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European Parliament Seeks to Limit use of First-Generation Biofuels
The use of biofuels to achieve climate change goals is stirring controversy once again. The EU is set to adopt a legislative package on energy and climate change, which contains a target for biofuels use (see Bridges Trade BioRes, 25 January 2008, http://ictsd.net/i/news/biores/9354/), by the end of the year. While the European Commission has stood steadfastly…
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EU-Ghana Trade Deal Takes Aim at Illegal Logging
The EU and Ghana clinched a deal last week aimed at reducing illegal timber harvesting in the forested West African nation. The agreement was signed on 3 September on the sidelines of a foreign aid conference in Accra, Ghana. The deal is the first of what Brussels hopes will be a series of so-called Voluntary…
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EU Gives Green Light to GM Soybean
The European Union has given its approval to allow a genetically modified (GM) soybean produced by Bayer CropScience to be imported. The 8 September default ruling is the latest in a string of GM ‘rubber-stamp’ authorisations - mostly on maize products - granted since 2004 (see BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 5 October, http://ictsd.net/i/news/biores/9132/). “Rubber-stamp” approval is…
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Activists Accuse Industry of Biopiracy on Climate-Ready Crops
Environmental activists are speaking out against agricultural biotechnology companies, claiming their patenting of genetically engineered climate-resistant is tantamount to biopiracy. The charges come as a reaction to a June 2008 report by Ottawa-based Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC Group) that draws attention to a recent spike in patent applications for “climate-ready”…
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UK Recycling Being Dumped in India: Report
Mounds of household waste intended for recycling in the UK has been finding its way to dumps in India, according to an investigative report aired on British television. The report claims that mail and receipts found in a trash heap in Tamil Nadu, a state in south-eastern India, could be traced back to UK residents,…
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Events
For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar, http://www.trade-environment.org/page/calendar.htm. Coming up in the next two weeks 22-25 September, Limbé, Cameroon. CAPACITY-BUILDING WORKSHOP FOR CENTRAL AFRICA ON NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS (NBSAPS) AND MAINSTREAMING OF BIODIVERSITY. This workshop will…
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Resources
If you have a relevant resource (books, papers, bulletins, etc.) you would like to see announced in this section, please forward a copy for review by the Bridges staff to Andrew Aziz at aaz…@ictsd.ch. THE CONSERVATION AND USE OF WILDLIFE-BASED RESOURCES: THE BUSHMEAT CRISIS. By Nasi, R; Brown, D; and Wilkie, D. Secretariat of the Convention…