Campaigners in India are facing charges including trespassing and criminal intimidation following a protest last month against genetically modified rice being trialled by Bayer BioScience
… Bayer clamps down on GM rice protest in India The Ecologist | 13th … Food And Farming Bayer Gm India Rice Greenpeace Genetic Engineering Biotech Brinjal Sheep rice.jpg Campaigners in India are facing …
Supporters of a controversial dam in one of Asia's poorest countries say it will bring huge economic benefits. Critics say it could threaten fisheries and rice cultivation, threatening the livelihoods of millions. Brendan Brady reports from Laos
… Critics say it could threaten fisheries and rice cultivation, threatening the livelihoods … fisheries in the world, and the copious rice harvest of Vietnam’s fertile delta, where … makes that country the world’s second-largest rice exporter. Studies warn that this cascade …
The remarkable Leuser ecosystem in Aceh, Sumatra, has faced massive destruction over recent years with rice farms, palm oil, roads and mines, writes Bill Laurance. But that's all set to end with a moratorium on forest clearance that's supported at the highest levels of government, both state and national. This is definitely news to celebrate! But we must also maintain our vigilance.
… massive destruction over recent years with rice farms, palm oil, roads and mines, writes … much of the region's forests for oil palm, rice and mining expansion while opening it up …
Tourists eager to try exotic meat and buy wildlife souvenirs in Laos are helping destroy the country's natural heritage. The consequences for both people and environment are worrying, reports Dawn Starin
… and not-so-young foreign tourists at prices totally incomprehensible to many of the … a group of local men drinking homemade rice whisky from a communal pot through long … Dutch travellers sat down to a meal of local rice whisky, sticky rice, fried morning glory …
Back in the 1990s Scotts Miracle-Gro worked out a cunning plan, writes Jeff Manning: to make a fortune from a GMO grass seed for golf courses that survived the Roundup herbicide. But after investing $100 million in the project, it has never sold a single seed. And now the GMO is spreading from test plantings in Idaho, and threatening Oregon's $1 billion hay and grass seed industry.
… similar complaints filed by Southern US rice growers. In 2006, trace amounts of the genetically modified Liberty Link rice, developed by Bayer but at the time not … consumption, were found in US long-grain rice stocks. As consumers make their own …
Are GMOs safe? Up to a point, writes Jonathan Latham - provided you're not eating them. That's certainly not proven to be safe, indeed the hazards are numerous: protein encoding viral DNA fragments, herbicide metabolites, biotoxins whose operation is not understood, poorly conducted experiments ... and those are just the ones we know about.
… crops, however, are still non-GMO, including rice, wheat, barley, oats, tomatoes, grapes …
In a rare 'summary judgment' a federal court has ruled that the devolution of gray wolf protection to the state of Wyoming was unlawful because it was based on non-binding assurances. Federal protection is restored - for now. But an even bigger battle lies ahead.
… and CEO Jamie Rappaport Clark. Bonnie Rice of the Sierra Club's Greater Yellowstone …
The EPA's release of an internal memorandum last month showing the increasing use of the cancer-linked weedkiller glyphosate looked like a welcome opening up of information to the public, writes Carey Gillam. But then it was suddenly withdrawn, along with other related documents - though not before she grabbed her copy and reviewed the scale and scope of glyphosate usage.
… pounds, up from 1.4 million pounds; and rice use was estimated at 800,000 pounds, …
Groups representing over 5 million Nigerians are resisting Monsanto's attempt to introduce GM maize and cotton, writes Vanessa Amaral-Rogers. With growing evidence of harm to human health and environment, and failing GM crops in other countries, they say Monsanto's applications must be refused.
… Centre (CRDC) Ijaw Mothers of Warri Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) …
The economic and climate-related impacts of forest destruction are well known, but continued logging could unleash devastating new pandemics and spread fatal diseases into the human population, scientists tell the Ecologist
… reservoir from wild animals to domestic dogs. Rice paddies in the Amazon have led to an …
With rich, resource-poor nations increasingly outsourcing their food production to less developed nations, a new website aims to expose the extent of the agricultural land-grab epidemic
… lease of half a million hectares to grow rice for consumption in India. Concerned at …
Palm oil is a key ingredient in everything from cereal, biscuits and margarine to shampoo, lipstick and toothpaste. Unless we curb our desire for it critical forests and wildlife habitat will be gone forever, says Dan Bucknell
… that can – and do – wash away whole schools, rice fields and villages. We are urging …
Despite being an economic success, prawn farms built in Brazil's mangroves have displaced natural ecosystems and the coastal communities which rely on them, says Kennedy Warne in an exclusive extract from 'Let Them Eat Shrimp'
… shrimp farms. Ponds crowd the landscape like rice paddies. Paddle-wheel aerators froth the … health and whole ecosystems are paying the price. The Ecologist Film Unit investigates …
India's Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee stands accused of Contempt of Court for evading Supreme Court orders to carry out full biosafety tests on GM crops and publish its data, writes Colin Todhunter. The immediate issue is a herbicide tolerant GM mustard now approved for large scale trials, while earlier findings remain under an impenetrable veil of official secrecy.
… his work here . Also on The Ecologist : ' Rice, wheat, mustard ... India drives forward …
Global oilseed, agribusiness and biotech corporations are engaged in a long term attack on India's local cooking oil producers, writes Colin Todhunter. In just 20 years they have reduced India from self-sufficiency in cooking oil to importing half its needs. Now the government's unlawful attempts to impose GM mustard seed threaten to wipe out a crop at the root of Indian food and farming traditions.
… soybean meal is being contemplated at cheap prices from South America, China and USA, which … permitted, with a low customs duty. Soybean prices in the exporting countries are between … provides assured procurement and assured prices to farmers. The fact that GM is not …
California has responded to the drought by rationing water, with $500 fines for domestic 'water wasters', writes Evan Blake. But agribusiness and water-intensive industries like fracking remain untouched by the restrictions, even though they consume over 90% of the state's water.
… of all almonds, pistachios, olives, walnuts, rice, plums, dates, figs, raisins, artichokes, …
A pilot study of American mothers' milk has found levels of the herbicide glyphosate around 1,000 times higher than allowed in European drinking water. Campaigners are demanding a ban on the use of glyphosate on food crops.
… but not limited to, wheat, corn, soy, sugar, rice, dry peas and beans and tea. The EPA …
Madeleine Cuff challenged herself to spend a week reducing her food and packaging waste. Did it work, and will other consumers and supermarkets take note?
… to waste less Exercise portion control: For rice, use ¼ of a mug per person, for pasta …
Conservation is a huge industry in Africa but wildlife populations across the continent are declining. So why isn't it working?
… local communities have paid a high price for conservation and many continue to … just those we know about. In Kenya, Mary Rice from the Environmental Investigation …
Western consumers are inadvertently driving the Sumatran elephant to extinction by eating, washing and wearing - in cosmetics - the derivatives of a fruit that is destroying the animal's last remaining forest habitat. Jim Wickens reports
… just those we know about. In Kenya, Mary Rice from the Environmental Investigation …