Anguria di Faenza e il sedano gigante di Romagna sono le prime varietà iscritte come varietà prive di valore intrinseco

Di seguito riportiamo la Gazzetta Ufficiale che pubblica l’iscrizione delle varietà anguria di Faenza e il sedano gigante di Romagna come “le varieta’ di specie ortive prive di valore intrinseco e sviluppate per la coltivazione in condizioni particolari”.

 

L’iscrizione permette la commercializzazione in modica quantità per scopi amatoriali e non costituisce alcuna privativa o limitazione allo scambio e ad altre forme di utilizzo della varietà.

 GAZZETTA UFFICIALE N. 248 DEL 24 OTTOBRE 2015 DECRETO 12 OTTOBRE 2015

 L’iscrizione è stata condotta e portata avanti da Arcoiris srl e costituisce una importante esperienza per la comprensione delle procedure burocratiche per questo tipo di iscrizioni.

Results of the stakeholder consultation on the development of a toolbox for sustainable use of PGRFA

Dear colleague,

 I would like to inform you that the results of the stakeholder consultation on the development of a toolbox for sustainable use of PGRFA are now available in the document published in the International Treaty webpage at the following link : http://www.planttreaty.org/sites/default/files/gb6i03e.pdf.

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2015 Vegetable Free Breeding Prize

The Humane Earth Foundation is pleased to announce that the 2015 Vegetable Free Breeding Prize has been awarded to:

 Cedric Godbert, a French professional gardener installed in the Loire Valley, for his round white zucchini

Ruurd Walrecht, a Dutch “amateur” gardener living in Sweden, for his sugarcorn adapted to the Scandinavian climate

This prize has been awarded by an international Panel of Judges composed of Véronique Chable (INRA), Bernard Charret (Les Chandelles Gourmandes), Ananda Guillet (Kokopelli), Edith Lammerts van Bueren (Louis Bolk Institute), Imane Lauraux (Lo’13’To) and Amadeus Zschunke (Sativa).

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Comunicado de prensa – Planes para liberar en España una mosca modificada genéticamente

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA

27 de julio de 2015

  Planes para liberar en España una mosca modificada genéticamente

 

  · Hasta 1.825.000 moscas con ADN mezcla de organismos marítimos, bacterias, virus y otros insectos podrían ser liberadas cerca de Tarragona

 · Una empresa británica ha hecho una solicitud que, de aprobarse, supondría la primera liberación de animales modificados genéticamente en la UE

 · Científicos, agricultores y ecologistas advierten de que los ensayos ponen en riesgo la biodiversidad y la producción olivarera de la región mediterránea

 · Nadie puede predecir la estabilidad genética o el comportamiento en el ecosistema de estos insectos, que podrían dispersarse sin control alguno

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Comunicato stampa – Oxitec progetta il lancio di mosche GM in Spagna

Media release

UK company plans to release genetically engineered flies in Spain

Trial puts biodiversity and olive production in the Mediterranean region at risk

27 July 2015 / The UK company Oxitec is planning to release genetically engineered olive flies into the environment in Spain (Catalonia). The insects are genetically manipulated in such a way that female descendants will die as larvae feeding inside the olives, while the next generations of male flies will survive. Oxitec plans to release up to 5000 of these flies per week in Spain, near the town of Tarragona. The field trial expected to last for one year will cover a netted area of 1000m2. However, if the flies escape they can spread without any control. Olive flies are regarded as a species that spreads rapidly in a suitable habitat. Over time their offspring might be distributed throughout the Mediterranean region and all the locations where native populations occur. A broad coalition of mostly representative organisations from Mediterranean countries such France, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain are demanding that any release of these flies should be banned completely.

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Mappatura coltivazioni transgeniche in Spagna a cura di Greenpeace

Greenpeace acaba de publicar el primer mapa estatal de cultivos transgénicos comerciales en España. No está todo lo completo que nos gustaría, pues muchas CCAA siguen sin contestar a sus obligaciones legales, pero tras 17 años de cultivo ya era hora.

 

Aquí un blogpost donde lo explico de forma más amena y aquí el comunicado de prensa.

 

Esperamos que sea un nuevo revulsivo en un contexto estatal y europeo que ofrece muchas oportunidades para conseguir una Europa Libre de Transgénicos. En nuestras manos está invertir los colores de este mapa.