificados

El Centro de Ingeniería Genética y Biotecnología de Cuba, un referente en Ámerica Latina

New Cornell University study shows that transgenic plants don't hurt beneficial bugs

May 08

A Tale of Two Futures for Seed Biotechnology

Romer Labs participates at the 1st Global Conference on GMO Analysis

European Food Safety Authority: Response to the request from the European Commission on the nonauthorised genetically modified event DAS 59132-8 in US maize - Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms

BASF Plant Science and Academia Sinica (Taipei) to cooperate on gene discovery
BASF Plant Science und Academia Sinica (Taipei) vereinbaren Zusammenarbeit auf dem Gebiet der Genentdeckung

France: La loi sur les OGM enfin adoptée
- Le projet de loi OGM a été adopté par l’Assemblée nationale
- El Parlamento francés aprueba el proyecto sobre los OGM

Le Conseil fédéral helvétique souhaite prolonger le moratoire sur les OGM dans l'agriculture
Bundesrat will Moratorium "gentechnikfreie Landwirtschaft" verlängern
Il Consiglio federale intende prorogare la moratoria sugli OGM in agricoltura

ABARE report shows that GM crops can provide significant economic benefits to Australian regions

Difficult compromise: Basic decision on genetic engineering liability
Schwieriger Kompromiss: Grundsatzbeschluss zur Gentechnik-Haftung

Aresa har opnået tilladelse fra de serbiske myndigheder til udsåning af transgene tobaksplanter til detektion af sprængstoffer
Aresa obtains permission from the Serbian authorities to plant transgenic tobacco for the detection of explosives

Wichtige Fortschritte im internationalen Umgang mit gentechnisch veränderten Organismen

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Field testing continuation under official supervision for characterization of genetically modified corn varieties derived from NK603 line, and tolerant to glyphosate
- Field testing continuation under official supervision, for characterization of genetically modified corn varieties NK603 x MON 810, tolerant to glyphosate and protected against corn borers
- Field testing under official supervision for characterization of genetically modified corn MON 88017, tolerant to glyphosate and protected against Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera)

Taiwan implements registration for stacked traits

La ONU pide un acuerdo en la producción y comercio de transgénicos

Egypt approves commercialisation of first GM crop

El Salvador da el sí a los transgénicos

First hybrid rice variety worldwide resistant to bacterial leaf blight: Bayer CropScience launches new high-yielding rice variety in India
Weltweit erster gegen Bakterienbrand resistenter Hybridreis: Bayer CropScience führt neue Hochertrags-Reissorte in Indien ein

“No es posible imaginar el progreso en medicina y agricultura sin la biotecnología”

CropLife International offers online Biotech Benefits Database

Las Cortes de Aragón rechazan declarar la región libre de transgénicos

Economic Coordination Committee approves letter of intent for hiring Monsanto Company to introduce Bt cotton varieties in Pakistan

The impact of using GM insect resistant maize in Europe since 1998

United Kingdom approves Leeds University GM potato trial

Spain: experience with Bt maize
La experiencia española con el maíz BT

European Commission procrastinates on GMOs while millions of farmers worldwide are growing them
- La Comisión Europea retrasa el debate sobre los OGM

La Comisión Europea discutirá esta semana si debe cambiar su política sobre los transgénicos

Protecting and commercializing biotechnology

Agenda for the 84th meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) to be held on 2.5.2008

April 08

Biotechnology in Pakistan - A overview

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Experimental release of genetically modified tobacco into the environment
- Ecological relevance of potentially defensive genes during the interaction between Solanum nigrum (Black Nightshade) and environmental factors

Australian OGTR: DIR 085/2008 - Notification of Licence Application - Limited and controlled release of cotton genetically modified for altered fatty acid composition of the cottonseed oil

North American Millers’ Association agrees with U.S. Food and Drug Administration that further testing corn for StarLink would not add to food safety

U.S. biologists suggest nationwide biotech crop maps for monitoring environmental impacts

GM barley trial field occupied by protesters in Giessen, Germany
Feldbesetzung in Gießen

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Studentische Initiative für unabhängige Forschung - "Der Versuchsanbau war Wissenschaft zum Anfassen"

University of California Riverside scientists call for more access to biotech crop data to assess the impact of biotech crops

GM crops must become part of cereals sector tool kit, says the British National Beef Association

Plant Genetic Resources for Agriculture, Plant Breeding, and Biotechnology - Experiences from Cameroon, Kenya, the Philippines, and Venezuela

Monsanto América Latina Sur lanza su tercer curso sobre tecnología Roundup Ready

Australian OGTR: Fact sheet - Status of GM canola approvals, April 2008

U.S. scientists call for more access to biotech crop data

First field tests of Golden Rice in the Philippines

Egypt approves a Bt -corn variety for domestic planting, the first such approval in Egypt

Australian OGTR: DIR 080/2007 - Limited and controlled release of wheat genetically modified for drought tolerance

Forum Global Change & Biotechnology open for discussion
Lancering discussieforum Global Change & Biotechnologie

BASF calls on EU Commissioner Dimas to approve Amflora
BASF fordert EU-Kommissar Dimas zur Genehmigung von Amflora auf

