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GENETIC ENGINEERING
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for STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, ACTIVISTS , GARDENERS, ORCHARDISTS, FARMERS, FORESTERS... and all others.

SCIENTISTS

Physicians & Scientists for the Responsible Application of Science & Technology (PSRAST)
http://www.psrast.org/

“Soil Effects of Transgenic Agriculture- Biological Processes and Ecological Consequences”
http://www.psrast.org/soilecolnz.htm

Top Scientists Warn that Genetically Manipulated Crops could Irreversibly Change Farm Soil
http://www.ethicalinvesting.com/monsanto/news/l0070.htm

Ecological Impacts of GMO’s

NZ Plant Protection Society conference 2002 (Palmerston North)
“Impacts of Transgenic Plants and Micro-organisms on Soil Biota”
M. O’Callaghan and T.R. Glare
http://www.hortnet.co.nz/publications/nzpps/proceedings/01/01_105.pdf

“The Promise of Biotechnology- the threat of Genetically Modified Organisms”
Professor Patrick Brown, University of Davis, CA (U.S.)
http://www.psrast.org/promplantbiot.htm

Physicians & Scientists for Responsible Genetics (PSRG) NZ
http://www.psrg.org.nz/

Concern about Transgenic Cows (IRN, 2 October 2002)
http://xtramsn.co.nz/technology/0,,7005-1807977,00.html

Professor Peter Wills (Auckland University)
The Biological Complexity and Genetic Engineering Website
http://www.phy.auckland.ac.nz/staff/prw/biocomplexity/summary.htm

Ag-Biotech Info Net
http://www.biotech-info.net/

Union of Concerned Scientists (U.S.)
http://www.ucsusa.org/agriculture

Council for Responsible Genetics
http://www.gene-watch.org/

Canada’s Most Famous Scientist Warns of Hazards of GE
“Experimenting with Life”
- by geneticist David Suzuki
http://purefood.org/corp/davidsuzuki.cfm

“Unravelling the DNA Myth- the Spurious Foundation of GE”
(U.S. biologist Barry Commoner, February 2002)
http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE4/DNA-Myth-CommonerFeb02.htm

Institute of Science & Society (UK)
http://www.i-sis.org/

Questions and answers about GE
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/FAQ.php

Actionbioscience
http://www.actionbioscience.org/

“The Ecological Impacts of Agricultural Biotechnology”
by Miguel A. Altieri (Professsor of Agroecology in the Dept of Environmental Science, University of California at Berkeley and the General Coordinator for the United Nations Development Programme’s Sustainable Agriculture Networking and Extension Programme)
http://www.actionbioscience.org/biotech/altieri.html

Royal Society (NZ)
http://www.rsnz.org/

Links to Interested Parties Royal Commission of Genetic Modification
http://www.rsnz.org/news/gene/

Royal Society of Canada Expert panel on the future of food biotechnology
http://www.rsc.ca/foodbiotechnology/indexEN.html

Survival, Persistence, Transfer-
An Update on current Knowledge of GMO’s and the Fate of their DNA

(Institute for Applied Ecology, Freiburg, Germany   May 1998)
http://online.sfsu.edu/%7Erone/GEessays/
Survival%20PersistenceTransfer.htm

NZ Institute of Gene Ecology
http://www.nzige.canterbury.ac.nz/

Norwegian Institute of Gene Ecology
http://www.genok.org/

TRANSGENIC POLLUTION

Rogue Genes- An Unauthorised strain of GM crops has been found across England and Scotland.
Simon Jeffery explains the potential danger for humans
(Guardian 16 August 2002)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/gmdebate/Story/0,2763,775891,00.html

Corn crop seized in new GE scare (NZ Herald 9 August 2002)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=2348650
&thesection=news&thesubsection=general&reportid=53009

“GM contamination no reason to lift zero-tolerance policy” 
(NZ Herald 3 October 2002)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=2997212
&thesection=news&thesubsection=dialogue&reportid=53009

Mexico's vital gene reservoir polluted by modified maize
Paul Brown, environment correspondent
The Guardian, Friday April 19, 2002
http://www.guardian.co.uk/gmdebate/Story/0,2763,686955,00.html

More on the Mexican GM Scandal
http://www.etcgroup.org/article.asp?newsid=298

The Great Mexican GM Maize Scandal
(New Scientist, 15 June 2002)
http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE4/Mexican-Maize-Scandal15jun02.htm

