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4 September 2007
ARC’s Appeal Against GM Cassava Ruling
A year ago, the African Centre for Biosafety and international NGO, GRAIN teamed up to oppose an application by the Agriculture Research Council (ARC) to conduct GM cassava field trials in South Africa. We put together comprehensive written objections to the application, strongly supported by a wide range of South African and international groups and […]
3 September 2007
Objections on Syngenta GM Maize GA21 and Bt11 x GA21
The African Centre for Biosafety has in the past (September 2004) submitted substantial objections to an application by Syngenta Seed Company in respect of an application for field trials involving its GM maize, GA21 (www.biosafetyafrica.net). These objections are already on record with the office of the Registrar: Genetically Modified Organisms Act, and ask that these […]
14 August 2007
ACB’s Comments on Kenya’s June 2007 Biosafety Bill, August 2007
Kenya’s Biosafety Bill is drafted as an enabling statute and will require the promulgation of numerous regulations in order to bring it into effect. It’s fundamental nature is one of a lenient permitting system as opposed to a biosafety regime intention regulating genetically modified organisms within a context of caution. Read here.
27 July 2007
Genetically Modified Organisms Amendment Act, 2007 (Act No 23 of 2006)
Amendment to the Genetically Modified Organisms Act, 1997, so as to give effect to the Protocol pertaining to genetically modified organisms. Read here.
27 July 2007
Rural Communities Express Dismay: “land grabs” fuelled by Biofuels Strategy
More than sixty people met in Durban on March 5th 2007, to discuss the South African government’s Draft Industrial Biofuels Strategy, which is open for public comment until the end of March. The undersigned NGOs, individuals, farmer organisations and rural communities from KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Limpopo and Mpumalanga who attended the workshop, express our extreme […]
1 July 2007
SA’s new GM experiment’s cause for great concern
It is with extreme disquiet that the Africa Centre for Biosafety (ACB) notes the recent spate of new applications for GM experiments in South Africa. These experiments with new GMOs not only place human populations and the environment at great risk, but continue to reinforce a flawed development paradigm, which seeks to introduce hi-tech products […]
20 June 2007
Objection to Genetically Modified Cotton Ll 25
Objection to Bayer Crop Science’s Application for Commodity Clearance of Genetically Modified Cotton Ll 25 Read here.
1 March 2007
Nigeria – GMO Legislation
Comments On Nigerian Biosafety Act 2006. Read here.
11 February 2007
Tanzania – GMO Legislation
THE NATIONAL BIOSAFETY GUIDELINES FOR TANZANIA According to the Minister of State in the Vice President’s office-Environment, the Honourable Mr Ntagazwa, the Biosafety Guidelines are meant to “facilitate the importation and use of GMOs and their products in Tanzania”. Indeed, the Guidelines, which pay a great deal of attention to scientific details, establish a non-legally […]
11 February 2007
Swaziland – GMO Legislation
OVERVIEW We have been approached by civil society groups in Swaziland to provide comments on the Draft National Policy Document, “Creating an enabling environment for the safe use of biotechnology and its products in Swaziland” and the Biosafety Bill, 2005. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)/World Food Programme (WFP) crop and food supply […]