Gentic engeneering - Plants - Environment http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:45:14 +0100 Webmotive Page Engine (http://www.webmotive.net/) en_EN Copyright (c) - bioSicherheit.de http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/738.docu.html First results of the Swiss research programme "Benefits and Risks of the deliberate release of Genetically Modified Plants" published. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/737.docu.html EU Commission: Plans up to summer. – Amflora potato: First approval for cultivation in the EU since 1998. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/736.docu.html A new breeding method is acceptable even to biotechnology critics. Does TILLING make genetic engineering methods superfluous for plant breeding? http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/735.docu.html Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh announces an indefinite moratorium on the cultivation of Bt brinjal and demands more public research into GM plants. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/731.docu.html Farmers in the US are increasingly facing problems with herbicide-resistant weeds. A recent study blames the problem on the cultivation of genetically modified crops. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/733.docu.html Scientists from five European countries have developed a mathematical model for predicting the risk to butterflies and moths from genetically modified Bt maize. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/732.docu.html Interview with Christopher Preston at the University of Adelaide about coexistence between GM and conventional canola cultivations. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/730.docu.html Germany/Berlin - NABU symposium: US American ecologists presented their new research results on the effects of Bt-maize on caddis flies. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/729.docu.html Germany - European Joint Project on Technology Assessment of Genetically Modified Plants: An Interview with Rolf Meyer, the Coordinator of the Project http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/726.docu.html In the USA the proportion of farmers following the resistance management requirements for genetically modified Bt maize has been declining for some years. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/725.docu.html Indian environment minister puts approval on hold following heavy public protests http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/724.docu.html Germany/Berlin - Clear signals for research on genetically modified plants. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/720.docu.html Germany/Hannover - BIOTECHNICA, Europe’s largest biotechnology exhibition closed its doors. GMO Safety was represented there for the first time and provide information on biosafety research into genetically modified plants. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/716.docu.html Italy/Parma - European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has now described the risk assessment requirements for molecular farming plants in greater detail. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/714.docu.html Italy/Milan - In Lombardy, Italy’s main maize-growing region, the Western corn rootworm has destroyed 30 per cent of the harvest. Scientists are working on a biological method for controlling the pest. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/712.docu.html USA/CA - Michelle Marvier from the University of Santa Clara recommends the establishment of central and publicly-accessible databases on biosafety research and that meta-studies should be routine in the safety assessment of genetically modified plants. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/710.docu.html Germany/Berlin - The main topics were the criticisms levelled by environmental associations at biological safety research and key areas of future agricultural and plant research in Germany. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/707.docu.html France/ Paris - French researchers criticise MON810 ban. They come to the conclusion that there are no scientific grounds for the cultivation bans. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/699.docu.html Italy/Parma - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) once again assesses genetically modified MON810 maize as safe for humans, animals and the environment. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/698.docu.html Luxembourg - Proposal: The EU member states may be able to decide whether to permit the cultivation of genetically modified plants themselves. - Coucil meeting Environment: no formal decisions were taken http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/696.docu.html Italy/Parma - EFSA has published a new opinion on antibiotic resistance marker genes in genetically modified plants. Based thereon, BASF has called for the EU Commission to approve Amflora. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/694.docu.html Italy/Parma - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has revealed the names of the scientists that will sit on the GMO Panel until 2012. Four of the 21 panel members come from Germany. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/687.docu.html Germany/Braunschweig - BVL approves more release trials with GM plants. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/692.docu.html Germany/Dresden-Pillnitz - Biotechnology battle: Plants growing under cover destroyed for the first time. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/690.docu.html Germany/Lüneburg - Higher Administrative Court in Lüneburg upholds ruling by lower court. Decision in main court proceedings due in the autumn. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/689.docu.html Germany/Berlin - Round table discussions on agricultural biotechnology with 30 representatives from science, associations, politics and churches to be continued. Research and Agriculture Ministers Schavan and Aigner pleased with the results. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/688.docu.html Germany/Berlin - DFG/DLG memorandum on crop biotechnology: Dependable legal and social framework requested. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/685.docu.html Germany - Monsanto’s urgent appeal rejected. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/684.docu.html Germany/Braunschweig - MON810 cultivation ban.: What does the MON810 ban mean for the future of biosciences in Germany? GMO Safety spoke to the VBIO President, Rudi Balling. http://www.gmo-safety.eu/en/news/682.docu.html Germany/Braunschweig - After the ban on cultivating Bt maize line MON810: Can the research programme of the BMELV on coexistence continue in 2009? GMO Safety spoke to Gerhard Rühl, coordinator of the research programme.