“Modified Pollen hits organic farms:
Genetically altered strains spread by wind”

The Toronto Star (30 September 2002)
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/
Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1026145815826&call_
page=TS_News&call_pageid=968332188492&call_pagepath=News/News

Bayer in GM Crop Contamination Scandal
http://www.gefoodalert.org/News/News.cfm?news_ID=3379

Class action Starlink bio-corn class action against Aventis
http://www.netlink.de/gen/Zeitung/2000/001206.html

US panel unconvinced of Starlink bio-corn safety
http://www.netlink.de/gen/Zeitung/2000/001205.html

GE FREE GROUPS (NZ)

GE FREE NZ (in Food & Environment)
http://www.gefree.org.nz

GE FREE COALITION
http://www.gefree.net.nz

GE FREE NORTHLAND (in Food & Environment)
http://www.gefreenorthland.org.nz

GE FREE AOTEAROA (including picture gallery)
http://www.gefreenz.com/

GE FREE REGISTER 
(register your farm, home, or business)

http://www.gefreeregister.co.nz

MOTHERS AGAINST GENETIC ENGINEERING (MAdGE)
http://www.madge.net.nz

ENVIRONMENTAL NGO’s

GREENPEACE     
- including the new edition of the TRUE FOOD GUIDE
(how to find which manufacturers/food companies are GE free)
http://www.greenpeace.org.nz/truefood

ECO (ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ORGANISATIONS) NZ
http://www.eco.org.nz/

Submission to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Genetic Modification
http://www.rsnz.org/news/gene/submis/eco.php

GROUNDUP
European part of international network of action groups working on
environmental and social justice issues
http://www.groundup.org

Mindfully Org- GE page
http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE4/ge-2002-1.htm

Friends of the Earth
http://www.foe.co.uk/camps/foodbio/index.htm

ENGLISH NATURE
Gene Stacking in Herbicide Tolerant Oilseed Rape:
Lessons from the North American experience (2002)

http://www.english-nature.org.uk/pubs/publication/PDF/enrr443.pdf

Extensive study by English Nature on problems caused by transgenic crops
http://www.english-nature.org.uk/news/story.asp?ID=335

Sierra Club (U.S.)
“Why Is Release of Transgenic Crops into the Environment a Risk?”

http://www.sierraclub.org/biotech/references.asp

Biotechnology: 

Release and Commercialisation of Genetically Engineered Organisms (GEO’s)
http://www.biotech-info.net/sierraclub.html

GE TREES page
http://www.sierraclub.org/biotech/trees.asp

The Edmonds Institute
(non-profit public interest organisation dedicated to education about the environment,
technology and intellectual property rights) (U.S.)
http://www.edmonds-institute.org

Manual for assessing ecological and human health effects of genetically engineered organisms
http://www.edmonds-institute.org/manual.html

CORPORATE WATCH
http://www.corpwatch.org

article on the recently documented massive contamination of indigenous Mexican corn from GE crops
http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=2088

Stolen harvest- an interview with Vandana Shiva
http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=573

FARMERS

“l0 Reasons Not to Grow GE Crops”
(Dr. E. Ann Clark, Guelph University, Canada)
http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/research/homepages/eclark/10reasons.htm

“Risks of GE in agriculture”
http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/research/homepages/eclark/risks.htm

“Environmental risks of Genetic Engineering in Field Crops”
http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/research/homepages/eclark/naec.htm

“Environmental Risks of GM:  Why you should take them seriously”
http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/research/homepages/eclark/riskassessment.htm

“Who is going to pay the externalised cost of GMO’s?”
http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/research/homepages/eclark/starlink.htm

“Can You Afford GM Agriculture?”
http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/research/homepages/eclark/asilomar.htm

“Pesticidal(GM)crops and organic farming”
http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/research/homepages/eclark/nz2020.htm

CROPCHOICE
Cropchoice is an information source for American farmers about genetically modified crops, alternatives, management options and profitability. 
Cropchoice has news that big companies may not want farmers to hear.
http://www.cropchoice.com/about.html

Sustainability Council of NZ
http://www.sustainabilitynz.org

“Seeds of Doubt-
North American Farmer’s Experiences with GM Crops”
UK Soil Association report (September 2002)
http://www.greenpeace.org.nz/pdf/ge/SoD.pdf