Syngenta to build major global biotech research center in Beijing, China
Syngenta errichtet globales Biotech-Forschungszentrum in Peking
Syngenta va construire un grand centre mondial de recherche biotechnologique à Pékin

Estudos moleculares de reprodução vegetal podem contribuir para compreensão de fluxo gênico - Pesquisas que podem aumentar a segurança no cultivo de plantas transgênicas serão apresentadas em congresso internacional em Brasília

U.S. National Corn Growers Association hails Japan’s growing acceptance of biotech corn for food

MWG Biotech expands capacities with a second Genome Sequencer FLX system to address the growing sequencing demand

ERMA New Zealand receives application from Crop and Food Research to field test GM onions, spring onions, garlic and leeks

Forschung für die Zukunft – in Deutschland nicht erwünscht? Kleine, so genannte „Gendreck-weg-Gruppe“ stellt sich der Innovation für die Landwirte in den Weg

Nature analiza los cultivos transgénicos en España

El proyecto de ley sobre organismos MG divide al Gobierno francés

More than 100 farmers to plant GM canola in Victoria, Australia

Automating the search for new genes in the wheat genome

India develops PCR-based rapid diagnostic kits for five GM crops

European Food Safety Authority: Mandates related to the environmental risk assessment of GM plants

France: Discours de Jean-Louis Borloo à l’Assemblée nationale sur le projet de loi relatif aux biotechnologies

Transgenic crops can persist for ten years

Deutsches Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz genehmigt Versuche der KWS Saat AG mit herbizid-toleranten Zuckerrüben

OGM en France: enfin le débat

Desciende el precio del maíz en España tras la aprobación del GA21

March 08

Improving GMO regulation in Indonesia

EU Commission approves GA21 maize
La UE aprueba la importación del maíz GA21

Mexico publishes GM approval guidelines
México publica pautas para aprobar OGM

China to launch large research programme on GM crops

Cesfac prevé la aprobación del maíz OGM GA21 en UE el 28 de marzo

France: Lettre relative au projet de loi sur les OGM, envoyée aux députés français par le président de la Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d’Exploitants Agricoles

France: La décision d’interdiction des cultures de maïs OGM confirmée par le Conseil d’Etat
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French supreme court confirms ban on MON810

A built-in strategy for transgene containment - Creation of selectively terminable transgenic rice

Research confirms better oil from new DuPont high oleic soybean trait - Bunge, DuPont alliance on track to deliver first biotech product with direct consumer benefits

Genetic engineering of cut flowers

France: Suspension de la mise en culture et de la mise sur le marché d’OGM

German Bundesrat finally approves amendment of the German genetech law

"Safety and Nutritional Assessment of GM Plants and derived food and feed: The role of animal feeding trials" - EFSA Report on animal feeding trials in GM plant evaluation published in peer-reviewed scientific journal

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Field trials with genetically modified insect resistant maize MIR604 Maize
- Application for review of authorization conditions for the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified herbicide tolerant GA21 maize (Field Trials)
- Application for review of authorization conditions for the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified insect resistant Bt11 maize (Field Trials)
- Field trials with genetically modified insect resistant maize and herbicide tolerant Bt11xMIR604xGA21 maize
- Field trials with genetically modified insect resistant maize and herbicide tolerant Bt11xGA21 maize
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for the deliberate release of MON 88017 maize, tolerant to glyphosate and protected against Corn Root Worm (Diabrotica virgifera) for the use in field trials in Romania
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for the deliberate release of MON 89034 maize for the use in field trials in Romania.
- The photosynthetic genome

Brazil: Via Campesina faz ocupações para protestar contra liberação de milho transgênico

France: Résultats de la consultation des agriculteurs de Terrena - prudence sur les ogm, changements dans les pratiques agricoles

New report indicate large GM potential for South Asia

Initiative on biotech labeling rejected by Romanian Senate

Avoid continuous traits in continuous corn, suggests Syngenta Seeds' Agronomy Marketing Manager

Commercial production of GM eggplant in The Philippines within two years

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for the deliberate release of glyphosate tolerant H7-1 sugarbeet for the use in field trials in Castilla y León (Spain)

February 08

IFPRI discussion paper: Regional biotechnology regulations - Design options and implications for good governance

South Korea buys 697,000 MT of biotech corn for food use

GM maize in Europe: 110,000 hectares under cultivation

Government of the Philippines to test GM rice rich in pro-Vitamin A

Farmers in Victoria, Australia to get choice on GM canola

Economic and environmental benefits and costs of transgenic crops in India and Bangladesh

UN over-regulation inhibits new biotechnologies - Over-regulation is hindering new biotechnologies such as GM crops

Christophe Terrain, presidente de la Asociación Francesa de Productores de Maíz (AGPM): “Pensamos que, desde el respeto a la reglas, producir maíz Bt es posible”

Origin Agritech announces world's first genetically modified phytase corn

Are transgenic cotton cultivars more profitable?

