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Biosafety Protocol
Background Information

ICCP3, Biosafety Protocol meeting in the Hague, 22-26 April 2002

        - Liability and redress in the Biosafety Protocol
        - Genetic Pollution - A Multiplying Nightmare, Greenpeace briefing, February 2002, (pdf)
 

Previous meetings

December 2000: Greenpeace advisory on the first ICCP meeting for the implementation of the Biosafety Protocol
January 2000: Cartagena

- Background on the Biosafety Protocol
- Safe or Sorry - Precautionary Principle in the Biosafety Protocol
- The Liability Issue in the Biosafety Protocol
- Free Trade or Biodiversity?
- The Labelling and Segregation of GMOs
- Biosafety Protocol: The ten key elements
- Protocole de Biosecurite: les 10 elements cles
September 1999:Negotiations for a Biosafety Protocol proceed - Greenpeace urges governments to adopt strong standards
February 1999:The negotiations for an International Biosafety Protocol break down in Cartagena
 

Background Information:

Maize Under Threat
(Greenpeace International, September 2001)

Centres of Diversity - Global Heritage of Crop Varieties Threatened by Genetic Pollution
(Greenpeace International, September 1999)
- download full report (in pdf format)
- Summary: Genetically Engineered plants - A threat to Centres of Diversity

Genetically engineered fish: Swimming against the tide of reason
(Greenpeace International, January 2000)
Poissons transgénique: A contre-courant de la raison

Genetically engineered bacteria - U.S. lets bad gene out of the bottle
(Greenpeace International, January 2000)
Download in Adobe Acrobat format
Summary

Monsanto's GE-potatoes on the loose in Ukraine (1997-1999)
The need for an international Biosafety Protocol - Executive Summary
(Greenpeace International, September 1999)
Full report in Adobe Acrobat format

Monsanto´s Transgenic Potatoes on the Loose in Georgia (1996 - 1998)
The need for an international biosafety protocol - Executive Summary
(Greenpeace International, August 1998)
Full report in Adobe Acrobat format

Introduction and Use of Genetically Engineered Organisms in Guatemala
(Greenpeace Central America, July 1996)
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The transfer of genetically modified organisms- A Greenpeace investigation
(Greenpeace International, May 1995)
French: Transfert d'organismes génétiquement modifiés
German: Risiko per Post: Der Versand von gentechnisch veränderten Organismen
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