Twenty-two years on, GM foods still a story of commodity crops and the Americas
Twenty two years after GM cropping began to take off in the US, GM agriculture remains a story of just four commodity crops – soy, maize, canola and cotton …
New Scientist: How should we control the power to genetically eliminate a species?
The power to re-engineer or eliminate wild species using a “gene drive” needs to be brought under international governance, say Simon Terry and Stephanie Howard
Commentary, New Scientist.
Thanks to a form of genetic …
A Constitutional Moment – Gene Drive and International Governance
Research into gene drives – a new form of genetic engineering to wipe out pests – has had a lot of attention, but there has been scant recognition that …
Gene Drives: Governance Must be International from the Start
“Gene drive” has been heavily promoted as a “breakthrough” technology for meeting the goal of New Zealand being predator free by 2050.
However even before such a gene …
GM Food Production Still a Story of the Americas
GM agriculture today is overwhelmingly just four commodity crops: soy, maize, canola and cotton account for 99%. And 97% of the GM food crops produced in 2016 were grown …
Zero Tolerance, Billion Dollar Losses
Growing GMOs before they have been approved for use in export markets continues to result in punishing consequences.
Most of New Zealand’s key trading partners have zero tolerance …
Five Reasons NZ Should Not Deregulate New Genetic Engineering Techniques
Developers want the Government to relax New Zealand’s laws on genetic modification (GM) to allow a new generation of genetic engineering techniques to escape regulation.
They hope that …
Government’s Move Keeps New GMOs Regulated
The government’s decision to keep all new techniques for engineering genes under regulation is welcomed by the Sustainability Council.
Last year, the Council won a High Court ruling that …
GM Food Production Remains an American Inc Affair
GM food production continues to be a story of the Americas. In 2014, 99% of all GM food grown in 2014 was produced on the American continent …