What UK farmers think about genetically modified crops

Neue Herausforderungen für die biologische Sicherheitsforschung: BMBF-Tagung zur Umweltsicherheit gentechnisch veränderter Pflanzen

Las principales plantaciones mundiales de OMGs muestran su preocupación por el grano, las semillas oleaginosas y los piensos triturados europeos

Global agricultural biotechnology market to exceed $8.0 billion by 2009, according to a new report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

Fundación Antama ofrece en exclusiva, por primera vez en castellano, el vídeo didáctico editado por EuropaBío titulado ‘La Revolución Invisible’

Dow AgroSciences, USDA address low levels of regulated corn seed event

USDA, EPA AND FDA statement on Dow AgroSciences' genetically engineered corn event 32

Le Burkina Faso est prêt pour la vulgarisation du coton Bt

Thai Cabinet to allow biotech field trials with restrictive measures

Approval of GMO crops: US and EU seek agreement, EU farmers’ associations press for speed

Italy: 67% of farmers are ready to grow GMOs immediately, says a Demoskopea survey presented in Milan for the Italian biotech association Assobiotec on "maize growers' preception of GMOs in the Italian region of Lombardy"
El 67% de los agricultores italianos están dispuestos a cultivar inmediatamente OMGs

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Effects of stacked Bt-maize with ECB and WCR resistance genes on non-target organisms
- Weed control strategies in Maize
- Monitoring of Key Non-Target Arthropods in Transgenic Maize Lines Containing Events DP-Ø9814Ø-6, DP-Ø9814Ø-6 × DAS-Ø15Ø7-1, and DP-Ø9814Ø-6 × DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 × DAS-59122-7
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for the deliberate release of NK603 maize, for use in field trials in Slovakia

Australian OGTR: DIR 083/2007 - Notification of licence application - Limited and controlled release of cotton genetically modified for enhanced waterlogging tolerance

The Philippines cited as top GM corn producer

Economic comparison of transgenic and nontransgenic cotton production systems in Georgia, USA

Potato Amflora: BASF expects green light from EU Commission
Amflora: BASF erwartet grünes Licht von EU-Kommission

Conversations about plant biotechnology: Brazilian farmer Waldir José Mingotti discusses how GM crops have simplified his operation and made it economically possible to continue farming

Portugal: Cultivation of GM maize extended without co-existence problems

España: Los productores de maíz reclaman poder desarrollar la biotecnología "con libertad"

World GM plantings concern European grain, oilseed crushers and feed trade

U.S. Federal Register:
- Availability of an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for a field release to produce antibodies in genetically engineered nicotiana hybrids
- Availability of an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for a proposed field release of genetically engineered safflower

Biotech and GMO use on the rise in The Philippines

Southeast Asian biotechnology regulators and researchers to discuss rationalization and harmonization

Neues Gentechnikgesetz als Chance begreifen, sagt deutscher Bundesverbraucherminister

BASF: „Europäische Landwirte brauchen Zugang zu modernen Technologien“
BASF: “Give Europe’s farmers access to advanced technology”

New round in the GM crop debate

Biotech crops experience remarkable dozen years of double-digit growth - Socio-economic benefits becoming evident among resource-poor farmers
Los cultivos agrobiotecnológicos registran doce años de crecimiento de doble dígito - Los beneficios socioeconómicos se hacen evidentes entre los agricultores de pocos recursos
Douze années exceptionnelles de croissance à deux chiffres pour les cultures biotechnologiques - Les bienfaits socio-économiques commencent à se voir chez les agriculteurs aux ressources limitées

CropLife Canada releases two new independent studies on the commercial success of biotech soybeans and corn in Canada

PG Economics welcomes new ISAAA brief: Global status of commercialised biotech crops 2007

Viterra and Evogene to develop canola with improved yield and stress tolerance traits

France struggles with its attitude towards biotechnology

Brasil: Conselho Nacional de Biossegurança libera duas variedades de milho transgênico

Schweizerisches Bundesamt für Umwelt bewilligt drei Freisetzungsversuche mit gentechnisch veränderten Organismen der Universität Zürich und der ETH Zürich unter strengen Auflagen
L'Office fédéral de l'environnement (OFEV) autorise, sous certaines conditions très strictes, trois demandes de dissémination expérimentale d'organismes génétiquement modifiés déposées par l'Université de Zurich et l'EPF de Zurich
Swiss Federal Department of the Environment approves applications by the University of Zurich and the ETH to sowed GM wheat experimentally in the spring at the Agricultural Research Institute of Zurich-Reckenholz

Uganda approves Bt cotton trials

France: Arrêté du 7 février 2008 suspendant la mise en culture des variétés de semences de maïs génétiquement modifié (Zea mays L. lignée MON 810)

Backgrounders from the Ministry of the Environment of India
- Safety concerns regarding transgenic crops
- Applications of genetically modified crops

First documented case of pest resistance to biotech cotton

ISB News Report
- Field evidence: Bt corn and mycotoxin reduction

Los transgénicos, un paso evolutivo en la producción agraria

El área de cultivo de OGM en Portugal superó las 4.000 hectáreas en 2007

Decision taken at the 82st meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) held on January 11, 2008

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Field trials of genetically modified herbicide tolerant maize event GA21 to be carried out between 2008 and 2010
- Application for the deliberate release of genetically modified DP-Ø9814Ø-6 maize

Australian OGTR: DIR 082/2007 - Limited and controlled release of perennial ryegrass and tall fescue genetically modified for improved forage qualities

German Parliament amends biotechnology law

January 08

Resolution of the American Forage & Grassland Council on genetically modified organisms

