List of EcoNexus Publications

New breeding techniques

Open letter to the Commission on new genetic engineering methods

(2 pages)

Agriculture and soils in carbon trading

(2 pages)

Engineered to fail?

Climate-related Geoengineering

(2 pages)

EU biofuel target causes serious damage in the Global South

Comments on the transport elements of the Renewable Energy Directive and on article 7 of the EU Fuel Quality Directive

(3 pages)

Agrofuel Moratorium Call

V-GURTs (Terminator)

Can it be effective as a biological containment tool?

(2 pages)

Based on submission and plenary intervention to SBSTTA 10 (Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity) on behalf of EcoNexus and the Federation of German Scientists.

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AGROPOLY - A handful of corporations control world food production

(18 pages)

Agriculture and Climate Change - Real Problems, False Solutions

(44 pages)

Report published for the Conference of the Parties, COP15, of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, December 2009.

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

(1 page)

ECO 41(1)

Real problems, false solutions

(7 pages)

Seedling, October 2009

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

(30 pages)

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

Argentina: A Case Study on the Impact of Genetically Engineered Soya

How producing RR soya is destroying the food security and sovereignty of Argentina

(30 pages)

for The Gaia Foundation

GM chicken - a solution to bird flu?

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

Inherent risks and the need to regulate

(10 pages)

Feed the world?

(4 pages)

The Ecologist, November 2008.

Biofuels: how many are invasive alien species?

(1 page)

ECO 40(3)

A dangerous precedent

The UK Nuffield Council on Bioethics proposes five ethical principles and a duty to develop biofuels instead of the Precautionary Principle

(2 pages)

English version of an article forthcoming in German in the June issue of umwelt aktuell.

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

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

Interview: Thai Rice Farmer on GM crops

Daoreung Pheudphon explains why GM crops are a threat to farmers and won’t feed the world

(2 pages)

Carried out in Bangkok at a public rice fair, 20 February 2005.

Corporations at Rio+20

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

(10 pages)

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)

(7 pages)

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

GE Wheat trial by Rothamsted Research

Submission on Rothamsted Research application for consent to release genetically modified wheat in the UK

(7 pages)

Biochar Knowledge Gaps

Commentary

(7 pages)