US Department of Agriculture report on GE
“Adoption of Bioengineered Crops” (May 2002)

http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aer810/

Nelson family farmers website (North Dakota, USA)
see http://www.nelsonfarm.net/

Monsanto sues Nelson farm:
A North Dakota family’s frustrations with genetically engineered soybeans

http://www.cropchoice.com/leadstry.asp?recid=244

National Family Farm Coalition
http://www.nffc.net/index.htm

Farmer and GE page
http://www.nffc.net/bio2.htm

Farmers’ Declaration on Genetic Engineering in Agriculture
http://www.nffc.net/bio1.htm

Percy Schmeiser
(farmer in Western Canada sued by Monsanto whose land was polluted
with RoundupReady GE canola)

http://www.percyschmeiser.com/

“On the Implications of the Schmeiser decision”
http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/research/homepages/eclark/percy.htm

American Corn Growers Association
http://www.acgf.org/

The Grains of Truth
(this website contains information for NZ farmers on how genetic engineering can affect primary producers)
http://www.gefarminfo.org.nz/

Northern Roller Mills, NZ 
(largest stockfeed sales and marketing company- since March 2002 their official policy is to purchase no GE ingredients for their stockfeed)
0 800 800 380 
http://www.nrm.co.nz

“When Does it Pay to Plant Bt Corn?”
(Dr. Charles M. Benbrook, November 2001)
http://www.gefoodalert.org/library/admin/
uploadedfiles/When_Does_It_Pay_To_Plant_Bt_Corn.pdf

“US farmers reap heavy penalties for sowing GM crops”
(Dr. Guy Hatchard, NZ HERALD 27 August 2002)
http://www.agbios.com/_NewsItem.asp?parm=neIDXCode&data=3393

FOOD SAFETY

“Genetically Modified Foods: Are they a Risk to Human/Animal Health?”
(Arpad Pusztai, PhD  Senior Researcher at the Rowett Institute who was
sacked after publishing his findings on adverse effects from GE potatoes fed to rats)
http://www.actionbioscience.org/biotech/pusztai.html

SAFE FOOD CAMPAIGN
http://www.safefood.org.nz

Campaign to Label GE FOOD
http://www.consumersinternational.org/campaigns/codex/

Milk and hormones don’t mix,
says international consumers federation

http://www.consumersinternational.org/news/press_archive/
milk-hormones.html

rBGH scandal
(use of Monsantos genetically engineered bovine growth hormone in milk production in the US despite the health risks and animal welfare concerns) & the FOX TV Trial- GE Multinationals against accurate reporting
http://www.foxBGHsuit.com

Jane Akre and Steve Wilson win prestigious Goldman Award
for exposing rGBH Coverup

http://www.organicconsumers.org/rbgh/goldmanakre.cfm

Harvard Medical School study on rBGH
(Reuters l0 September 2002)
http://www.organicconsumers.org/rbgh/cancer091302.cfm

GM foods “still not proved to be safe”
French food safety authority AFSSA  31-1-02
http://www.environmentdaily.com/articles/index.cfm
?action=article&ref=11484

or read the version on our website:

“Food Safety of GM Crops in Canada: 
Toxicity and Allergenicity”

http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/research/homepages/eclark/safety.htm

PURE FOOD CAMPAIGN  (U.S.)
http://www.purefood.org/

Genetically Modified Food News
http://www.gmfoodnews.com

Alliance for BioIntegrity- Steven Druker
(public interest attorney involved in the lawsuit against the Food & Drug Administration
for the premature release of GE foods without appropriate toxicological tests against the advice of the FDA’s own experts)
http://www.biointegrity.org

Science Matters by Dr. David Suzuki  
“Genetically modifying our food- part 1”

http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Dr_David_Suzuki/
Article_Archives/weekly10279901.asp

“Genetically modifying our food: part 3”
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Dr_David_Suzuki/
Article_Archives/weekly11109901.asp

“The Thalidomide of Genetic Engineering”
(L R B Mann, D Straton and W E Crist)
http://www.connectotel.com/gmfood/trypto.html

Tryptophan summary (John B. Fagan, PH.D)
http://www.psrast.org/jftrypt.htm

The Showa Denko Tryptophan Disaster
http://www.psrast.org/demsd.htm

CONSUMER CHOICE

Market Enforcers
“Biotech Firms found Persuasion didn’t Work,
so they are using a new Tactic:  Coercion”
(Guardian  21 August 2001)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/gmdebate/Story/0,2763,539967,00.html