Agri-biotech sector grows at 30% in India

Analyse par la société Monsanto de l'avis sur la dissémintaion du MON 810 sur le territoire français rendu par le Comité de préfiguration d'une Haute Autorité sur les OGM le 9 janvier 2008
Analysis by Monsanto of the opinion on the dissemination of MON 810 on the French territory by the Committee of Prefiguration of a High Authority on GM Organisms on January 9, 2008

Portugal: Area de cultivo de OGM’s cresce 330% en relação a 2006 - Niveis de contaminação insignificantes (<0,4% quando a máxima permitida é de <0,9%)

European Food Safety Authority works with Member States on best approaches to GMO risk assessment

Transgenic rice seeds still await the go-ahead in China

Syngenta and Athenix in R&D partnership for advanced biotechnology corn insect and soybean nematode control traits

Les plantes biotechnologiques résistantes aux insectes (Bt) n’ont pas d’effet nocif sur les abeilles

“Si renunciamos a los transgénicos causaremos un daño irreversible al medio ambiente”

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for the deliberate release of MON 89034, MON 88017 and MON 89034 × MON 88017 maize, for the use in field trials in Slovakia
- Monitoring of key non-target arthropods in transgenic maize lines containing events GAT-R11-A, GAT-R11-A × 1507, and GAT-R11-A × 1507 × 59122

Poland may not ban genetically modified plants

Bundesregierung verhindert die Nutzung von Innovationen - Pflanzenzüchter sehen Standortnachteile für die deutsche Landwirtschaft

Confined field trials of GM cotton approved in Uganda

U.S. National Academy of Sciences recognizes Monsanto's Chief Technology Officer for development of agricultural biotechnology

India may turn into a big producer of GM rice and vegetables by 2010

Las autoridades españolas establecen un nivel de seguridad, control y transparencia sin precedentes en la agricultura OMG

Debate over GMOs rages on in Europe

Australian OGTR: DIR 080/2007 - Limited and controlled release of wheat genetically modified for drought tolerance

University of Queensland PhD study finds that benefits outweigh risks from genetically modified plants

U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute releases soybean genome assembly to enable worldwide bioenergy research efforts

2nd ERA-PG call for proposals: Strengthening the European research in plant genomics, integrating new technologies in plant science

Statement of the United States Trade Representative on the biotech dispute with the European Union

Pakistan to introduce genetically modified cottonseed in 2009

AgBioForum Bulletin Volume 10 Number 3
Special issue: Biofortified Food Crops: Progress and Prospects in Developing Countries

Iowa State University data sheds new light on how corn trait integration may boost yield - Rootworm trait evaluations also fail to correlate root ratings to yield

France:
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OGM : application du principe de précaution
- Maïs génétiquement modifié : Un beau gâchis !
- French biotech crop decision environmentally unfriendly
- La decisión francesa sobre el maíz transgénico perjudica al medio ambiente
- Frankreich: Anbauverbot für MON810-Mais

Offener Umgang mit allen Fragen zur Grünen Gentechnik - Informationsveranstaltung am 24. Januar 2008 in Stöckheim

Neue Meta-Sudie aus den USA: Bt-Pflanzen für Honigbienen verträglich

Monsanto announces testing program for glufosinate-tolerant cotton varieties - Announcement paves the way for industry's first three-way stack of herbicide-tolerant technologies

France:
- Le comité de préfiguration d’une Haute Autorité sur les OGM présente ses conclusions sur le maïs Mon 810
Quelques vérités sur l’avis relatif à un maïs génétiquement modifié
- Les « doutes sérieux » du Président Le Grand : pas sérieux du tout

Crop insurance and transgenic hybrids

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Control of potato cyst-nematodes with minimised environmental impact
- Application for the deliberate release of genetically modified DP-Ø9814Ø-6 maize
- Potato plant AV43-6-G7 with reduced amylose content
- Investigation of the influence of genetically modified maize resistant to glyphosate (NK603) on weed population in crop rotation compared with conventional weed control system in maize
- Sugar beet tolerant to glyphosate and resistant to virus disease Rhizomania, Sweden, 2008-2012

France: Le projet de loi sur les OGM sera débattu au Sénat à partir du 5 février au Sénat et après les élections municipales à l’Assemblée Nationale

L’épi du maïs OGM sera-t-il bientôt fauché en France par excès de démagogie?

USDA/APHIS seeks public comment on genetically engineered alfalfa

U.S. Federal Register: Environmental impact statement - Determination of regulated status of alfalfa genetically engineered for tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate

Brazil: Falta fiscalização sobre produtos transgênicos, alerta especialista da Fiocruz

“La mala prensa de la biotecnología se debe a una campaña absurda de ecofundamentalistas acogida por los políticos”


December 07

Biotechnology forum launched in Uganda

Statement by the Australian Academy of Science on gene technology and GM plants

Latin America and European Union to collaborate on biotechnology

Ukraine adopts law on biosafety in creating, testing, transporting and using GM organisms
Украина приняла закон «О государственной системе биобезопасности при создании, испытании, транспортировке и использовании генетически модифицированных организмов»

Dialogue on agricultural biotechnologies to assist developing countries cope with water scarcity

USDA/FAS GAIN report:
- Portuguese authorities establish first agriculture biotechnology-free zone
- Russian federal law sets biotech labeling threshold at 0.9 percent
- Registration procedure for GMO feeds in the Russian Federation
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Taiwan grants approval to Agrisure MIR604 Corn and renewal approvals to RRS40-3-2 soybean and Mon810 corn
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The Philippines approve Syngenta's MIR604 corn

U.S. Federal Register: Monsanto Company - Availability of petition and environmental assessment for determination of nonregulated status for corn genetically engineered for insect resistance

Frankreich: Neues Gentechnikgesetz rechtzeitig zum Anbau 2008?

