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El Convenio sobre Diversidad Biológica (CDB), reunido en su 13 Conferencia de las Partes (COP 13) en México, del 4 al 17 de diciembre, decidió reafirmar su importante moratoria sobre las actividades de geoingeniería relacionada con el clima, que se acordó en 2010.
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CANCUN, MEXICO – The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which gathered at its 13th Conference of the Parties (COP 13) in Mexico from December 4-17, decided to reaffirm its landmark moratorium on climate-related geoengineering that it first agreed to in 2010.
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On Thursday, December 15, 2016 the Civil Society Working Group on Synthetic Biology circulated a short fact sheet to help clear up four of the most common questions arising about gene drives.
1. Are gene drives naturally occurring?
In brief: the engineered gene drives being discussed at COP 13 are NOT naturally occurring elements.
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Ottawa, Canadá – El Grupo ETC publica estos días una actualización de fin de año sobre las megafusiones de alto perfil anunciadas por la industria de los agrotóxicos en 2016
¿Sofware contra hardware? - Maquinaria pesada, agrotóxicos y semillas en un chip
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OTTAWA, CANADA – ETC Group today released an end-of-year update on the high-profile mergers announced in the agri-inputs industry in 2016. Arguing that the three announced seed/pesticide mega-mergers will only be decided in 2017 and possibly much later, ETC’s new update, entitled “Software vs. Hardware vs. Nowhere,” shows that it is not only the $97 billion per annum seed and crop chemicals market that is at stake in the three announced mergers.
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CANCUN – La Coalición contra la Biopiratería celebró la 6ª edición de los Premios Capitán Garfio en el marco de la 13 Conferencia de las Partes (COP13) del Convenio sobre Diversidad Biológica, este 9 de diciembre de 2016. La acción ocurrió en la entrada del edificio principal, donde se premió a cinco bio-piratas: corporaciones, gobiernos e instituciones que promueven la privatización de los recursos genéticos de los pueblos indígenas y comunidades locales. A la ceremonia de premiación asistieron organizaciones de la sociedad civil y delegados de los gobiernos.
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CANCUN – The Coalition Against Biopiracy (CAB) hosted the 6th Captain Hook Awards ceremony at the Thirteenth Conference of the Parties (COP 13) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on December 9, 2016. The public action in the main lobby of the Conference “celebrated” five biopirates – corporations, governments, and organizations that play a part to privatize genetic resources from Indigenous Peoples and local communities for profit – with an awards ceremony attended by civil society organizations and government delegates.
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CANCÚN, México – Esta semana, organizaciones sociales, ambientales y sindicales publicaron un llamado en el que conminan a los gobiernos reunidos en el Convenio sobre Diversidad Biológica (CDB) de 2016 a establecer una moratoria sobre la controvertida tecnología de extinción genética conocida como de impulsores genéticos.
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CANCUN, MEXICO – This week, international conservation and environmental leaders are calling on governments at the 2016 UN Convention on Biodiversity to establish a moratorium on the controversial genetic extinction technology called gene drives.
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Key points:
• CBD Decision X/33, 8 (w) on geoengineering remains valid and should be affirmed and strengthened.
• The potential impacts of geoengineering on biodiversity have been scarcely studied. Studies and policy recommendations on the impacts on biodiversity and associated livelihoods caused by any geoengineering intervention are, and should remain, under the mandate of CBD and its bodies.
• New research papers continue to demonstrate high risks and uncertainties associated with the full range of geoengineering proposals.
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Tema 17. Geoingeniería relacionada con el clima
Borrador de recomendación: UNEP/CBD/COP/13/2/REV1, página 153.
Puntos principales:
· La Decisión X/33, 8 (w) sobre geoingeniería permanece válida y debe ser reafirmada y fortalecida.
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A fundamental shift is underway in how food, flavor, cosmetic, and fragrance ingredients are being produced for global markets. The new game in town is synthetic biology, or GMOs 2.0—companies are now able to create yeasts that secrete artificial compounds that taste or smell like familiar substances but don’t actually come from the natural source.
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Yo ho ho! Who are the most gruesome and despicable biopirates plundering genetic resources in your country? Which corporate crooks are looting indigenous knowledge in your communities? Have any governments failed to ward off marauders, enacted bogus policies, or plotted against their own people? Which gene-jacking genome editors are carrying out dastardly digital theft via your local genome database?
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BALTIMORE, MD — Consumer and environmental groups today released the Shopper’s Guide to Synthetic Biology to help consumers avoid the new wave of GMOs in food and cosmetics, and find truly natural and sustainable options.
Gene-silenced apples that never look old, synthetic stevia created with genetically engineered yeast — these are just some of the new generation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) making their way into food and consumer products.
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