EU Moratorium on GMOs – More than a Trade Barrier
Since 1998, there has been a de facto moratorium on the approval of GMOs for commercial release in the EU. The moratorium has applied to European GM developers as …
Lessons from the USA—Market Rejection of GM Foods
The experiences of current GM exporting nations provide important indicators on the prospects for New Zealand agricultural exports should it adopt GMOs in agriculture. Market access is a particularly …
The Year of the Dog
By Sam Neill
Happy New Year. And a peaceful one too, God willing.
However, at this, the time of year normally reserved for optimism, if you can detect the telltale tick …
GM Contamination No Reason to Lift Zero Tolerance Policy
The Government is expected to confirm today that a crop of East Coast maize was GM-contaminated.
If so, what does this mean? It means that the stricter seed import requirements …
GE fine for medicines but food value doubtful
It is interesting how a call for more time to understand and debate the release of genetically modified organisms brings such strong words from GM advocates.
In a Dialogue page …
GM Contamination “Inevitable” if NZ Adopts GM Agriculture
There is mounting evidence that New Zealand cannot have it both ways on GM agriculture.
That it cannot grow GM crops in some areas and leave others reliably GM free, …
New Zealanders and their Land
The wave of invasive new organisms that hit New Zealand’s shores with European settlement changed our natural environment forever.
In this century, the new organisms in the spotlight are not …
GM in context
An extension of the moratorium on GMO release would affect only a very small part of New Zealand’s biological research effort. It would not, as is often suggested, cripple …