GM crops in Europe: how much value and for whom?
Les cultures génétiquement modifiées en Europe : quels avantages et pour qui?
Genetisch veränderte Feldfrüchte in Europa: Welcher Wert und für wen?

Report says gene flow from GM crops not likely to harm environment

Antama y Sebiot actualizan el cuaderno divulgativo “Plantas transgénicas”

USDA/FAS GAIN report: Biotech conferences in Prague, Czech Republic

Decision taken in the 81st Meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) held on November 22, 2007

Deutschland: Rechtlage wieder hergestellt - BVL hebt den umstrittenen Bescheid zu MON 810 auf

France: OGM - Une suspension injustifiée

La biotecnología no debe ‘tirar la toalla ni perder la esperanza’

Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3Aa20 protein and the genetic material necessary for its production in corn; extension of temporary exemption from the requirement of a tolerance

France: Suites du Grenelle - La FNSEA joue le jeu

European Commissioner rejects scientific advice on GM approval

U.S. rice industry seed plan clears genetically engineered rice from commercial supply

November 07

GM moratoria to be lifted in two Australian states

Concluído o Quadro Regulamentar Nacional sobre OGM

Streit um die Anbau-Zulassung zweier Bt-Maislinien - EU-Kommissar Dimas stellt sich gegen seine wissenschaftliche Fachbehörde

MTT:llä valmis ohran geeninsiirtotekniikka
MTT Agrifood Research Finland introduces agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer technique for barley

Deutscher Landwirtschaftsminister Seehofer: Zulassung gv-Pflanzen allein auf wissenschaftlicher Basis

Gentechnik in tierischen Produkten – Steht nicht drauf, ist aber drin

European scientists warn Commissioner Dimas against undermining science on biotech crop approvals

European Union Commissioner Dimas’ rejection of two GM maize products would undermine the EU’s safety assessment process, says EuropaBio
Le refus du Commissaire Dimas d’autoriser deux nouveaux maïs biotechnologiques pourrait saboter le processus européen d’évaluation

Nederland wil zorgvuldige en voortvarende toelating van genetisch gemodificeerde gewassen

Création en France de la Haute autorité relative aux biotechnologies: Attention aux dérives

New South Wales to end moratorium on GM canola
- GM canola choice for New South Wales farmers
- GRDC welcomes decision by New South Wales and Victoria to lift their moratoria on the commercial production of GM canola

Monsanto expands its sponsorship of the Peking-Yale Joint Agrobiotechnology Center

Científicos y agricultores piden racionalidad a las autoridades y un impulso para no perder el tren de la Biotecnología agroalimentaria

India releases new biotechnology strategy

Biotechnology optimizes yield in agriculture - Green “fitness program” for safe harvests - Scientists optimize photosynthesis in crops
Biotechnologie erhöht den Ertrag in der Landwirtschaft - Grünes „Fitnessprogramm“ für sichere Ernten - Forscher optimieren Photosynthese bei Nutzpflanzen

National Corn Growers Association urges U.S. growers to include refuge planning in seed purchase decisions - Industry underscores the need to plant refuge acres to preserve long-term value of the technology

Long-term trial demonstrates the potential yield and profit advantages that a GM canola variety offers Australian grain growers

Italian field trial results suppressed - Data is relevant to human and animal health

Bt maize trials harvested in Egypt

FAO-BiotechNews - November 2007

The European Community register of genetically modified food and feed has been updated

ISB News Report
- Acting U.S. Agriculture Secretary announces plan to improve quality compliance of genetically engineered products
- An alternative approach to genetically engineered alfalfa
- Non-target effects of Bt crops database available

Deliberate releases and placing on the EU market of GM organisms:
- Application for the deliberate release of genetically modified DAS-59122-7xDAS-Ø15Ø7-1xMON-ØØ6Ø3-6 (59122x1507xNK603) maize (4-year program)
- Application for the deliberate release of genetically modified DAS-Ø15Ø7-1xMON-ØØ6Ø3-6 (1507xNK603) maize (4-year program)
- Application for the deliberate release of genetically modified MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 (NK603) maize (4-year program)

Svensk forskning krävs inför odling av grödor som tål ogräsmedel

Follow the rules when planting transgenic corn

October 07

Agricultural biotechnology: transgenics in agriculture and their implications for developing countries

GM crops — Asian farmers have their say

European biotech crop cultivation grows despite limited product choice
Europe: peu de plantes autorisées mais des surfaces en hausse

France - Grenelle de l’environnement
- Monsieur le Président, vous avez cédé aux marchands de peur et de mensonges!
- CropLife International statement regarding French regulatory proposals on plant science
- EuropaBio comments on French President Sarkozy's statements on the cultivation of biotech crops in France

Monsanto's stacked trait corn technology receives European regulatory approval

U.S. Federal Register: USDA Agricultural Research Service requests nominations for the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture

Förslag till svenska regler för GMO-odling

52% des Français pensent qu’il faut permettre la culture encadrée des OGM pour sauvegarder la compétitivité des agriculteurs français

European Union approves Herculex RW corn for food, feed, import and processing - Imports into the European Union also authorized for corn stacked with Herculex I and RoundupReady Corn 2 traits
- L’Union Européenne autorise le maïs Herculex RW pour l’alimentation humaine, l’alimentation pour animaux, l’importation et la transformation
- L’UE approva il Mais Herculex RW per l’alimentazione umana, animale, per l’importazione e per la trasformazione
- EU keurt Herculex® RW mais goed voor voedsel, veevoer, import en verwerking
- EU lässt Herculex® RW Mais als Lebens- und Futtermittel und für Import und Verarbeitung zu
- UE aprova milho Herculex® RW para alimentação humana, animal, importação e processamento
- La UE aprueba el maíz Herculex® RW para su uso como alimento, pienso, importación y procesado

Transgenics transformed - Maize mini-chromosomes can add stacks of functional genes to plants

Nouvelle destruction de parcelles d’essais de maïs biotechnologique en France

Biotechnology needed to help meet growing global needs for food, feed, fuel and materials, says DuPont Chairman & CEO at World Food Prize

Limagrain lance un cri d’alarme à l’intention des pouvoirs publics sur le déclin des biotechnologies végétales en France et en Europe

European biotech industry delegation hosts European Union Commissioners

Agdia, Inc. announces commercialization of mBt-Cry3A ImmunoStrip for testing Agrisure RW seed corn and leaves

France: Déclaration de Jean-Michel Lemetayer, président de la FNSEA, sur les OGM

U.S. National Science Foundation awards 26 new grants to seed plant systems biology - Focus includes genome-enabled research in plants of economic value and development of novel tools

Genetically engineered corn may harm stream ecosystems

Syngenta's Agrisure corn rootworm biotech trait approved in Mexico

Renowned plant pathologist Dr. Roger Beachy discusses current and future benefits of genetically engineered plants

Sicherheitsforschung Bt-Mais: "Wir können Sortenunterschiede deutlich zeigen"

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA): Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms on applications (references EFSA-GMO-UK-2005-19 and EFSA-GMO-RX-GA21) for the placing on the market of glyphosate-tolerant genetically modified maize GA21, for food and feed uses, import and processing and for renewal of the authorisation of maize GA21 as existing product, both under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 from Syngenta Seeds S.A.S. on behalf of Syngenta Crop Protection AG

September 07

Philippines government experts to conduct greenhouse trial on Bt cotton before year end

Codex ad hoc Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology paves the way for safety assessment of products with GM low level presence

France: Grenelle et OGM - Propositions pour soutenir la liberté de choix du type de production

Sunrise, sunset: life cycles also include biotech seeds
Un début, une fin: les semences biotechnologiques sont aussi soumises au cycle de vie

Australia's Agriculture Minister releases new report 'GM Canola - an information package'

France: Intergroupe OGM du Grenelle de l’environnement - Plus de cacophonie que de consensus

New book looks at public perception and media treatment of GMOs

France:
- Scandalisés par les propos tenus par Jean-Louis Borloo annonçant un gel des cultures biotechnologiques en France, les semenciers français suspendent leur participation groupe de travail du Grenelle de l'environment
- Grenelle de l'Environnement : la méthode n'est pas respectée
- Déclaration de Philippe Pinta, Président d’ORAMA, devant le Ministre de l’Agriculture

Rebecca Bech named USDA/APHIS deputy administrator for biotechnology regulatory services

European Court of Justice rejects Austrian biotech ban, supports right to choose biotech crops

Monsanto, Dow agreement paves the way for industry's first-ever, eight-gene stacked offering in corn

Chinese scientists develop GM corn that could help improve the nutritional value of livestock feed and reduce pollution

ERMA New Zealand says that Crop and Food Research GM onions research has not breached biosecurity rules

Regional consultation on biotechnology and biosafety for agriculture and environment in the West Asia and North Africa sub-region

Australian OGTR: DIR 073/2007 - Limited and Controlled release of GM insect resistant and insect resistant/herbicide tolerant cotton

German genetech law - Coalition compromise

Cibus LLC opens new offices in St. Paul, Minnesota - Trait development company growing at rapid pace

La génomique dans ses murs à l’INRA de Toulouse

Destruction de maïs OGM en France: Les producteurs de maïs en appellent directement à Nicolas Sarkozy
Destruction of GM maize: Maize-producers appeal directly to President Sarkozy

Dow AgroSciences secures intellectual property from Chlorogen to further advance plant biotechnology efforts

Estimating the adoption of Bt eggplant in India: Who benefits from public–private partnership?

France: Les professionnels des semences et de la protection des plantes s’insurgent encore une fois contre la destruction de trois parcelles de maïs biotechnologique en Ardèche

Australian OGTR: Invitation to comment on a consultation risk assessment and risk management plan for the limited and controlled release fo GM insect resistant and/or herbicide tolerant Gossypium barbadense cotton: DIR 074/2007

Deutschland: GVO-Spuren in Rapssaatgut - Land verweigert B-Probe
Traces of an EU unapproved biotech event found in conventional rapeseed variety in Germany

Switzerland
Freisetzungsgesuche für gentechnisch veränderte Pflanzen mit Auflagen genehmigt
Demandes de dissémination expérimentale de plantes génétiquement modifiées autorisées sous certaines conditions
Emissioni sperimentali di piante geneticamente modificate autorizzate a determinate condizioni

How the public perceives biotech. From fear to a constructive dialogue...