Summary of USA polls on Labelling GE Foods
(Center for Food Safety, Washington D.C.) 
updated l February 2002
http://www.organicconsumers.org/gefood/polls051602.cfm

Consumers’ Association report, “GM Dilemma’s”
http://www.which.net/campaigns/food/gm/index.html

Genetically Engineered Food:
You Should Know (Dr. Andrew Weil)

http://www.wired.com/news/topstories/0,1287,2271,00.html

U.S. Consumers Challenge Spread of Biotech Food
(Reuters, 4 October 2002)
http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/10/10042002/reu_48604.asp

LIABILITY

NZ Law Commission report on Liability (GE)
http://www.lawcom.govt.nz/Documents/Publications/
NZLC_GMO___.pdf

“Australian insurers wary of GM crops”
by Boyd Champness, Farmers Weekly Interactive,
12 November 2001
http://www.e-campo.com/media/news/ag-international/
aus13_11a.htm

"GM crops too dangerous to insure"  
Sunday Herald 10 March 2002
http://www.biotech-info.net/too_dangerous.html

“Government wary of GE liability laws”
(NZ Herald 27 September 2002)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=2947101
&thesection=news&thesubsection=general&reportid=53009

CORNGATE

Press Release:  Professor Peter R Wills
“GM Contamination Suspicion Remains Strong”(15 July 2002)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0207/S00155.htm

“Creaming Science and Scientists with Sweet Corn!”
(July 2002)
http://genesanddairying.com/articles/Corngate.htm

MAF to test every import of sweetcorn and maize seeds
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=2347364
&thesection=news&thesubsection=general

GE FREE NZ Press Release
“Demand for Inquiry as government stands condemned
of duplicity over GE corn plantings”
(l0 July 2002)
http://www.gefree.org.nz/press/10072002.htm

GE TAMARILLO TRIAL (HortResearch)
Concern over GE tamarillo trial

http://onenews.nzoom.com/onenews_detail/0,1227,52543-1-7,00.html

Protestors gagged over trial botch-up
(National News, Sunday Star Times  7 July 02)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1259955a11,FF.html

Letter to NZ ENVIRONMENT
(Dr. Jack Heinemann, NZ Institute of Gene Ecology, 16 July 2002)
http://www.nzige.canterbury.ac.nz/press/nzenvironletter21.pdf

GE FREE NZ (in Food & Environment)
Press Release  26 March 2002

http://www.lifesciencesnetwork.com/news-detail.asp?newsID=826

NZ LISTENER  “GE or not to be” 
(27 October 2001)
http://www.dhushara.com/book/upd3/2002a/GEL/ge.htm

GE FREE GROUPS (INTERNATIONAL)

AUSTRALIAN GENE ETHICS NETWORK
http://www.geneethics.org/

GE FREE TASMANIA
http://www.green.net.au/gefreetasmania/

Natural Law Party
http://natural-law.ca/genetic/geindex.html

and “scientists on the dangers of GE”
http://natural-law.ca/genetic/ScientistsonDangers.html

NGIN- Norfolk Genetic Information Newsleter
http://www.ngin.org.uk

Totness Genetics Group, UK
http://www.togg.org.uk/

MOTHERS FOR NATURAL LAW
http://www.safe-food.org/

“What do Scientists say about the Dangers of Genetic Engineering?”
http://www.safe-food.org/-issue/scientists.html

Biowatch South Africa
http://www.biowatch.org.za/

Peoples Earth
http://www.peoplesearth.org

AgBioIndia
http://www.agbioindia.org/

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS (INTERNATIONAL)

Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism
The IPCB is organised to assist indigenous peoples in the protection of their genetic resources,
indigenous knowledge, cultural and human rights from the negative effects of biotechnology.
http://www.ipcb.org/

MAORI

National Maori Hui Recommendations to the Royal Commission
http://www.gmcommission.govt.nz
/inquiry/Hui%20Transcripts/Ngaruawahia_NationalHui_Transcript.pdf

