Australia and New Zealand

Updates + Overviews

Tasmania's ban on the release of GM organisms to the environment will continue until 2014.

Organisations and institutions active on GMO

 Biological Farmers of Australia, BFA is the pre-eminent organisation for the organic industry and movement – on matters relating to education, trade, promotion and advocacy.
 GM Watch, A global directory on the massive and deceptive PR push behind genetically modified (GM) food.
 GE Free Australia
 Gene Ethics Network
 GE-Free New Zealand, GE-Free New Zealand promote making the NZ environment & food FREE of Genetically Engineered [GE] organisms
 MAdGE, MAdGE (Mothers Against Genetic Engineering) are a network of people concerned about the health and environmental effects of GE food.<
 Network of Concerned Farmers, An Australia wide network of conventional and organic farmers who are concerned about the economic, environmental and social impacts of genetically modified crops.
 Union of Concerned Scientists, Citizens and scientists for environmental solutions
 True Food Network, Your guide to avoiding genetically engineered food

Presentations

 The GMO Situation in Australia and  The situation in Australia - Pacific, Maggie Lilith, Conservation Council of Western Australia, Planet Diversity, May 2008, Bonn, Germany
 GE Free New Zealand, Claire Bleakley, Planet Diversity, May 2008, Bonn, Germany

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