August 07

Survey indicates that Australian canola growers want GM choice

Monsanto receives approval for the first stacked trait corn product in Argentina

Bt maize trials perfom positively in Egypt

In the United States, awareness of GM wheat is low, and so is opposition

Movimentos pedem que transgênicos sejam proibidos no semiárido nordestino

Integrande da CNTBio defende uso de algodão transgênico

Dow AgroSciences reveals progress on new herbicide tolerance trait - New technology will offer effective, affordable broad-spectrum weed control in corn, soybeans

Syngenta's Agrisure corn rootworm biotech trait approved in Japan

Decisions taken at the 79th meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), held on August 8, 2007

Cotton Australia applies biotechnology to slash the amount of water needed to grow cotton

Monsanto Philippines asks Ag Department to extend permit to propagate its Bt corn variant MON 810

India approves large scale field trials for Bt brinjal

Brazilian National Biosafety Technical Committee approves Monsanto Company insect-protected corn trait
- CTNBio aprova nova liberação de milho transgênico para venda no país
- Controversy over GM corn approval in Brazil

Australia: A National Market Access Framework for GM Canola and Future GM Crops

Indian government’s hesitation to allow genetically modified cash crops other than cotton hurts the seed industry

Australian farmers want state governments to end GM moratoria

Brasil: Regulamento da ANVISA sobre transgênicos será documento consultivo

GM Canola: An Information Package - New Australian report backs GM crops

Government panel to review moratorium on commercial plantings of GM crops in New South Wales

Embrapa e BASF firmam acordo inédito de cooperação na área de biotecnologia vegetal no Brasil
EMBRAPA and BASF announce first Brazilian-developed biotech crop
- Embrapa e BASF assinam acordo inédito
- Embrapa e BASF assinaram acordo de cooperação que vai incrementar a biotecnologia vegetal no Brasil

Área de milho transgénico triplica em Portugal

Germany: Kabinett billigt Novelle des Gentechnikrechts
- Auf einem Bein kann man nicht stehen: Forschung ohne Anwendung läuft ins Leere
- Gentechnikgesetz durchläuft Kabinett - Deutscher Bauernverband sieht keine ausreichenden Fortschritte für Forschungsstandort Deutschland
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Keine Irreführung durch Aufweichung der Gentechnik-Kennzeichnungsvorschriften

El positivo impacto de la biotecnología en Europa

Biotechnology Australia responds to criticisms of the survey of public attitudes towards biotechnology

The Grains Research and Development Corporation, Australia's peak grains body, informs the GM debate

Western Australia releases GM cotton report for public comment

Zambia will not grow GM crops

Australian grains industry is gearing up for GM canola

CropLife Canada applauds the government in Prince Edward Island for its recognition of the importance of the new bioeconomy

Novellierung des deutschen Gentechnikgesetzes - Rechtlicher Rahmen muss Wettbewerbsfähigkeit gewährleisten
- Große Koalition verhindert Innovation am Standort Deutschland

U.S. Federal Register: Determination of nonregulated status for Monsanto Company soybean MON 89788, genetically engineered for glyphosate herbicide tolerance

July 07

Mexico authorizes 39 applications for planting transgenic seeds in February and March, 2007

Anvisa enfrenta CTNbio e abre consulta pública sobre transgênicos
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Brazilian government organizations collide over biosafety

EFSA statement on the fate of recombinant DNA or proteins in the meat, milk or eggs of animals fed with GM feed

Government of Kenya publishes bio-safety bill

African scientists and agricultural organizations welcome AGRA clarification on biotech research

European Food Safety Authority: Guidance document of the scientific panel on GM organisms for the risk assessment of genetically modified plants containing stacked transformation events

U.S. Biotechnology Industry Organization launches Excellence Through Stewardship program - Initiative introduces best practices for quality management of plant biotechnology products

France: Grenelle de l’Environnement et biotechnologies végétales : le chantage actuel est intolérable

Deuschland: Koalition einigt sich auf Regeln beim Anbau von gentechnisch veränderten Pflanzen

Biotechnology Australia report indicates that environmental concerns boost support for GM crops in Australia

Deutscher Bauernverband rät weiterhin vom GVO-Anbau ab - Gentechnik-Novelle trägt nicht zur Lösung der Haftungsfrage bei

Francia cuadriplica en un año la superficie cultivada de maíz genéticamente modificado

European Food Safety Authority: Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms on an application (Reference EFSA-GMO-NL-2005-18) for the placing on the market of the glufosinate tolerant soybean A2704-12, for food and feed uses, import and processing under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 from Bayer CropScience

Gewalt war noch nie eine Lösung - Bundesverband Deutscher Pflanzenzüchter für rechtsstaatlichen Umgang mit der grünen Gentechnik

European Commission report: “Economic Impact of Unapproved GMOs on EU feed imports and livestock production”

