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Actionbioscience.org editor's pick

http://www.actionbioscience.org/

10 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

promotes bioscience literacy by providing scientific articles on issues related to seven bioscience challenges: environment, biodiversity, human genome, biotechnology, evolution, new frontiers, and bioscience education
Added: Feb. 08, 2002 | Rate It

Agricultural Biotechnology

http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_detail.aspx?id=442

news and information on agricultural biotechnology and genetically modified food from an independent and objective source for the public, media and policymakers
Added: Jul. 19, 2003 | Rate It

Biosafety Clearing-House

http://bch.cbd.int/

an information exchange mechanism established by the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to assist parties to implement its provisions and to facilitate sharing of information on, and experience with, living modified organisms
Added: Jun. 06, 2005 | Rate It

Biowatch South Africa

http://www.biowatch.org.za/

South African NGO which publicizes, monitors and researches issues of genetic engineering and promotes biological diversity and sustainable livelihoods
Added: Jan. 04, 2007 | Rate It

Gene Campaign

http://www.genecampaign.org/

8 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

Indian grassroots organisation concerned about food and livelihood security.; a leading research and advocacy organisation working in the field of bioresources, farmers' and community rights, intellectual property rights and indigenous knowledge, biopiracy, issues related with GE food and crops
Added: May. 12, 2007 | Rate It

Gene Watch - UK updated

http://www.genewatch.org/

9 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

promotes environmental, ethical, social, human health and animal welfare considerations in decision-making about genetic engineering and other genetic technologies
Added: Jul. 13, 2002 | Rate It

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources

http://www.fao.org/ag/cgrfa/itpgr.htm

information from FAO regarding the legally-binding treaty covers all plant genetic resources relevant for food and agriculture
Added: Jun. 30, 2004 | Rate It

Maize and Biodiversity

http://www.cec.org/maize/index.cfm?varlan=english

documents the effects of transgenic maize in Mexico, investigating the potential for gene flow from genetically modified plants—or transgenic corn—to Mexican maize and its wild relatives
Added: Apr. 17, 2004 | Rate It

Pulp Fiction: Genetically engineered trees

http://archive.greenpeace.org/geneng/reports/gmo/pulpfiction.pdf

5 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

a Greenpeace background briefing (pdf) that stress their potentially devastating environmental risks, calling for an immediate ban on the release of GE trees into the environment
Added: Jul. 03, 2001 | Rate It

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