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 The GM Tracker
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NOTE:
We have put this section to sleep. The tracker was last
updated in March 2007. If anyone is interested to continue
the service , please contact GRAIN.
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Tracking GM developments in Asia and the
Pacific
The idea behind this monitoring
tool draws on requests primarily from groups in Asia who are
campaigning against genetic engineering. The interest was
further galvanised in a regional strategy meeting about GM
contamination in Bangkok, Thailand in 2005 . Some people in
the group thought that it might be easier to keep an eye on
contamination by collectively monitoring GM development in
each country and keeping a common log of 'who is doing what
where?' in the Asia-Pacific region.
Since the
launch of this tracker in April 2006, we have received
various interests and queries suggesting to expand its
coverage (to include livestock, fisheries and forestry) and
geographic scope (to include Europe, Africa and the
Americas). While we recognise such need, we simply do not
have the time and manpower to do it. For the moment, we will
keep this tracker focused on GM crops in the Asia-Pacific
rim. If you have something to add or edit in this tracker,
please send us a note
so we can make the changes.
Many of the
transgenic crops listed here are being researched, developed
and field tested in the 'public sector' although often with
funding from private seed/agrochemical companies and
foundations through public-private consortia. The list of
crops is not exhaustive. We focused on major food and export
crops whose production and trade – given the threats
of contamination – pose serious implications to
farmers as well as consumers. More detailed information on
GM crops listed here, and more comprehensive databases, can
be found from FAO-BioDeC , OTGR-Australia, Nature
Biotechnology, IRRI, ISAAA, Cornell University-ABSP II,
Monsanto, Syngenta, Genetic ID, checkbiotech.org, GM Watch,
SeedQuest, Searca-BIC.
This tracker, updated ever quarter, is meant to be
used as a monitoring aid and not to be cited as
reference.
The GM Tracker is
currently available in PDF format:
 (147 kb)
(Last updated: 1 septiembre 2007)
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