The Netherlands: Kamervragen over genetisch gemanipuleerde tomaten

La biotecnología transgénica, un pilar para el resurgimiento de la economía argentina

New South Wales Farmers’ Association supports the removal of the current GM moratorium

U.S. Federal Register: Introduction of organisms and products altered or produced through genetic engineering

USDA/FAS GAIN report: Republic of South Africa, Annual Biotechnology Report

Metodologia analisa risco ambiental em plantas modificadas

USDA/APHIS evaluates potential revisions to existing regulations regarding the importation, interstate movement and environmental release of genetically engineered organisms

Proposta nova metodologia para efetuar análise de risco ambiental de plantas geneticamente modificadas

Votorantim investe em pesquisa e desenvolvimento biotecnológico

Registre national des cultures OGM en France

GMO seeds benefit environment, according to University of Illinois study

Adoption of genetically engineered crops in the U.S.

The Philippines has so far approved 41 GM varieties

Biotecnología en pocas palabras: Plantas transgénicas - Preguntas y respuestas

Assessing the environmental impact of genetically modified plants - EFSA Scientific Colloquium

Colombia: Resolución No. 001726 por la cual se autorizan siembras comerciales de algodón con la tecnología conjunta Bollgard II / Roundup Ready Flex® (15985) X (88913) en el Alto Magdalena y Valle del Cauca

'En Route to the Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy', report from a high-level conference on biotechnology

Limagrain lance un cri d’alarme à l’intention des pouvoirs publics sur le déclin des biotechnologies végétales en France et en Europe

June 07

Giessen: More destruction on barley trial field
Gießen: Erneute Zerstörungen auf Gerste-Versuchsfeld

BMELV-Forschungsprogramm Koexistenz 2007 - Wieder Attacke auf Koexistenz-Versuchsfeld

Brasil: maíz GM enfrenta batalla jurídica

U.S. farmers continue to embrace biotech crops and their benefits

Aprueban dos tecnologías transgénicas en Colombia

European Food Safety Authority reaffirms its risk assessment of genetically modified maize MON 863

New method for better profiling of GM plants

Research and Markets releases new report: Seed Trait Valuation: Value Creation Opportunities in Agricultural Markets

Kenya's National Biosafety Committee approves field trails of a genetically engineered cotton variety

USDA/FAS GAIN report: Agricultural GMO implementation measures in China (updated)

European Union Council of Ministers postpones decision on commercial cultivation of the genetically optimized starch potato Amflora
Europäischer Ministerrat vertagt Entscheidung über kommerziellen Anbau der gentechnisch optimierten Stärkekartoffel Amflora

Evogene and SunGene, a BASF Plant Science company, to collaborate on next generation plant-biotechnology enabling technologies

Brasil: Comissão adia julgamento de pedidos para comercialização de transgênicos

Iowa State University names new endowed chairs in the areas of crop genomics and biorenewable crop research

Genes are Gems: Reporting Agri-Biotechnology - A sourcebook for journalists

Bayer CropScience and Monsanto enter long-term business and license agreements for key enabling technologies
Bayer CropScience und Monsanto vereinbaren langfristige Geschäfts- und Lizenzvereinbarungen für Schlüsseltechnologien

U.S. Federal Register: Availability of an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for a proposed field release of genetically engineered safflower

Joint Genome Institute of the U.S. Department of Energy announces 2008 genome sequencing targets

State and territory moratoriums on GM crops are placing Australia’s agricultural sector at risk

EuropaBio elects new Chairman to lead association over next two years

Biotechnology and the EU - Speech of Peter Mandelson, EU Trade Comissioner at the EuropaBio Open Day

France: Publication de l'avis de la Commission du Génie Biomoléculaire Maïs MON 810

Erneute Zerstörungen auf Gerste-Versuchsfeld in Gießen

University of Western Australia's GM lupin lines ready for evaluation when current moratorium on GM crops is lifted

Roundup Ready alfalfa is no threat to U.S. organic and export markets

Office of the Australian Gene Technology Regulator: Notification of decision to issue a licence on application - Application No. DIR 071/2006 Limited and Controlled release of GM drought tolerant wheat

European Union 27 - Annual agricultural biotechnology report 2007

New study finds genetically engineered crops could play a role in sustainable agriculture - Possible benefits include reduced use of chemicals in crops modified with insecticidal gene

Monsanto Argentina lanza un nuevo curso electrónico sobre Maíz Bt

Rutgers scientists propose new gene insertion method for better GM crop containment

Debatte: Die öffentliche Diskussion um Grüne Gentechnik

ISB News Report
- Gene-deletor: a new tool to address concerns over GE crops
- Genetically engineering folate biofortification in tomato
- Selected highlights from the 2007 BIO International convention

Dow AgroSciences highlights partnership with Sangamo in Wall Street presentation, describes Sangamo technology as part of its 'game changing' innovation strategy

Dow AgroSciences announces new family of herbicide tolerant traits

May 07

Research opens new perspectives in the study of transgenic organisms in order to corroborate (or not) the equivalence with their conventional counterparts

Carnation genetically modified for flower colour approved for marketing in the European Union
La Unión Europea aprueba un clavel biotecnológico de color azul

Workshop on plant biotechnology and stability of crop production in the Greater Pannonian Region