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Book

Hungry CorporationsTransnational Biotech Companies Colonise the Food Chain by Helena Paul and Ricarda Steinbrecher with Devlin Kuyek & Lucy Michaels

ZED BOOKS, London October 2003, 242 pages

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Topics Title and authors Type PDF HTML
Agriculture & Climate Change Agriculture and Climate Change: Real Problems, False Solutions (Final report) by Helena Paul, Almuth Ernsting, Stella Semino, Susanne Gura & Antje Lorch.
Published by Econexus, Biofuelwatch, Grupo de Reflexion Rural and NOAH - Friends of the Earth Denmark

Executive summary
 December 2009
 203 KB pdf file  
Agriculture & Climate Change Agriculture and Climate Change: Real Problems, False Solutions (v2) by Helena Paul, Almuth Ernsting, Stella Semino, Susanne Gura & Antje Lorch.
Published by Econexus, Biofuelwatch, Grupo de Reflexion Rural and NOAH - Friends of the Earth Denmark

Executive summary
 September 2009
 199 KB pdf file  
  Translations into Spanish/traducción en español: Agricultura y Cambio Climático- Problemas reales, soluciones falsas: sumario y el documento completo      
Agriculture & Climate Change Agriculture and Climate Change: Real Problems, False Solutions (Final report) by Helena Paul, Almuth Ernsting, Stella Semino, Susanne Gura & Antje Lorch.
Published by Econexus, Biofuelwatch, Grupo de Reflexion Rural and NOAH - Friends of the Earth Denmark

Final report
December 2009
44 pages		 409 KB pdf file  
Agriculture & Climate Change Agriculture and Climate Change: Real Problems, False Solutions (v2) by Helena Paul, Almuth Ernsting, Stella Semino, Susanne Gura & Antje Lorch.
Published by Econexus, Biofuelwatch, Grupo de Reflexion Rural and NOAH - Friends of the Earth Denmark

Preliminary report
 September 2009
34 pages		 556 KB pdf file  
Agriculture & Climate Change Agriculture and Climate Change: Real Problems, False Solutions (v1) by Helena Paul, Stella Semino, Antje Lorch, Bente Hessellund, Susanne Gura & Almuth Ernsting
Published by Grupo de Reflexion Rural, Biofuelwatch, EcoNexus and NOAH - Friends of the Earth Denmark

Executive summary
 June 2009
 89 KB pdf file  
Agriculture & Climate Change Agriculture and Climate Change: Real Problems, False Solutions (v1) by Helena Paul, Stella Semino, Antje Lorch, Bente Hessellund, Susanne Gura & Almuth Ernsting
Published by Grupo de Reflexion Rural, Biofuelwatch, EcoNexus and NOAH - Friends of the Earth Denmark

Preliminary report
 June 2009
32 pages		 392 KB pdf file  
Agriculture & Climate Change Agriculture and Soils in Carbon Trading Prepared by Jonathan Ensor, Practical Action, Almuth Ernsting, Biofuelwatch, Susanne Gura, EcoNexus, Helena Paul, EcoNexus onesia

Briefing
 December 2009
2 pages 		62 KB pdf file  
Agrofuels Agrofuels and the Myth of the Marginal Lands by the African Biodiversity Network, Biofuelwatch, EcoNexus, the Gaia Foundation, Salva La Selva and Watch Indonesia

Briefing
 September 2008
8 pages		 282 KB pdf file  
Agrofuels Agrofuels and ‘Marginal’ or ‘Idle’ Land Why ‘marginal’ land does not solve the biofuel problems by Helena Paul Briefing Note
September 2008
1 page		 83 KB pdf file  
GE Trees


Genetic Engineering
 Genetically Engineered Trees & Risk Assessment An overview of risk assessment and risk management issues by Ricarda A. Steinbrecher and Antje Lorch Published by the Federation of German Scientists and presented at CBD COP9 negotiations on GE trees Report
 May 2008
30 pages		 261 KB pdf file  
GE Trees


Genetic Engineering
 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) Prepared for CBD SBSTTA 13 Meeting, Rome, Italy, 18-22 February, 2008 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. Technical Briefing/ Commentary
 February 2008
7 pages		 441 KB pdf file  
Genetic Engineering


