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Latest News: Polish president signs general ban on GM seeds
The Polish president Lech Kaczynski has signed a ban on the sale and registration of genetically modified seeds. The ban had been approved by both chambers of the parliament and slams European legislation, which does not allow for general bans of GMOs.
Greenpeace: Polish GE seed ban big step towards sustainable agriculture Anti-GMO campaign of of IPCC
Further NewsMap of GE-free Regions in Poland
Organisations and institutions active on GMO
International Coalition to Protect the Polish Countryside - Anti-GMO Campaign
Presentations
Berlin, January 2005
Presentation International Coalition to Protect the Polish Countryside – ICPPC, Jadwiga Lopata ICPPC
Petitions
Strefy wolne od GMO: Petycja do Komisji Europejskiej. Download in 
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Petycja “Ratuj Nasze Nasiona” do Komisij Europejskiej. Download the petition and see the list of signing organisations here
Other background information
US Department of Agriculture: Poland biotech annual (July 2006) http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200607/146208161.pdf
US Department of Agriculture: Outcome of U.S. Biotechnology Seminars in Poland (April, 2006)
US Department of Agriculture: Poland Bans the Sale and Registration of Biotech Seeds (April, 2006)
Opinion poll done by PBS in Poland about the acceptance of GMOs in food ICPPC: Ge-free Regions in Poland Background information on the situation in Poland
Letter of the chairman of the Malopolska Provincial board, giving support to the iniciatives for a GMO-free Poland (translation in English)
Glossary of Agri-Environmental Terms Polish-English, English-Polish
US Department of Agriculture: Annunal Agricultural Biotech Report
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