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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.
04/01/2005
The December 2004 newsletter (nr. 41) 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 20-page newsletter, issued twice a year, gives an overview of past and upcoming projects, publications and events. See http://www.iaea.org/programmes/nafa/d3/public/aph-nl-41.pdf (662 KB) or contact [email protected] for more information.
03/01/2005
The UNEP-GEF Biosafety Projects website has been updated, now including the initial status report, national progress report and the final draft national biosafety framework for a total of 25 countries as well as a handbook for countries participating in the UNEP-GEF Project on Building Capacity for Effective Participation in the Biosafety Clearing House (BCH) of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. See http://www.unep.ch/biosafety/news.htm or contact [email protected] for more information.
02/01/2005
The 10th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-10) takes place on 7-11 February 2005 in Bangkok, Thailand. Among the 23 official documents provided is "Advice on the report of the ad hoc technical expert group on the genetic use restriction technologies". See document UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/15 (available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) at http://www.biodiv.org/doc/meeting.aspx?mtg=sbstta-10 or contact [email protected] for more information. The SBSTTA is an open-ended inter-governmental scientific advisory body of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
01/01/2005
The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) has just launched its new, redesigned website. It provides easy access to information about CGIAR meetings, news stories, publications and research (including use of agricultural biotechnologies) etc. The CGIAR is an informal association of 63 members that supports agricultural research and related activities of an international public goods nature carried out by 15 autonomous research centres. The CGIAR partnership includes 24 developing and 22 industrialised countries, 4 private foundations and 13 regional and international organisations that provide financing, technical support and strategic direction. FAO, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank serve as cosponsors of the CGIAR. See http://www.cgiar.org and contact [email protected] with any feedback on the new website.
13/12/2004
The background document for the FAO e-mail conference entitled "Public participation in decision-making regarding GMOs in developing countries: How to effectively involve rural people" is now available. The 12-page document gives a brief overview of the current status regarding GMOs in crops, forests, fisheries, livestock and agro-industry; discusses the decision-making areas where the public could be involved; provides a brief overview of some relevant international agreements and discusses some of the specificities regarding information access and participation for people in rural areas in developing countries. See http://www.fao.org/biotech/C12doc.htm or contact [email protected] to request a copy of the document by e-mail. The e-mail conference runs from 17 January to 13 February 2005 and is hosted by the FAO Biotechnology Forum. To join the Forum (and also register for the conference), send an e-mail to [email protected] leaving the subject blank and entering only the following text on two separate lines:subscribe BIOTECH-Lsubscribe biotech-room4Forum members wishing to register for the conference should leave out the first line of the above message.
12/12/2004
In 2004, the FAO project on Capacity Building in Biosafety of GM Crops in Asia organised a meeting of project focal points (on 11-12 March in Thailand), a regional training workshop on public awareness and participation (on 21-25 May in the Philippines) and 9 national training workshops (from May to October, in the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Viet Nam respectively). Topics of the national workshops depended on the priority need of the country in terms of its biosafety activities and all of the topics taken up were geared towards the development or strengthening of each countrys national biosafety framework. Summaries of the workshops are now available on the web. This FAO project is funded by the government of Japan and is based at the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, Thailand. See http://asiabionet.org or contact FAO for more information.
11/12/2004
Responding to a request for technical assistance from the Government of Argentina, FAO carried out a study to quantify the investments and costs involved in segregating the chains of production, transportation and embarking for GM and non-GM soya bean and maize in conformity with Article 18.2.a) of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The project, which ended in August 2004, gathered a team of 19 national and international specialists in various fields and involved a detailed analysis of the production and supply chain of soya bean and maize in the country, including infrastructure and capacity, the needs for modernisation and the investments involved, as well as an evaluation of the segregation costs. The full report plus a summary of the study are now available (in Spanish). See http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPS/new.htm or contact FAO for more information.
10/12/2004
On 5-7 July 2004, the "First world conference on organic seed: Challenges and opportunities for organic and the seed industry" was held at FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy, organised by FAO, the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements and the International Seed Federation. There were eight plenary sessions including aspects ranging from seed production, propagation and quality, through harmonisation of standards and technical regulations, to economics and biodiversity aspects, and the co-existence between organic agriculture and GMOs was also addressed. The 19-page conference report and 188-page conference proceedings are now available. See http://www.fao.org/organicag/faodoc-e.htm or contact FAO for more information.
