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Сельскохозяйственные биотехнологии
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Вопросы Новостей касаются применения биотехнологий в производстве продовольствия и ведении сельского хозяйства в развивающихся странах и их главный фокус – на деятельности ФАО, других агентств / органов ООН и 15 исследовательских центров Консультативной группы по международным сельскохозяйственным исследованиям (CGIAR). Вопросы Новостей включают все секторы по производству продовольствия и ведения сельского хозяйства (семеноводство, лесное хозяйство, рыбное хозяйство / аквакультуру, животноводство, агропромышленность) и широкий спектр биотехнологий (напр., использование молекулярных рынков, искусственного осеменения, триплоидизации, биологических удобрений, микроклонального размножения, геномики, генетической модификации, и т.д.). В бюллетень новостей включены новые документы, которые доступны также на веб-странице, но для тех, кто не может их скачать или нуждаются в дальнейшей информации, предлагаются электронные адреса для контакта. Служба новостей начала функционировать в январе 2002 года, и все статьи, вышедшие с этого времени, доступны (всего за 9 лет их было 800). Новости и события с веб-страницы также рассылаются электронным путем, в форме электронного бюллетня FAO-BiotechNews, который издается на шести различных языках: арабском, английском, французском, испанском, китайском и русском. Для подписки на этот бюллетень необходимо направить электронное письмо по адресу: [email protected], с указанием электронного адреса, на который просите отправлять и на каком языке желаете получать бюллетень.
18/10/2006
The report is now available of the 24th FAO Regional Conference for Africa that took place from 30 January to 3 February 2006 in Bamako, Republic of Mali. The conference agenda included a discussion item on the "African Seeds and Biotechnology Programme" and an information item on "Policy and regulation of biotechnology in food production". See the report, as well as the conference documents, at http://www.fao.org/Unfao/Bodies/RegConferences/arc24/24arc_en.htm (in Arabic, English, French and Spanish) or contact [email protected] for more information. The FAO Regional Conference meets every two years and was attended by 171 delegates from 41 Member Nations of the Region.
17/10/2006
The annotated list of on-line biotechnology policy documents of FAO members has just been updated on the FAO Biotechnology website. Most of the 22 entries are national policy documents, covering applications of biotechnology in food and agriculture as well as in other areas, such as pharmaceuticals and human health care. See http://www.fao.org/biotech/country.asp (available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French and Spanish) or contact [email protected] to provide comments.
15/10/2006
The 6th Session of the Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology takes place in Chiba, Japan from 27 November to 1 December 2006. The provisional agenda, providing also links to the relevant documents (working texts and circular letters), is available. See http://www.codexalimentarius.net/web/current.jsp (in English, French and Spanish) or contact [email protected] for further information. The Joint FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission is an intergovernmental body set up to establish international standards on foods.
14/10/2006
The annotated list of on-line documents available on the FAO Biotechnology website has recently been updated. It currently provides over 150 web links to a wide range of freely-downloadable articles, books, meeting reports, proceedings and studies published by FAO, or prepared in collaboration with FAO, in recent years concerning biotechnology in food and agriculture. The webpage ( http://www.fao.org/biotech/doc.asp) is available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French and Spanish and many of the documents are available in several languages. For more information, contact [email protected].
13/10/2006
The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) is an international expert scientific committee that has been meeting since 1956, initially to evaluate the safety of food additives and later to also include the evaluation of contaminants, naturally occurring toxicants and residues of veterinary drugs in food. The Committee is in the process of developing guidelines on the safety evaluation of enzymes produced by genetically modified microorganisms. The guidelines should address what information is essential for different enzyme preparations and what details of molecular characterization of the producing microbial strain are necessary to allow adequate assessment of its safety. In advance of its next meeting (to be held on 1928 June 2007 in Geneva, Switzerland) comments on these considerations are welcome. See ftp://ftp.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa/jecfa68_call.pdf (page 9) or contact [email protected] for more information.
12/10/2006
The FAO publication entitled "The role of biotechnology in exploring and protecting agricultural genetic resources" is now available in HTML format. The book aims to provide an updated overview of the current status of the world`s genetic resources for food and agriculture, of the use of biotechnology tools for characterizing and conserving these genetic resources, and of the many specific issues involved in applying them in developing countries. See the book at http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/a0399e/a0399e00.htm; an FAO news story (in Arabic, English, French and Spanish) about the book at http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000355/index.html or contact [email protected] to request a copy.
11/10/2006
The Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) initiative was set up by FAO in 2003 together with major publishers to provide free or low-cost access to leading scientific journals in agriculture and related biological, environmental and social sciences to public institutions in developing countries. Originally dealing with 69 low-income countries, it has now been expanded in its second phase to include universities, colleges, research institutes and government ministries as well as non-governmental organisations in an additional 37 lower-middle income countries. The initiative provides access to over 900 journals, many dealing directly or indirectly with biotechnology. See http://www.aginternetwork.org/en/index.php (in Arabic, English, French or Spanish) or contact [email protected] for further information.
