Press Releases

Here you will find the latest press releases from the Stop Gene Drive campaign.

31.05.2022: 300,000 EU citizens call on Environment Minister Lemke: Stop Gene Drives!

 

06.10.2021: European Parliament: no promotion of genetic technologies in development policy!

 

10.09.2021: Genetic engineering of wild species? IUCN at a crossroads

 

08.06.2021: European Parliament calls for ban on gene drive technology 

 

25.04.2021: World Malaria Day: Do we need gene drives to fight Malaria?

 

20.04.2021: 162 organizations call for global gene drive moratorium

 

27.01.2021: Survey: EU citizens reject genetic engineering of wild species with Gene Drives

 

11.11.2020: Online-Discussion: Gene Drives – Protecting People and Nature through Genetic Extermination?

 

30.06.2020: 78 organizations call on the European Commission to enact a temporary ban on the novel Gene Drive technology

 

19.02.2020: 29 German Organizations for a Global Gene Drive Moratorium

 

16.01.2020: European Parliament calls for a Global Gene Drive Moratorium

 

07.06.2019: Gene drives regulated for the first time in genetic engineering law

 

24.05.2019: Gene Drive Symposium in Bern – Wiping out unwanted species with CRISPR-Cas?

 

22.05.2019: Parties in favor of a gene drive moratorium

 

29.11.2018: Biodiversity convention fails in regulating new genetic engineering

 

15.10.2018: Call for a global moratorium on gene drives