National Maori Hui and Te Waka Kai Ora
Declaration Against Genetic Engineering

http://www.poptel.org.uk/panap/latest/maori.htm

“An Exquisite Politeness:
The Royal Commission on Genetic Modification and the Redefining of the Treaty of Waitangi”
(Moana Jackson, August 2001)
http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/redefi.htm

Wai262 Claimants  Del Wihongi
http://www.rsnz.org/news/gene/submis/wai262.php

Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu
http://www.rsnz.org/news/gene/submis/ngai_tahu.php

Nga Wahine Tiaki o Te Ao
http://www.rsnz.org/news/gene/submis/wahine.php

New Zealand Maori Congress
http://www.rsnz.org/news/gene/submis/nzmc.php

New Zealand Maori Council
http://www.rsnz.org/news/gene/submis/nzmcouncil.php

Federation of Maori Authorities Inc.
http://www.rsnz.org/news/gene/submis/fma.php

GE FREE HIKOI (1 October- 31 October 2002)
http://nzgefree.nelson.org.nz/stories/storyReader$184

Anti-GE Maori Occupy ERMA office (NZ Herald 31 October 2001)
http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE3/Maori-Occupy-Erma.htm

GE Field Trials in NZ Produce backlash from Indigenous Groups
(Inter Press Service 31 October 2001)
http://www.organicconsumers.org/patent/maori111901.cfm

Maori Declare War on GE (Press Release  10 December 2001)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0112/S00066.htm

TREES

Global Alliance Against GE Trees
http://www.gaaget.org

Forestry Stewardship Council
(global certification body for sustainable forestry which prohibits the use of GMO’s
in FSC certified forests due to the ecological risks)
http://www.fscoax.org/

“Forestry group abandons GM trial”
(NZ Herald 24 November 2001)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?
thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyID=229931&reportID=53009

CHRISTIAN AID

Christian aid Policy briefing:
Biotechnology and genetically modified organisms

http://www.christian-aid.org.uk/indepth/0001biot/biotech.htm

Christian Ecology Link
http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/

CEL’s view on GE and GE field trials
http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/gmo.htm

Church of England Ethical Investment Advisory Group
Recommends Ethical Framework for Genetically Modified
Crop Development
(May 2000)
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/cgi-bin/news/item_frame.pl?id=77

THIRD WORLD/HUNGER

Oxfam condemns the distribution of food aid contaminated with GMOs
http://ngin.tripod.com/170802d.htm

Another Poisoned Chalice in Africa
http://ngin.tripod.com/200802e.htm

Dear Africa, “Eat GMO Food or Starve!”
http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE4/Eat-GMOs-Or-STARVE-Africa28jul02.htm

“Famine as commerce:  Africa’s tragedy” (Devander Sharma)
http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE4/Famine-As-Commerce-Bertini6aug02.htm

Force-feeding the World
http://www.ukabc.org/forcefeeding.htm

Africa Resists US Biotech Onslaught at Earth Summit
http://www.ukabc.org/wssd_5.htm#b16

Africa Unites against GM to Opt for Self-Sufficiency
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/AfricaRejectsGMAid.php

World Food Summit Report by the Intermediate Technology Development Group
www.ukabc.org/wfs5+.htm

Golden Rice and Trojan Trade Reps: 
A Case Study in the Public Sector’s Mismanagement of Intellectual Property (September 2000)
http://www.rafi.org/documents/com_goldenrice.pdf

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE CHARLES

HRH the Prince of Wales
http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/

- on agriculture
http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk
/about/princeswork/agriculture.html

the Prince of Wales is a prominent campaigner on
environmental issues

http://193.36.68.132/about/princeswork/environment.html

International  Biodiversity Seminar Dinner  London,
UK  12 Dec l995
http://193.36.68.132/speeches/agriculture_12121995.html

ORGANICS
- TRULY SUSTAINABLE PRIMARY PRODUCTION

BIO-GRO
http://www.biogro.co.nz

Organic Products Exporters of NZ Inc. (OPENZ)
http://www.organicsnewzealand.org.nz

Te Waka Kai Ora Incorporated Society Press Statement
“Maori Organics Launched”

http://www.arena.org.nz/kaiora.htm

http://www.organicsnewzealand.org.nz/documents/
tewakakaiora.htm

The Bio Dynamic Farming and Gardening Association (Demeter)
http://www.biodynamic.org.nz

SOIL & HEALTH
http://www.soil-health.org.nz/

International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
http://www.ifoam.org/

UK Soil Association
http://www.soilassociation.org

report on impact of GE crops in North America
http://www.soilassociation.org
/sa/saweb.nsf/getinvolved/geneng.html

“Seeds of Doubt” report Executive Summary
http://www.soilassociation.org
/sa/saweb.nsf/librarytitles/
seedsofdoubt_summary.html

Bio-gene website- educational page
“Organic farming- naturally without Genetic Engineering!”
http://www.biogene.org/e/e-indexx.html

“GMO’s and the global backyard:
what’s an organic farmer to do?”

