Este mes en el Informe de Biodiversidad: Premios Goldman para Cuba y Costa Rica, Manifiesto por la reserva Yasuní, Syngenta + CIMMYT = Trigo Transgénico, En apuros la Soya “Responsable”, WWF y los monocultivos de árboles.
The following is a talk presented by Dr. Andrés Barreda in the V Assembly of Environmentally Affected Groups, November 8, 2009, in Chichicuatla, Puebla, […]
Note to our readers: The Americas Policy Program is pleased to announce the launch of a new series of Citizen Action Profiles on successful […]
On March 7th—International Women’s Day—dozens of Brazilian women occupied a research site of the U.S.-based agricultural biotechnology giant Monsanto in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, destroying the greenhouse and experimental plots of genetically-modified (GM) corn. Participants, members of the international farmers’ organization La Vía Campesina, stated in a note that the act was to protest the Brazilian government’s decision in February to legalize Monsanto’s GM Guardian® corn, which came just weeks after the French government prohibited the corn due to environment and human health risks.
Even long-time Mexico observers sat up and took notice on January 31. The march that day by campesino organizations, which counted on the support of unions, universities, and civil society groups, broke the mold in a city accustomed to large demonstrations.
