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2007-06-28 | permalink
Transcontainer reply to ETC Group communiqué
On 13 June 2007 the ETC Group, a Canadian NGO, issued a communiqué on research related to biological containment strategies for genetically modified (GM) crops. A major part of this 28-page communiqué evaluates ”Transcontainer”, a research project partly funded from the European Commission 6th Framework Programme. In the view of the ETC Group, biologically contained GM crops pose unacceptable threats to farmers, biodiversity and food sovereignty. It further maintains that this taxpayer-financed research would subsidise the corporate agenda. The ETC Groups therefore demands that the EU should discontinue funding of the research project on Recoverable Block of Function (RBF) and re-assess funding for the six other research projects undertaken by Transcontainer. Since communication forms an integral part of Transcontainer, the communiqué provides a good opportunity to discuss the issues raised by the ETC Group.
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2007-06-28 | permalink
Transcontainer reply to ETC Group communiqué
On 13 June 2007 the ETC Group, a Canadian NGO, issued a communiqué on research related to biological containment strategies for genetically modified (GM) crops. A major part of this 28-page communiqué evaluates ”Transcontainer”, a research project partly funded from the European Commission 6th Framework Programme. In the view of the ETC Group, biologically contained GM crops pose unacceptable threats to farmers, biodiversity and food sovereignty. It further maintains that this taxpayer-financed research would subsidise the corporate agenda. The ETC Groups therefore demands that the EU should discontinue funding of the research project on Recoverable Block of Function (RBF) and re-assess funding for the six other research projects undertaken by Transcontainer. Since communication forms an integral part of Transcontainer, the communiqué provides a good opportunity to discuss the issues raised by the ETC Group.
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