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Between 2005 and 2023, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) received and studied 601 applications for commercial authorization for enzymes produced by micro-organisms. These proteins, capable of catalyzing chemical reactions, play an important role in the food and feed industry. As part of our investigation, Inf’OGM consulted the 601 dossiers : almost half of them are […]

Between 2005 and 2023, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) received and studied 601 applications for commercial authorization for enzymes produced by micro-organisms. These proteins, capable of catalyzing chemical reactions, play an important role in the food and feed industry. As part of our investigation, Inf’OGM consulted the 601 dossiers: almost half of them are […]

On 22 August, Frans Timmermans stepped down as a member of the European Commission to stand in the Dutch parliamentary elections to be held in the autumn of this year. A former executive vice-president of the European Commission, Timmermans was the architect of the European Green Deal, a package of legislative proposals that includes the […]

Eight years after its first releases of transgenic mosquitoes in Panama, Oxitec is planning a new phase of studies in the country, in partnership with Panama’s Institute for Scientific Research and High-Tech Services (INDICASAT-AIP) and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The stated aim: to study the population dynamics of the GMO mosquito […]

On 5 July 2023, the European Commission presented a proposal to revise the legislation on “plant propagating material”. This reform aims to merge several pieces of legislation and introduces a number of new features. However, it remains rather “inflexible”, with a number of provisions that are, to say the least, “out of touch”. On July […]

The agriculture/biodiversity interface is legislated by numerous texts (p.10-11). Some of these, such as the « Seeds Treaty » and the Convention on Biological Diversity, are the subject of regular meetings, during which the many debates often struggle to reach decisions. The last two major meetings were no exception to the rule… The international legal framework that […]

  Industrial agriculture is destroying biodiversity (see p.3-5). Yet it is possible to produce without destroying (too much) biodiversity, thanks to agro-ecological practices and a farming organisation based on autonomy. But beware of distortion : agro-ecology can only be peasant-based…   Agroecology has the wind in its sails : in France, agricultural research institutes (CIRAD, INRAE, IRD) […]

Farmers are organising themselves to defend the preservation and renewal of millions of local peasant seeds in their fields in the arenas of global governance. They are thereby fighting the industry’s attempts to reduce this immense diversity to a few patented gene combinations. Founded in 1993, La Via Campesina (LVC) is now the world’s leading […]

Environmental standards are proliferating everywhere, yet biodiversity is declining. Over the last fifty years or so, international, European and national standards have been adopted to substantiate mankind’s responsibility towards the environment and to reconcile human activities with its protection. One fact is widely acknowledged : the loss of biodiversity is proceeding with great strides. While some […]