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| Betreff: | [New-gm-eur] Report out today: Exposed - How 2 biotech giants use patents and new GMOs to control the future of food |
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| Datum: | Thu, 20 Oct 2022 08:58:44 +0200 |
| Von: | Brigitte Reisenberger <brigitte.reisenberger@global2000.at> |
| An: | new-gm-eur@lists.corporateeurope.org |
Dear all,
our Patent-Report is out! https://www.global2000.at/sites/global/files/GLOBAL2000_NeueGentechnik_Patente_Report_20221019.pdf
Our report looks at the race for patents against the
backdrop of proposed changes to GM regulations in the European
Union for new GM techniques. It explores the implications for
farmers, plant breeders and the wider food chain, and calls
for a new approach to protecting genetic diversity and
ensuring agricultural resilience. The use of patents for new
genetically modified organisms (GMOs) such as CRISPR/Cas has
resulted in a small group of corporations controlling key
aspects of the food system, with the biotech giant, Corteva
Agriscience in pole position. Patents pose a threat to farmers
and food producers, with patent applications already affecting
dozens of plant varieties, giving corporations control over
crops and seeds, limiting access to genetic diversity and
threatening future food security. In some cases, the big
biotech corporations are blurring the distinction between GMOs
and conventional breeding techniques by patenting traits that
can occur both natually or as a result of genetic engineering
- claiming all plants with those traits as their “invention”.
Yet the same corporations argue that new GMOs should be
excluded from the European Union’s safety checks and labelling
requirements for genetically modified food because, they
claim, they are the same as natural plants. Our report warns
that the patent rules are being abused and the consequences of
exempting new GMOs from GM regulations could be dire for
climate resilience and the future of our food.
--> FOE-E and CEO will release it today as well and will let
you know as soon as it is launched in Brussels!
This was a truely collective effort over the last months - big
thanks to Friends of the Earth Europe, Corporate Europe
Observatory (CEO), ARCHE NOAH, IG Saatgut –
Interessensgemeinschaft für gentechnikfreie Saatgutarbeit,
Arbeiterkammer Wien and GLOBAL 2000.
The press release here in German: https://www.global2000.at/presse/patente-auf-gentechnik
and first articles: https://orf.at/stories/3290292/
We were at CORTEVA in Parndorf, Austria yesterday with a huge
maize and Patented/GMOs signs!
See the Video here: https://twitter.com/global2000/status/1582959817978568704
Please RETWEET, Like, Comment and make noise :)
More photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/global2000/sets/72177720297024353/
All best,
Brigitte
-- Mag.a Brigitte Reisenberger Campaignerin Landwirtschaft/Gentechnik -------------------------------------------------- Pickerl drauf! Neue Gentechnik im Essen regulieren und kennzeichnen. www.global2000.at/pickerl-auf-gentechnik -------------------------------------------------- mobil: +43 699 142000 69 mail: brigitte.reisenberger@global2000.at GLOBAL 2000 - Friends of the Earth Austria Neustiftgasse 36 / A-1070 Wien GLOBAL 2000 — Umwelt braucht Schutz. http://www.global2000.at/spenden