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This electronic (email) bulletin is prepared by the ECPGR Secretariat to the attention of the National Coordinators and of general interest, to provide regular updates on its activities and relevant developments in ECPGR.
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The European Coordination Let's Liberate Diversity! is organizing two workshops at the next 10th LLD, one on EU networks and another on seed systems.
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Johannesburg, South Africa, 4 October 2019- Minister says no to Monsanto's "drought tolerant" maize seed
Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza has upheld a decision to reject agriculture chemical company Monsanto's application for the commercial cultivation of its triple stacked ‘drought-tolerant’ maize seed. The maize is genetically modified (GM) to be tolerant to drought as well as resistant to certain insects.
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European Coordination is glad to share with you the 2nd newsletter for cultivated biodiversity!
EC-LLD News 002 - Sep 2019 (English Version)
EC-LLD News 002 - Sep 2019 (French Version)
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Tenth edition of the Forum organized by the European Coordination Let's Liberate Diversity!After nine editions organised in as many different European countries, the LLD! Forum returns to France where it was organised for the first time in 2005.
Read MoreRead MoreHannes Lorenzen meet Anders Borgen at the European Cereal Diversity Conference in Kalö near Aarhus in Denmark. For the past 10 years, cereal enthusiasts have met annually in Scandinavia, and four times at European level in the Let’s Liberate Diversity Network.
Click here for the full interview
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Members
The members of EC-LLD are the following organizations:
- the Scottish Crofting Federation (Scotland)
- Pro Specie Rara (Swizerland)
- Réseau Semences Paysannes (France)
- BEDE (France)
- Red de Semillas “ Resembrando e Intercambiando” (Spain)
- Centro Internazionale Crocevia - CIC (Italy)
- Rete Semi Rurali (Italy)
- Dachverband Kulturpflanzen- und Nutztiervielfalt e. V. Dachverband (Germany)
- SEED (Luxembourg)
- Le Réseau Meuse-Rhin-Moselle (RMRM) (Belgiun)
- AEGILOPS (Greece)
- Irish Seed Savers Association (Ireland )
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Legal Watch
The legal watch is realised by the French Farmers' seeds network,Réseau Semences Paysannes. Informations are related to seeds marketing, intellectual property rights, genetic ressources ...It is presented in French but you can find out English version on internet with the name of the topic
on EU topics
- Catalogue commun des variétés des espèces agricoles — huitième complément à la trente-septième édition intégrale, (2019/C 368/01)
- Directive d’exécution (UE) 2019/1813 de la Commission du 29 octobre 2019 modifiant la directive d’exécution 2014/96/UE relative aux prescriptions en matière d’étiquetage, de fermeture et d’emballage des matériels de multiplication de plantes fruitières et des plantes fruitières destinées à la production de fruits relevant du champ d’application de la directive 2008/90/CE du Conseil, en ce qui concerne la couleur de l’étiquette pour les catégories certifiées de matériels de multiplication et de plantes fruitières et le contenu du document du fournisseur, C/2019/7614
- Parlement européen, Question écrite à la Commission E-003067-19 de Susanna Ceccardi (ID) – Dissémination de Xylella fastidiosa.
- Commission européenne, Groupe européen d’éthique dans la science et les nouvelles technologies, Table ronde sur l’éthique des nouvelles techniques de modification génétique, 16 octobre 2019
- Avis du Comité économique et social européen sur « Le métier d’agriculteur face au défi de la rentabilité »(avis d’initiative), EESC 2019/02022, JO C 353 du 18.10.2019
on International topics
- Nagoya, Composition of the Informal Advisory Committee to the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House, 25 septembre 2019, SCBD/NPU/WY/MD/LZ/87801
- Nagoya, An update on the status of implementation of the Nagoya Protocol and preparations marking the tenth year of its adoption, 16 octobre 2019, SCBD/NPU/DC/WY/Rki/88361
- Nagoya, Peer Review of Studies on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources, 22 October 2019, SCBD/NPU/DC/WY/RKi/88442
- ONU : 2020 Année internationale de la santé des végétaux (IYPH)
- TIRPAA : Fonctionnement du système multilatéral et évolution de l’ATTM // préparation 8ème Comité directeur
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