CUJ JR 152 (pdf) Japan Resources No 152 Celebrating the end of a busy year here in Waseda today, we are also pleased to release No 152 of Japan Resources. 2010 has been shaped by the large international conference in Nagoya in October. The United Nations MOP5/COP10 conference for biological diversity was of particular interest to Consumers Union of Japan and the many groups we work together with both locally and around the world. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has been involved in this important conference. Feel free to download the pdf file and print it for your library. – Editors CONTENTS: Special Report: Genetically…
“Add Organic Foods To The Eco Point System!”
Japan has a long history of organic farming. One of the leaders, Ishizu Fumio from Shiga Prefecture has been active during 2010 together with the Japan Citizens’ Network for Planet Diversity (MOP5 Network) and the No! GMO Campaign. As a farmer, he has successfully shown that traditional organic farming techniques that do not rely on pesticides or chemical fertilizers are a viable way to produce healthy food. He often invites groups to his farm to show the abundant biological diversity among his wet-land rice and veggy fields. “Add Organic foods to the Eco Point system,” Ishizu-san pleaded at a seminar in Nagoya in July, 2010. He noted that the big United Nations…
Detailed Analysis Of Nagoya Results
Bio Journal, the publication by Citizens’ Biotechnology Information Center (CBIC) has made a detailed analysis of some of the most pressing issues that were discussed at the MOP5/COP10 meeting in Nagoya in October 2010. The results of the negotiations regarding Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) and the new Aichi Target (20 objectives for biodiversity protection through 2020, the expansion of protected areas to 17 percent of the world’s land and 10 percent of its waters, and to halve the rate at which natural habitats are lost) were discussed in the press, but the important Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress did not get as much attention. Bio Journal explains: At…
Planet Diversity Parade In Nagoya: Photos
Here are some photos from the large Nagoya event on October 10, 2010 with over 1,000 participants who walked through the busy streets with banners and costumes, to protect biodiversity and protest against genetically modified organisms (GMOs)! Video on Youtube: For large images, please go to the MOP5 Network website and click on each photo – feel free to copy and paste on your blog, and don’t miss the images here:
Biodiversity, 2024
Consumers Union of Japan and other groups that we work with, including the No! GMO Campaign, Planet Diversity, FA Net, OK Seed Project and many others, all have a focus on the global negotiations to protect biological diversity. Please support us. We participated in the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) conferences in Japan (2010), India (2012) and in South Korea (2014). We followed the 2022 conference in Montreal, Canada, and we are monitoring the work on Synthetic Biology as of 2024. Early in 2024, we saw the sale of genome-edited tomatos in supermarkets in Tokyo, a first in the world. It attracted the attention of Testbiotech, the European NGO.…