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2009-08-14 | permalink
African Centre for Biosafety lodges Complaint against South African government for breaking Cartagena Protocol
The African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) is a South African NGO deeply concerned with biosafety in South Africa and on the African continent. It campaigns against GMOs in food and agriculture. The ACB has today lodged a complaint to the Compliance Committee established under an international treaty, the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on the grounds that the South African government has failed to comply with the Treaty’s obligations with regard to open sharing of information and transparency in regard to GMO decision-making.
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2009-08-14 | permalink
African Centre for Biosafety lodges Complaint against South African government for breaking Cartagena Protocol
The African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) is a South African NGO deeply concerned with biosafety in South Africa and on the African continent. It campaigns against GMOs in food and agriculture. The ACB has today lodged a complaint to the Compliance Committee established under an international treaty, the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on the grounds that the South African government has failed to comply with the Treaty’s obligations with regard to open sharing of information and transparency in regard to GMO decision-making.
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