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Rainforest destruction in your shopping basket
LONDON (UK) - Research released today reveals that the booming trade in palm oil, used in everyday products such...
08 March, 2004Global rules on GM organisms now ‘up and running’
KUALA LUMPUR (MALAYSIA) / BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) - Friends of the Earth today welcomed the conclusion in Kuala Lumpur of...
27 February, 2004Global conference reaches agreement on biosafety
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - Late night agreement on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) reached on Febr. 26 means there will...
27 February, 2004Don´t let the U.S. Coalition water down the Biosafety Protocol!
KUALA LUMPUR (MALAYSIA) - United Nations (UN) talks on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO), called the “Biosafety Protocol”, started today...
23 February, 2004GM crops report shows a decade of failure and urgent need for liability rules
KUALA LUMPUR (MALAYSIA) / BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) – A new report will be released on Feb. 23rd. It shows the...
19 February, 2004Biopiracy threats ignored at key UN meeting
KUALA LUMPUR (MALAYSIA) - While some 70 Ministers gather here today for the final part of a key United...
18 February, 2004Tony Blair’s top scientist expected to call for US action on climate change
LONDON (UK) / WASHINGTON, DC (US) - The UK Government's chief scientific adviser, Sir David King, is expected to...
13 February, 2004Nobel Laureates and 300 NGOs Urge Changes in World Bank Practices
WASHINGTON, DC (US) - As part of a mounting campaign to change World Bank involvement in the oil and...
12 February, 2004Biopiracy threats at biodiversity meeting
KUALA LUMPUR (MALAYSIA) - While representatives of 187 countries gather here for a key meeting on biodiversity starting today,...
09 February, 2004B.A.A. profits fly in the face of Euro rules
LONDON (UK) - British Airport Authority (BAA), which has announced today an operating profit of GBP 500 million, is...
02 February, 2004