GM Rice		 GE Rice The Genetic Engineering of the World’s Leading Staple Crop by Ricarda A. Steinbrecher for Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific Report
 December 2007
24 pages		 857 KB pdf file  
Agrofuels Agrofuels – Towards a Reality Check in Nine Key Areas Co-published by Biofuelwatch, Carbon Trade Watch / Transnational Institute, Corporate Europe Observatory, EcoNexus, Ecoropa, Grupo de Reflexión Rural, Munlochy Vigil, NOAH (Friends of the Earth Denmark), Rettet den Regenwald, Watch Indonesia Report submitted to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in preparation for SBSTTA 12 (July 2007, Paris, France). Report
April 2007
36 pages

Summary
 2 pages 		366 KB pdf file Summary
Genetic Engineering Transformation-induced Mutations in Transgenic Plants:Analysis and Biosafety Implications by Allison K Wilson, Jonathan R Latham and Ricarda A Steinbrecher In: Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews, Vol 23, December 2006, pp.209-237 Scientific Paper
December 2006
29 pages

Summary 		898 KB pdf file Summary
Terminator Technology GURTs: No Case for Field Trials by EcoNexus and the Federation of German ScientistsBriefing Paper for CBD COP8, Curitiba, Brazil Technical Briefing
March 2006
4 pages 		   
Terminator Technology V-GURTs (Terminator Technology) Design, Reality and Inherent Risks by EcoNexus and the Federation of German Scientists
Lead author: Ricarda A. Steinbrecher This report and submission has also available as an official information document of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on their website (UNEP/CBD/WG8J/4/INF/17). 		Technical Report
January 2006
17 pages

Overview/ Summary 		449 KB pdf file Overview/ Summary
GE Trees

Genetic Engineering 		Briefing Paper on Transgenic Trees Implications for Human Health, Biodiversity and Biosafety Joint briefing paper issued by: Global Justice Ecology Project, EcoNexus, Friends of the Earth International, Global Forest Forum and World Rainforest Movement Prepared for CBD COP8 (available in English, Spanish and Portugese). Briefing
March 2006
2 pages 		190 KB pdf file  
GE Trees

Genetic Engineering 		Genetically Engineered Trees: No Solution to Global Warming Published by EcoNexus & Global Justice Ecology Project – for COP8. Prepared for CBD COP8 (available in English, Spanish and Portugese) Briefing
 March 2006
2 pages 		   
Genetic Engineering The Mutational Consequences of Plant Transformation by JR Latham, AK Wilson and RA Steinbrecher In: Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology (2006), Volume 2006, Article ID 25376, 7 pages Scientific Paper
2006
7 pages 		512 KB pdf file  
Terminator Technology V-GURTs (Terminator)Can it be effective as a biological containment tool? 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. by Dr. Ricarda A Steinbrecher Technical Briefing
June 2005
2 pages 		114 KB pdf file  
Genetic Engineering

GM Rice 		Interview: Thai Rice Farmer on GM crops Daoreung Pheudphon explains why GM crops are a threat to farmers and won’t feed the world Interview carried out in Bangkok at a public rice fair, 20 February 2005. Briefing / Article
February 2005
2 pages 		415 KB pdf file  
Genetic Engineering

Food Security 		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) Briefing / Article
April 2005 		   
Genetic Engineering


Food Security/ Sovereignty		 Report: Argentina: A Case Study on the Impact of Genetically Engineered SoyaHow producing RR soya is destroying the food security and sovereignty of Argentinaby Dr. Lilian Joensen and Stella Semino, Grupo de Reflexión Rural, Argentina, and Helena Paul, EcoNexus Report for The Gaia Foundation Report
 April 2005
30 pages		 445 KB pdf file  
Genetic Engineering


