Spain
Updates + Overviews
Organisations and institutions active on GMO
Ecologistas en Acción (Spanish) Campaña Zonas Libres de Transgénicos Greenpeace - Decir no a la ingeniería genética (Spanish) Amigos de la Tierra (Spanish) Ecoportal.net, el directorio ecológico y natural (Spanish) Plataforma Transgènics Fora! (Spanish, Catalan)
Presentations
Berlin, January 2005
María Ramos (COAG): The context of GMO in Spain - social and political initiatives 
English or Español
The legal background to the GMO Situation in the Basque Region in 
English or Español
Legal documents
OECD: Regulatory Developments in Biotechnology in Spain
Draft Spanish Co-existence rules (July 2005, in Spanish) Brief comments by EHNE (in English)
Petitions
Zonas libres de transgénicos: Petición a la Comisión Europea. Download in pdf-format doc-format
Petición "Salvemos nuestras semillas" a la Comisión Europea. Download petition and see the list of signing organisations here
Other background information
Background information on the current state of GM agriculture in Spain and Catalonia, by Rosa Binimelis i Adell (ICTA) State of GM Crops in Catalonia, by Plataforma Transgènics Fora! and Assemblea Pagesa de Catalunya The organic mais and the adventitious contamination by GMO´s in Spain The impact of GM corn in Spain, a report by Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth (August 2003)
30. March 2005: At a meeting with the Spanish ministry for agriculture Spanish NGOs and agricultural organisations achieved a re-openig of the discussion about GM co-existence and the withdrawal of the ministry's initial proposal. Basic points to be included in the Spanish rules on coexistence between genetically modified, conventional and organic crops
This document was written by a large coalition of Spanish organizations. It describes minimum demands, because in the political context of the moment it was very important to have a large representation from civil society. And... it worked! We managed to get the compromise from the minister of agriculture to stop the approval of the very bad Decree on coexistence that would have legalized general genetic contamination of all crops. In a meeting on last Tuesday, the minister told us that the decree needs more time, that they will see how they can incorporate our demands and that there will be dialog with us in the next month for a new draft.
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