Archive - 2003
| Biosafety research |
| Germany/Berlin - The Federal Ministry of Education and Research has been funding biosafety research projects since 1987. |
| 17. Dezember 2003 |
| New Genetic Engineering Act: Not before the end of 2004 |
| Germany/Berlin - A preliminary draft of a new German Genetic Engineering Act is to be presented in January 2004. |
| 11. Dezember 2003 |
| Farm Scale Evaluation: Herbicide-resistant plants and agro-biodiversity |
| UK/Glasgow - The cultivation of genetically modified plants comes at the expense of biodiversity in fields. |
| 28. November 2003 |
| "Taking a more differentiated view" |
| British study on herbicide strategies and biodiversity. Interview with Bernd Hommel. |
| 27. Oktober 2003 |
| Fewer weeds, fewer butterflies |
| UK/London - A study by the British government: Herbicide-tolerant plants and species diversity |
| 21. Oktober 2003 |
| Apples: Deliberate releases planned |
| Germany/ Dresden-Pillnitz - Conflict over transgenic apple trees |
| 20. Oktober 2003 |
| No resistant pests |
| USA/Tucson - This was a surprising finding of scientific investigations: No pests with resistance to the Bt toxin was found. |
| 22. September 2003 |
| Obstacles to plant genetic engineering |
| Germany/Berlin - Consumer Protection Minister Renate Künast has now submitted a bill. |
| 27. August 2003 |
| "Gene flow is a biological principle and does not constitute damage" |
| Interview with Detlef Bartsch about a study on outcrossing and spread of cultivated plants genes |
| 06. August 2003 |
| Coexistence: Guidelines for GM crop production |
| The European Commission’s coexistence guidelines have been published. |
| 23. Juli 2003 |
| Kiel goes first |
| Schleswig-Holstein launches initiative for a new Genetic Engineering Act |
| 11. Juli 2003 |
| When earthworms eat Bt maize |
| Swiss researchers wanted to know whether harmful effects can occur as a result of leaves from Bt maize plants falling to the ground and rotting. |
| 23. Juni 2003 |
| Biosafety Protocol enters into force |
| The small Pacific nation of Palau became the fiftieth state to ratify the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. |
| 20. Juni 2003 |
| Luminescent bacteria |
| Deliberate release of genetically modified rhizobia |
| 04. Juni 2003 |
| Labelling threshold: conflict unresolved |
| The European Parliament's Environment Committee sticks to a GM labelling threshold of 0.5%. |
| 27. Mai 2003 |
| German government: Revising the Genetic Engineering Act |
| New responsibilities for plant genetic engineering |
| 12. Mai 2003 |
| Bt maize versus the billion-dollar bug |
| A new GM maize has been authorised in the USA. Discussion about the size of refuges |
| 13. März 2003 |
| GM wine causes a stir |
| Since 1999 transgenic grapevines have been undergoing field-testing in the German wine-producing regions of Franken and Pfalz. |
| 27. Februar 2003 |
| Outcrossing: What of it? |
| What would be the consequences of genetically modified plants passing on a new trait? Not every outcrossing constitutes ecological damage. |
| 10. Februar 2003 |
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