2013 Special Broadcasts / Seminar Genetically Modified Crops in the Southern Cone

Almost two decades since the introduction of the first genetically modified crops in our region and while new events are released year after year, REDES – Friends of the Earth Uruguay, in the context of its 25th Anniversary, and the Uruguay Sustentable Program carried out this seminar with a critical view of their impacts on the health of the population and the environment, the risks in terms of biosafety, the existing legal framework, the role of transnational companies who own this technology and the lack of citizen participation surrounding this process. Real World Radio covered this event and will share the interventions of the main speakers.

  • 24 June 2013 | |

    A Delayed but Urgent Debate

    Seminar “Genetically Modified Crops in the Southern Cone” , Uruguay, June 2013: Karin Nansen, coordinator of REDES-Friends of the Earth Uruguay

    What where the paths that led to the introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops in Uruguay? What information was made available to the public and what level of debate was there? Karin Nansen, coordinator of REDES-Friends of the Earth Uruguay answered all these questions during an international seminar on GM crops in the Southern Cone held last week in Montevideo, Uruguay. The event was organized by REDES and Uruguay Sustentable. Read more

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