List of EcoNexus Publications

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

(2 pages)

Forest Cover, No. 37, p. 5-6

Golden Rice - Is this the way to solve malnutrition?

(4 pages)

Biotechnology and Development Monitor, No. 44, p. 18-22.

Coming to your table?

GMO crops resistant to 'war herbicide' 2,4D

The Ecologist, May 2014

Green economy and biofuels: what did the CBD say ?

(1 page)

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

Finance, targets, green economy and innovative financial mechanisms

(1 page)

ECO "Post-COP 10", Vol 36(1), p. 5

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

(1 page)

ECO 41(1)

Biofuels: how many are invasive alien species?

(1 page)

ECO 40(3)

No Idle Threat to the Marginalised

The Focus on “Marginal and Idle” Land for Biofuels (Agrofuels)

(4 pages)

published as 'Biofuel 2.0', The Ecologist, February 2009

Dr Frances Kelsey: thalidomide and the precautionary principle

The Ecologist, August 2015

Biotech Companies COMPACTing their responsibilties

(2 pages)

ECO 43(3) published at MOP4 in Hyderabad, October 2012 - www.cbd-alliance.org

'Climate-Smart Agriculture' - preparing for a corporate soil and climate-grab in Paris?

The Ecologist, 26 November 2015

Canada in violation of international obligations to the CBD

Ocean-fertilisation & Geoengineeiring scheme

(1 page)

ECO 44(10)

Carbon - The New Cash Crop

(4 pages)

The Land, Autumn 2010, Issue 9, pp.15-18

Business and Biodiversity: A Licence to Operate

(2 pages)

ECO 45, p. 4-6

New Genetic Engineering Techniques: Precaution, Risk, and the Need to Develop Prior Societal Technology Assessment

(11 pages)

In: Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, Vol 59, Issue 5 (The Precautionary Principle Under Fire), pages 38-47 (2017)

Real problems, false solutions

(7 pages)

Seedling, October 2009

Feed the world?

(4 pages)

The Ecologist, November 2008.

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.

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

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)

The Emperor’s New Clothes - 'New Breeding Techniques' and synthetic biology - genetic engineering by another name

The Ecologist, 04 April 2017

Synthetic biology: A continuing challenge for the CBD

(1 page)

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