IPS Inter Press Service - Genetically ModifiedIPS, civil society's leading news agency, is an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath.ENVIRONMENT: Only the Cover Is Green- (Found June 19, 2008 ) BONN, May 14 (IPS) - Notice how green the public relations campaigns of multinational corporations have become.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42360 BIODIVERSITY: Privatisation Making Seeds Themselves Infertile- (Found June 19, 2008 ) BONN, May 22 (IPS) - Seeds were once for ever. After harvest, a few from the crop would be planted for the following year, and so it went on.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42468 ENVIRONMENT: GM Foods the Problem, Not the Solution- (Found June 19, 2008 ) BONN, May 23 (IPS) - The food crisis has prompted some looks towards genetically modified food production as a solution. That in turn has led to stronger warnings over the consequences of such food for health and the environment.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42480 BIODIVERSITY: GE Tree Dispute Exposes Biosafety Inequities- (Found June 19, 2008 ) BONN, May 29 (IPS) - An intense North-South debate over genetically engineered trees has sidetracked delegates at a U.N. conference on biodiversity here: African nations want a global moratorium, while a few rich countries led by Canada say it should be up to individual countries to regulate.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42582 Q&A: If the WSF Didnt Exist, It Would Be Necessary To Create It- (Found June 19, 2008 ) BAMAKO, Jan 22 (IPS) - Aminata Dramane Traor, one of the leaders of the anti-globalisation movement in Mali, reckons that the World Social Forum (WSF) is a representative movement that is essential to the common struggle of people oppressed by a "violent world economy" which often flouts fundamental rights.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40877 |