List of EcoNexus Publications

Some of our publications are (more) technical, also providing a thorough review of the scientific literature to a specific topic coupled with original analysis.

All publications are either completely online or can be downloaded as PDF.

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Title Date Type Files Related Topics

Biochar Knowledge Gaps

Commentary

Helena Paul

(7 pages)

Apr 2011 Commentary

Terminator Technology

The Threat to World Food Security

by Ricarda A Steinbrecher and Pat Roy Mooney

(4 pages)

The Ecologist, Sept/Oct 1998
Sep 1998 Article

New breeding techniques

Open letter to the Commission on new genetic engineering methods

Francesco Panella, Nina Holland, Dr. Ricarda Steinbrecher, Andrea Ferrante, Mute Schimpf, Dr Helen Wallace, Saskia Richartz, Christoph Then

(2 pages)

Jan 2015 Open Letter

Corporations at Rio+20

Potential Ecological and Social Impacts of Genetically Engineered Trees

Commentary on the official background paper by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) entitled “The Potential Environmental, Cultural and Socio-Economic Impacts of Genetically Modified Trees” (UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/13/INF/6)

Co-published by 10 organisations: Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, EcoNexus, Ecoropa, Friends of Siberian Forest, Global Forest Coalition, Global Justice Ecology Project, PIPEC (Pacific Indigenous Peoples Environment Coalition), Stop GE Tree Campaign, Timberwatch Coalition, World Rainforest Movement.

(7 pages)

Prepared for CBD SBSTTA 13 Meeting, Rome, Italy, 18-22 February, 2008
Feb 2008 Technical Briefing

Engineered to fail?

Climate-related Geoengineering

CBD Alliance

(2 pages)

Mar 2012 Briefing

Agrofuel Moratorium Call

Jun 2007 Open Letter

Can sustainability criteria for certification of agrofuels be effective?

Helena Paul

(4 pages)

in: Policy Department Economic and Scientific Policy Sustainable Biofuel Production in Tropical and Subtropical Countries Workshop proceedings 12 June 2008, p. 19-22
May 2008 Chapter

Hungry Corporations: transnational biotech companies colonise the food chain

by Helena Paul and Ricarda Steinbrecher with Devlin Kuyek and Lucy Michaels

(242 pages)

Zed Books, London & New York
Sep 2003 Book

AGROPOLY - A handful of corporations control world food production

EcoNexus & Berne Declaration

(18 pages)

Aug 2013 Report

Food Security and Food Safety

Assumptions, Technology, Research and Sustainability

by Ricarda A. Steinbrecher

Paper given at the Annual Conference of the Federation of German Scientists (Vereinigung Deutscher Wissenschaftler – VDW)
Mar 2005 Presentation

Genetically Engineered Trees & Risk Assessment

An overview of risk assessment and risk management issues

by Ricarda A. Steinbrecher and Antje Lorch

(30 pages)

Published by the Federation of German Scientists. Presented at CBD COP9 negotiations on GE trees
Apr 2008 Report

Biodiversity should not be expected to earn its living in the market

Helena Paul

(1 page)

ECO 41(1)
Apr 2012 Article

Genetically engineered gene drives: IUCN report on Synthetic Biology lacks balance

A critique of the IUCN report ‘Genetic Frontiers for Conservation: An assessment of synthetic biology and biodiversity conservation’ – with regards to its assessment of gene drives

by Mark Wells, PhD & Ricarda Steinbrecher, PhD

(30 pages)

Published by: Critical Scientists Switzerland (CSS), European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility (ENSSER), & Vereinigung Deutscher Wissenschaftler (VDW/FGS)
May 2021

Rio+20, the “Green Economy” and the Real Priorities

Helena Paul

(2 pages)

Forest Cover, No. 37, p. 5-6
Mar 2011 Article

Golden Rice, Patents and Vitamin A Deficiency

by Helena Paul and Ricarda Steinbrecher

(4 pages)

Excerpt from Hungry Corporations - transnational biotech companies colonize the food chain
Sep 2003 Briefing

Genetic Engineering in Plants and the “New Breeding Techniques (NBTs)”

Inherent risks and the need to regulate

Dr. Ricarda A. Steinbrecher

(10 pages)

Dec 2015 Briefing

Ecological Consequences of Genetic Engineering

by Ricarda A. Steinbrecher

(14 pages)

In: Redesigning Life? The worldwide challenge to Genetic Engineering. Ed. Brian Tokar
Mar 2001 Chapter

Why 'marginal' land does not solve the biofuel problems

by Helena Paul

(1 page)

Aug 2008 Briefing

Biofuels: how many are invasive alien species?

Helena Paul

(1 page)

ECO 40(3)
Apr 2012 Article

An EU Perspective on Biosafety Considerations for Plants Developed by Genome Editing and Other New Genetic Modification Techniques (nGMs)

M.F. Eckerstorfer, M. Dolezel, A. Heissenberger, M. Miklau, W. Reichenbecher, R. A. Steinbrecher, and F. Wassmann.

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 7:31. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2019.00031
Mar 2019 Scientific Paper

Current and proposed insect targets for gene drive development (1st Edition)

A horizon scanning survey

Mark Wells & Ricarda A. Steinbrecher

(20 pages)

EcoNexus publication
Jul 2022 Report

Green economy and biofuels: what did the CBD say ?

Helena Paul

(1 page)

Eco "Post-COP 10", Vol 36(1), p.1 & 6
Mar 2011 Article

Argentina and GM soya

The Cost of Complying with US Pressure

by Helena Paul and Ricarda Steinbrecher

(2 pages)

Excerpt from Hungry Corporations - transnational biotech companies colonize the food chain
Sep 2003 Briefing

Bioenergy Out: Why bioenergy should not be included in the next EU Renewable Energy Directive

NOAH (Friends of the Earth Denmark), Biofuelwatch, Econexus, Global Forest Coalition, World Rainforest Movement, Rettet den Regenwald e.V., and Corporate Europe Observatory

(10 pages)

Aug 2015 Briefing