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GMO maize strain safe: EU food agency
Brussels (AFP) June 30, 2009
A genetically modified strain of maize, banned in some EU countries, poses no risk to health or the environment, the European Food Safety Authority declared Tuesday. The move will once again pit the European Commission, which supports use of the maize, against the member states, most of whom do not. The Monsanto MON810 maize "is as safe as its conventional counterpart with respect to ... read more

Shanghai activists save cats from being eaten: state media
Shanghai (AFP) June 29, 2009
Animal activists in Shanghai rescued 300 cats from a dealer who was planning to sell the allegedly stolen pets to restaurants in southern China, a participant said Monday. The activists, acting on a tip-off from a cat lover, found 22 bamboo cages full of cats in a freight yard, from where they were to be shipped to Guangdong province, Lai Xiaoyu, 34, who was part of Friday night's rescue, to ... more
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  • Chinese wheat bounces back from drought
    Beijing (UPI) Jun 29, 2009
    China's wheat harvest is set to grow for the sixth year in a row despite an earlier drought and recent torrential rains, the Ministry of Agriculture said. Around 90 percent of the estimated 122.5 million tons has been harvested, the ministry told national media outlets. Harvesting has finished in the provinces of Yunan, Sichuan, Hubei, Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui and the city of ... more

    Food, energy demands to skyrocket
    Madison, Wis. (UPI) Jun 26, 2009
    Food and energy demand will soar in the coming years because of population growth, says a U.S. report that urges more investment in global agriculture. The report, by Deutsche Bank and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, says the population growth will sharply increase demand for food, fiber and fuel. "We are at a crossroads ... more

    Rainfall, Timing Of Manure Application Affect Carbon Losses
    Madison WI (SPX) Jun 26, 2009
    Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) losses from tile drains are an underquantified portion of the terrestrial carbon cycle. This is particularly important in the eastern corn belt where tile drainage dominates the agricultural landscape. Specific land management practices, such as manure application, can play a large role in the export of DOC as soluble organic carbon is applied to or injected ... more

    How Can The World's Fisheries Be Sustainable
    Washington DC (SPX) Jun 26, 2009
    According to the most recent report on the status of the world's fisheries by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, fisheries supply at least 15% of the animal protein consumed by humans, provide direct and indirect employment for nearly 200 million people worldwide and generate $US85 billion annually. This same report indicates that 28% of the world's fisheries stocks are ... more

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    Traditional Dutch fishermen turn to innovation for sustainability
    The Hague (AFP) June 23, 2009
    Sixth generation Dutch fisherman Louwe de Boer is part of a small group of pioneers abandoning traditional, wasteful methods and embracing innovation as a means of protecting their livelihoods. "It is the only way to survive", says the 42-year-old entrepreneur. He spent two million euros (about 2.8 million dollars) three years ago on new nets that slashed his bycatch -- animals caught ... more

    US winding down Afghan poppy destruction: envoy
    Washington (AFP) June 24, 2009
    The United States is winding down efforts to destroy poppy in Afghanistan, the US regional envoy said Wednesday, after criticism that the zealous US approach has pushed peasants toward the Taliban. Richard Holbrooke, the special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, said that President Barack Obama's administration was making "significant adjustments" from the previous George W. Bush team in a ... more

    Greens urge boycott of Kenya flowers
    Naivasha, Kenya (AFP) June 23, 2009
    Green campaigners in Kenya, one of the world's top flower exporters, called Tuesday for a boycott of flowers from some 30 farms contributing to the degradation of Lake Naivasha. The executive director of the Indigenous bio-diversity environmental conservation association (IBECA), James Kahora, said his group would travel to Europe to promote the "Save Lake Naivasha" campaign. ... more

    China wine-lovers go for French reds
    Bordeaux, France (AFP) June 23, 2009
    Much to the glee of French winemakers, China confirmed its passion for red wine within the first 24 hours of the opening of the world's largest wine exhibition here, Vinexpo. Barely had the first visitors hit the stands when Hong Kong luxury goods company A&A International announced its acquisition of an historic wine estate near Bordeaux, Chateau Richelieu, a 17-hectare property surrounded ... more

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  • EU seeks to catch up with Asia on fish farming, despite critics


  • Brazil's Amazon ownership plans resisted


  • Norway's fish farms thrive under ecologists' watchful eye
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