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European Parliament: no promotion of genetic technologies in development policy!
6. October 2021
On 6.10.2021, the European Parliament in its plenary session called on the EU Commission and EU member states with its report on "The role of development policy in combating biodiversity loss in developing countries in the context of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda" to actively protect the rights of future generations, not to promote gene technologies with development aid funds and in particular not to allow the release of Gene Drive organisms.
Genetic engineering of wild species? IUCN at a crossroads.
10. September 2021
The Resolution 075 up for vote at the IUCN Members’ Assembly in Marseille from 8-10.09.2021. will define “IUCN Principles on Synthetic Biology and Biodiversity Conservation“, which will lay the foundation to develop an IUCN policy on Synthetic Biology for Nature Conservation.
European Parliament calls for ban on gene drive technology
9. June 2021
In their report on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, which was adopted in the plenary of the European Parliament on 08.06.2021, the parliamentarians demand that "in line with the precautionary principle, no releases of genetically modified gene drive organisms should be allowed, not even for nature conservation purposes."
World Malaria Day: Do we need gene drives to fight malaria?
25. April 2021
Gene drive technology carries high risks. Yet it is being promoted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as a solution to malaria. On the occasion of World Malaria Day, the Stop Gene Drives campaign is launching a project that presents different perspectives on the issue of malaria control and highlights alternative, possibly less risky approaches and innovations to combat malaria.
162 organizations call for global gene drive moratorium
20. April 2021
A broad coalition of 162 organizations has written an open letter to Frans Timmermans, Vice President of the European Commission. It demands that plants and animals modified using new genetic engineering methods continue to be strictly regulated in the future. Furthermore, the EU Commission should support a worldwide moratorium on gene drive organisms.
Survey: EU citizens reject genetic engineering of wild species with Gene Drives
27. January 2021
An alliance of European NGOs commissioned a representative opinion poll to determine how the European population evaluates gene drive technologyand how well known the issue is.The response of a majority of citizens in eight European countries is: “No, the risks are too high”. This first opinion poll on the subject shows high levels of opposition to and very low levels of support for the use of gene drive technology in the environment.
Online-Discussion: Gene Drives – Protecting People and Nature through Genetic Extermination?
11. November 2020
In an open letter initiated by Greenpeace EU, Friends of the Earth Europe, IFOAM EU and the German initiative Save Our Seeds, 78 environmental, agricultural, animal welfare and development aid organizsations from all over Europe are calling on the EU Commission to outlaw the release of so-called Gene Drive Organisms in the EU and internationally.
78 organizations call on the European Commission to enact a temporary ban on the novel Gene Drive technology
29. June 2020
In an open letter initiated by Greenpeace EU, Friends of the Earth Europe, IFOAM EU and the German initiative Save Our Seeds, 78 environmental, agricultural, animal welfare and development aid organizsations from all over Europe are calling on the EU Commission to outlaw the release of so-called Gene Drive Organisms in the EU and internationally.
29 German Organizations call for a Global Gene Drive Moratorium
19. February 2020
In a joint open letter sent to the ministers Karliczek, Klöckner and Schulze on February 19, 2020, an alliance of 29 German organizations called on the German government to support a global gene drive moratorium in the upcoming international negotiations.
European Parliament calls for a Global Gene Drive Moratorium
16. January 2020
At its plenary session on January 16, 2020, the European Parliament defined its position for the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Biodiversity Convention (COP 15 CBD). In their resolution, MEPs call on the EU to support a global moratorium on gene drives in the international negotiations of the CBD in October 2020.