Food Security/ Sovereignty		 Summary: Argentina: A Case Study on the Impact of Genetically Engineered SoyaHow producing RR soya is destroying the food security and sovereignty of ArgentinaExecutive Summary by Helena Paul of the 2004 report by Dr. Lilian Joensen and Stella Semino MA, Rural Reflection Group, Argentina, joint EcoNexus / Gaia Foundation briefing Briefing
October 2004
4 pages		 81 KB pdf file  
Genetic Engineering Genome Scrambling – Myth or Reality?Transformation-Induced Mutations in Transgenic Crop Plantsby Allison Wilson, Jonathan Latham and Ricarda Steinbrecher Technical Report
 September 2004
36 pages

Technical Summary
 4 pages
 628 KB pdf file




88 KB pdf file		 Summary
Genetic Engineering GM-Gene Flow (b):Horizontal gene transfer of viral inserts from GM plants to virusesby Jonathan Latham and Ricarda Steinbrecher
 Technical Paper
February 2004
8 pages
130 KB pdf file  
Corporations

Biotech Companies 		Hungry Corporations Transnational Biotech Companies Colonise the Food Chain by Helena Paul and Ricarda Steinbrecher with Devlin Kuyek and Lucy Michaels Zed Books, London & New York Book
October 2003
242 pages 		Full list of PDFs Table of contents

Foreword
Genetic Engineering

GE Rice 		Golden Rice, Patents and Vitamin A Deficiencyby Helena Paul and Ricarda Steinbrecher Briefing
 October 2003
4 pages
 73 KB pdf file  
Genetic Engineering

Corporations		 Argentina and GM soyaThe Cost of Complying with US Pressure by Helena Paul and Ricarda Steinbrecher Briefing
 October 2003
2 pages
 63 KB pdf file  
Genetic Engineering The CaMV 35S PromoterGovernment and Corporate Scientific Incompetence: Failure to assess the safety of GM crops by Ricarda A. Steinbrecher Briefing
 December 2002
2 pages
 66 KB pdf file  
Genetic Engineering Ecological Consequences of Genetic Engineeringby Ricarda A. Steinbrecher In: Redesigning Life? The worldwide challenge to Genetic Engineering. Ed. Brian Tokar Book Chapter
March 2001
14 pages
    
Patenting of Life Patenting GenesStifling Research and Jeopardising Healthcare joint EcoNexus/ GeneWatch publication Briefing
 April 2001
4 pages
 144 KB pdf file  
GE Trees

Genetic Engineering		 Genetic Dialectic The Biological Politics of Genetically Modified Trees by Viola Sampson and Larry Lohmann joint Cornerhouse / EcoNexus publication Briefing
 December 2000
12 pages
 85 KB pdf file  
Terminator Technology Terminator TechnologyThe Threat to World Food Security by Ricarda A Steinbrecher and Pat Roy Mooney The Ecologist Article
 October 1998
4 pages
    
Corporations Who’s In Charge?What are Corporations? Where did they come from? How did they become so powerful?Daniel Bennett with Helena Paul For Programme on Corporations, Law and Democracy - Guest Paper Briefing
October 2004
(original paper 1998)
6 pages

 107 KB pdf file  


Criteria

EcoNexus subjects its publications to an internal and external review process to ensure accuracy.

Analysis in our publications is based on data published in the scientific literature or other attributed sources.

EcoNexus briefings and reports are non-copyright but please acknowledge EcoNexus when quoting or presenting our material.

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Our book Hungry Corporations - Transnational Biotech Companies Colonise the Food Chain can be ordered below and selected extracts are available on this website.

Our publications are graded according to the level of technical content.

Type

Articles: Articles are written for non-specialists and contain few references.

EcoNexus Briefings: (2-16 pages) Briefings are written to be comprehensible to non-specialists. Important references of source materials are provided.

ExoNexus Reports: (from 20 pages upwards) Reports, like briefings are written to be comprehensible to non-specialists. All scientific information contained in reports is based on data published in the scientific literature or other attributed sources. A complete list of journal or book references and any other sources are provided in each report.

EcoNexus Technical Reports: Econexus Technical Reports provide a thorough review of the scientific literature pertaining to a specific topic coupled with original analysis. Technical scientific reports are based mainly on research published in peer reviewed scientific journals. A complete list of journal or book references and any other sources are provided in each report. They are intended for readers with a [reasonable] knowledge of biology or molecular genetics.