Fondazione Diritti Genetici

Italy: Fondazione Diritti Genetici (The Genetics Rights Foundation) works on a wide range of issues of genetic engineering in agriculture and medicine in Italy and within the whole European Community.

 

Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEE)

Europe: Friends of the Earth's European GMO Campaign is working to safeguard GMO-free agriculture and to ensure that European citizens have the right to choose GMO-free food.

 

 

 

Gen-ethisches Netzwerk (GeN)

Germany: The Gen-ethical Network provides information on all aspects and issues of genetic engineering and reproductive technology with the aim to support critical arguments on these technologies.

GeneWatch UK

UK: GeneWatch UK is a not-for-profit group that monitors developments in genetic technologies from a public interest, environmental protection and animal welfare perspective. GeneWatch believes people should have a voice in whether or how these technologies are used and campaigns for safeguards for people, animals and the environment. GeneWatch worsk on all aspects of genetic technologies - from GM crops and foods to genetic testing of humans, and runs the  GM Contamination Register, an on-line database of incidents of GM contamination, illegal releases and adverse agricultural side-effects together with Greenpeace.

GIET

France: The Groupe International d'Etudes Transdisciplinaires (GIET) is an association of people who want to think about our civilisation. Being transdisciplinary, they try through disciplines to look at implicite propositions which are necessary to the truth of science propositions, but are not expressed, seen, or discussed. This leads GIET to be radically against transgenic organisms, as this practice is only a "know how" and not a knowledge, and because these practices have no justification other than "I know how to make it".

Global 2000

Austria: GLOBAL 2000 is a Vienna based environmental organisation and part of Friends of the Earth International network. It exposes environmental scandals and pressures business as well as politicians. Experts of the organisation also develop new environmental solutions. The organisation has a vivid campaign on genetic engineering to protect sustainable agriculture from this risk technology.

GM Free Cymru

UK: GM Free Cymru is an alliance of farmers, environmentalists, and other individuals who seek to use non-violent democratic means to keep Wales free of GM crops. Formed at the time of the successful protest movement at Mathry in 2001, when two field trials of GM maize were were stopped, the alliance has subsequently attracted support from all parts of Wales and further afield.

GRAIN

Spain: Genetic Resources Action International (GRAIN) is an international non-governmental organisation which promotes the sustainable management and use of agricultural biodiversity based on people's control over genetic resources and local knowledge.

Greenpeace International

Europe/Netherlands: Greenpeace works against the release of GMOs into the environment as there is not adequate scientific understanding of their impact on the environment and human health. It advocates immediate interim measures such as labelling of GE ingredients, and the segregation of genetically engineered crops and seeds from conventional ones.

The Greens/EFA

Europe/Belgium: The Greens / European Free Alliance is a European parliamentary group made up of Greens and representatives of stateless nations and disadvantaged minorities.

 

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