09/12/2004
On 29 April 29 to 3 May 2002, an expert consultation and meeting on "Protein sources for the animal feed industry" was held in Bangkok, Thailand, organised by FAO with the support of the International Feed Industry Federation. The proceedings are now available on the web, providing an executive summary as well as the papers presented at the meeting. Among the many topics included in the papers, genetic modification of crops and production of amino acids for animal feed using biotechnology are also addressed. See http://www.fao.org/tempref/docrep/fao/007/y5019e/y5019e00.pdf or contact FAO for more information.
08/12/2004
FAO has just published "Assessing quality and safety of animal feeds" as part of its Animal Production and Health series. The book brings together six reviews from the FAO electronic journal AGRIPPA, entitled "Modern techniques for feed analysis" (by I. Mueller-Harvey, includes e.g. ELISA procedures for mycotoxin and other feed contaminants), "Variability in feed composition and its impact on animal production" (G. Gizzi and D.I. Givens), "Recent advances in the in vitro gas method for evaluation of nutritional quality of feed resources" (H.P.S. Makkar), "Microbiology of animal feeds" (J.P.F. DMello, includes e.g. silage fermentation), "Contaminants and toxins in animal feeds" (J.P.F. DMello) and "Antibiotic growth-promoters in food animals" (P. Hughes and J. Heritage, includes an overview of alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters, such as production of in-feed enzymes by fermentation). See http://www.fao.org/tempref/docrep/fao/007/y5159e/y5159e00.pdf or contact FAO for more information.
07/12/2004
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), a UN department that promotes the development-friendly integration of developing countries into the world economy, has just published "International trade in GMOs: Legal frameworks and developing country concerns" by S. Zarrilli. The 19-page article is an abridged version of a study by the same author to be published in early 2005 as part of the UNCTAD study series: Policy Issues in International Trade and Commodities. See http://www.unctad.org/en/docs//ditctncd20041_en.pdf or contact [email protected] for more information.
06/12/2004
A report prepared for the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD) entitled "The biotechnology promise: Capacity-building for participation of developing countries in the bioeconomy", has just been published. UNCSTD selected national capacity-building in biotechnology" as the substantive theme for the period 1999-2001 and this 129-page report draws on materials from panel sessions, country case studies and expert background papers addressed by the UNCSTD in the course of its work on the theme. The seven chapters focus on the promise of biotechnology; building capacity for national biotechnology development; emerging biotechnology industry; international market opportunities; legal and regulatory policies; public awareness and participation and, finally, possible development models. See http://stdev.unctad.org/docs/biotech.pdf or contact [email protected] for more information.
05/12/2004
On 18-20 October 2004, the Technical Group of Experts on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety met in Montreal, Canada. On 1-3 November 2004, a workshop on capacity-building and exchange of experiences as related to the implementation of paragraph 2 of Article 18 of the Protocol was held in Bonn, Germany. Reports of these two meetings are now available. See http://www.biodiv.org/biosafety/news.aspx or contact [email protected] for more information.
04/12/2004
The 4th meeting of the Working Group on GMOs established under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (i.e. the Aarhus Convention) took place on 18-20 October 2004 in Geneva, Switzerland. The report of the meeting is now available. See http://www.unece.org/env/pp/gmo.htm or contact [email protected] for more information.
03/12/2004
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has developed a web-based training module that is aimed at anyone who needs a basic understanding of the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (the "SPS Agreement"). It includes interactive tests which allow the user to measure progress made in learning the content and, in addition to the course material itself, links are provided to reference documents, such as legal texts and other official WTO documents. Chapter 8 is dedicated to two "special issues", one of which is GMOs. The training module is available in English, French and Spanish. See http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/d_learn_e/d_learn_e.htm or contact [email protected] for more information.
02/12/2004
On 8-10 November 2004, a "Regional dialogue on intellectual property rights (IPRs), innovation and sustainable development was held in Hong Kong, S.A.R., China, organised by the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, the University of Hong Kong, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the International Development Research Centre. One of the five main issues discussed during the dialogue was biotechnology and the protection of plant varieties. The draft meeting report and meeting documents, including "Fitting plant variety protection and biotechnological inventions in agriculture within the intellectual property framework: Challenges for developing countries" by S.K. Verma, are now available. See http://www.iprsonline.org/unctadictsd/dialogue/2004-11-08/2004-11-08_docs.htm or contact [email protected] for more information.
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