10/10/2006
As part of its on-line "Focus on the issues" series, FAO`s Media Relations Office has just released "Biological control of locusts: New weapons for old enemies", describing the age-old battle against the desert locus and the potential benefits of biopesticides such as Green Muscle, containing spores of the pathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae, that was developed by the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture and manufactured in South Africa. See http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/focus/2006/1000345/index.html (in Arabic, English, French, Italian and Spanish) or contact [email protected] for more information.
09/10/2006
On 8-12 April 2002, a meeting on the "Status and risk assessment of the use of transgenic arthropods in plant protection" was held at FAO Headquarters, Rome, organised by the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture and the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention. The goals of the meeting were to review the current status of transgenesis in pest arthropods; identify risks associated with the release of transgenic arthropods; and draft provisional risk assessment protocols. Proceedings of the meeting (155 pages) are now available on the web. See theproceedings (1.6 MB) or contact [email protected] for more information.
08/10/2006
The July 2006 newsletter from the Plant Breeding and Genetics Section of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture and the FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratory is now available. This 23-page newsletter, issued twice a year, gives an overview of their past and upcoming events (meetings, training courses etc.), ongoing projects and publications. See http://www-naweb.iaea.org/nafa/pbg/public/pb-nl-17.pdf (1.2 MB) or contact [email protected] to request a copy.
07/10/2006
The July 2006 newsletter (nr. 44) from the Animal Production and Health Section of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture and the FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratory is now available. The 22-page newsletter, issued twice a year, gives an overview of past and upcoming projects, publications and events. The editorial discusses the issue of rapid diagnosis and characterisation of avian influenza, particularly with respect to molecular tools. See http://www-naweb.iaea.org/nafa/aph/public/ap-nl-44.pdf (0.8 MB) or contact [email protected] for more information.
06/10/2006
Coinciding with the 3rd anniversary of the entry into force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity has just published the 1st issue of Biosafety Protocol News. Its purpose is to "provide Parties, other Governments, relevant agencies and other stakeholders with a medium to exchange information and news regarding their efforts to implement and promote awareness of the Protocol. The newsletter will also serve as an important platform for Governments and relevant stakeholders to share experiences and lessons learned, highlight ongoing partnerships and cooperation, and showcase their capacity-building projects and activities". See http://www.biodiv.org/doc/newsletters/default.asp#bpn (in PDF or rich text format) or contact [email protected] for more information.
06/10/2006
As part of a series of training modules on trade negotiations prepared by its Trade Negotiations and Commercial Diplomacy Branch, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development has produced a 90-page training module on the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. The module aims to provide training materials and inputs for developing countries trainers, lecturers and government officials involved in training and research tasks on the multilateral rules governing the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures in international trade. Annex III of the module focuses on international trade in biotechnology products, in particular GMOs, with a summary of domestic GMO regulations, the WTO legal framework applicable to trade in biotechnology products, other applicable legal regimes, such as the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and associated concerns. See http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=3890&lang=1 (in English and Spanish) or contact [email protected] for more information.
06/10/2006
The Marche Polytechnic University, Italy, is hosting an international academically accredited course on biosafety based on a combination of distance-learning and on-campus training sessions. The training material and distance learning platform for the 12-month programme have been developed by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The course is open to 30 students, takes place in the English language and starts on 20 November 2006. Deadline for registration is 12 November. See more or contact [email protected] for more information.
06/10/2006
The General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) opened its 61st session on 12 September 2006 at the UN Headquarters in New York, United States. One of the 154 items to be considered concerns sustainable development and covers implementation of UN environmental conventions, containing a report by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the ongoing work regarding the Convention, including the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. See http://www.un.org/ga/61/issues/sustdev.shtml (item 53 (f), report available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) or contact [email protected] for more information. The General Assembly occupies a central position as the chief deliberative, policy-making and representative organ of the UN. It meets in regular session each year from September to December, and thereafter as required.
05/10/2006
The World Trade Organization recently issued the final report of the panel that had examined complaints by the United States, Canada and Argentina against "European Communities Measures affecting the approval and marketing of biotech products" (disputes DS291, DS292 and DS293 respectively). In addition to a number of Annexes, the report covers 1087 pages, organised into the following main sections - Introduction (begins page 1); Factual aspects (3); Complaining parties` requests for findings and recommendations (4); Arguments of the parties (5); Arguments of third parties (228); Interim review (248); Findings (282); and Conclusions and recommendations (1067). See the report (in English, French and Spanish, downloadable in PDF or Word format) as well as summaries of the three disputes at http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news06_e/291r_e.htm or contact [email protected] for more information.
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