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News from the SBSTTA 13 - February 2008

Thirteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity
18 - 22 February 2008 - FAO, Rome, Italy

see also WRM special section on GMTrees
back to WRM section on Biodiversity

LETTERS, STATEMENTS and PRESS RELEASES

Intervention on GE trees and Agrofuels - At the plenary, 21 February 2008 Photos

Press Release on the open letter sent to Subsidiary Body of the Convention on Biological Diversity demanding a ban on the release of genetically engineered trees. 20 February 2008 Also available in Spanish

Open letter on Genetically Modified Trees to all members of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity - 18 - 22 February 2008 - FAO, Rome, Italy Also available in Spanish, French and Portuguese

Open letter related to Forests Definition to all members of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) - Global Forest Coalition and World Rainforest Movement

REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS

Potential Ecological and Social Impacts of Genetically Engineered Trees - Commentary on CBD/SBSTTA/INF/6 Paper on Potential Impacts of GE Trees - Prepared for CBD SBSTTA Meeting, Rome, Italy, 18-22 February, 2008 - by Global Ecology Project - Also available in French

Invasive Alien Species: More than a technical issue - World Rainforest Movement, February 2008. Also available in Spanish, French and Portuguese

GE Trees, Cellulosic Ethanol & Destruction of Forest Biological Diversity - By Global Justice Ecology Project and Global Forest Coalition - February 2008

The Convention on Biodiversity, GM trees and paper consumption - Article published in the English edition of WRM Bulletin, Nº 126, January 2008. Also available in Spanish, French and Portuguese

The CBD and the Need to Conserve Real Forests, Not Fake Forests - Article published in the English edition of WRM Bulletin, Nº 126, January 2008. Also available in Spanish, French and Portuguese

ECO - The Voice of the NGO Community in the International Environmental Conventions

RELATED LINKS

The CBD Alliance
http://www.cbdalliance.org/

The CBD Alliance / SBSTTA 13
http://www.cbdalliance.org/sbstta-13

Global Justice Ecology Project
http://www.globaljusticeecology.org/

EcoNexus web site
http://www.econexus.info/

Global Forest Coalition
http://www.globalforestcoalition.org
(in English and Spanish)

Corporate Europe Observatory
http://www.corporateeurope.org/

The official Biodiversity Convention web site
http://www.biodiv.org/

The SBSTTA 13 web site
http://www.cbd.int/sbstta13/

 


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