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20 February 2008
ACB’s Updated GMO biohazard maps
Their ability to escape into the environment is well known. Their safety for people with allergies remains in question. Yet we continue to experiment with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and some have even been commercially released. And yes, they may be growing, undetected, unmarked and right out in the open in a field near you. […]
28 January 2008
Fruit & Veg City’s Stance on the availability of Genetically Modified Produce in SA
RE: FRUIT AND VEG CITY?S STANCE ON THE AVAILABILITY OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED PRODUCE IN SA We at Fruit and Veg City are of the opinion that the availability and sale of genetically modified fruits or vegetables should be treated with caution, and we do not support the current application process to sell these products in […]
28 January 2008
Public Participation in context of Patent Laws in South Africa
The African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) has only recently commenced its work in the fi eld of bioprospecting and biopiracy. A booklet as part of our Biosafety, Biopiracy and Biopolitics series titled, “Bioprospecting, Biopiracy and Indigenous Knowledge: two case studies from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa” by Koyama and Mayet, has been published. In […]
14 November 2007
Biowatch Court Ruling: Gross Miscarriage of Environmental Justice
Several environmental groups in South Africa have slammed the Supreme Court of Appeal’s ruling that threatens to financially strangle Biowatch SA, a non profit organisation acting in the public interest. Read here.
19 October 2007
Biopiracy meeting ends with no progress
This article was published in the SUNS #6345, Wednesday, 17 October 2007. Any reproduction or re-circulation of this article requires the permission of the SUNS (sunstwn@bluewin.ch). SUNS #6345 Wednesday 17 October 2007 south-north development monitor SUNS United Nations: Biopiracy meet ends with no progress. Read here.
17 August 2007
SA Rejects GM bulbs & flowers
Failed Application for Contained Use of Genetically Modified flowers and bulbs involving Ornithogalum dubium x thyrsoides Line A2 The South African GMO Authority, the Executive Council (EC), established under the GMO Act has refused the first ever application for experimentation of GM bulbs and flowers outside a laboratory facility. Read here.
17 August 2007
Thumbs down for GM Mosquitocide
The Executive Council acting under the Genetically Modified Organisms Act has rejected out of hand, an application by Biological Control Products SA (Pty) Ltd, to test in open water sources, a genetically modified mosquitocide. The mosquitocide has been genetically engineered to destroy mosquito larvae. Read here.
27 July 2007
ACB Submission on Bioprospecting & ABS Draft Regulations, 2007
SUBMISSIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND TOURISM ON THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT, 2004: REGULATIONS ON BIOPROSPECTING, ACCESS AND BENEFIT SHARING. Read here.
27 July 2007
ACB Submission on IPRs from Publicaly Funded Research Bill, 2007
Currently, South African intellectual property legislation is highly fragmented, a situation that gives rise to a number of gaps and anomalies that undermine the rights of indigenous people. “Indigenous people” is not clearly defined by NEMBA or it Draft Regulations except to refer to such people as residing in a defined geographical area to which […]