(Professor E. Ann Clark, Guelph University, Canada)
http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/research/homepages/eclark/orgfarm.htm

“Genetic Engineering: 
Risks and Opportunities for Organic Farmers”

http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/research/homepages/eclark/efao.htm

FARMING SOLUTIONS-
SUCCESS STORIES FOR THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE

http://www.farmingsolutions.org/

“Tailoring Research and Extension to support Ecologically Sustainable Agriculture”
(Professor E. Ann Clark, Guelph University, Canada)
http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca/research/homepages/eclark/nesare.htm

FOOD FIRST
http://www.foodfirst.org/index.html

http://www.foodfirst.org/progs/global/biotech


GRAIN (Genetic Resources Action International)
GRAIN is an international non-governmental organisation which promotes the sustainable management and use of agricultural biodiversity based on peoples controlling their own genetic resources and local knowledge
http://www.grain.org/

Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC)
(formerly Rural Advancement Foundation International- RAFI)
http://www.etcgroup.org

Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics J. Ikerd (U.S.)
http://www.ssu.missouri.edu/faculty/jikerd

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
http://www.iatp.org/

ANIMAL WELFARE

SAFE (Save Animals from Exploitation) NZ
http://www.safe.org.nz/

GE page
http://www.safe.org.nz/
campaigns/genetic/index.php

World Animal Net
http://www.worldanimal.net/

COMPASSION IN WORLD FARMING
http://www.ciwf.co.uk

What is farm animal genetic engineering and cloning?
http://www.ciwf.co.uk
/FUSE/What%20is%20farm%20animal%20genetic%20engineering%20
and%20cloning.htm

CLONING

U.S. study says all clones genetically abnormal
http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/09/09122002/reu_48404.asp

Scientists clone calf from dead cow (25 April 2002)
http://genesanddairying.com/articles/Deadcow.htm

Center for Genetics and Society
http://www.genetics-and-society.org/index.asp

Human Genetics:  Troubled Past, Present Danger
http://ngin.tripod.com/gmhuman.htm

“Dolly’s abnormal growth and arthritis tests cloning ethics”
(NZ Herald, 7 January 2002)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=585396
&thesection=news&thesubsection=world&reportid=58049

PRO GE WEBSITES

Monsanto
http://www.monsanto.com/

“Monsanto Caves in over European GM Crops
(Guardian  19 August 2002)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
gmdebate/Story/0,2763,777258,00.html

Dupont
http://www.dupont.com
http://biotech.dupont.com

Bayer Crop Science
http://www.news.bayer.com
/news/news.nsf/id/8A0BB42262D9178FC1256B35003D49F6

Bayer:  an International Group at the Leading Edge
of Technology

http://www.news.bayer.com
/News/News.nsf/id/240D33B44726596BC1256B490050BA32?Open

“Chemical Drug Giant Bayer buys out Aventis”
(International Herald Tribune  3 October 2001)

http://www.organicconsumers.org
/patent/bayer100501.cfm

GE briefing series: “Why Aventis?”
http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk
/publications/GEBriefings/aventis1.html

SYNGENTA (Novartis & Zeneca)
http://www.syngenta.com/en/index.asp

Biotechnology Information Directory
http://www.cato.com/biotech

GOVERNMENT AND CROWN AGENCIES NZ

Royal Commission of Inquiry into Genetic Modification
http://www.gmcommission.govt.nz

MINISTRY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
http://www.mfe.govt.nz/

Public Discussion paper:
Improving the Operation of the Hazardous Substances
and New Organisms (HSNO)Act 

(submissions close 15 Nov)
http://www.mfe.govt.nz
/about/publications/hsno/discussion-paper/index.html

Sustainability Council Press Release
Key GMO Issues Remain Unanswered
(26 September 2002)
http://www.sustainabilitynz.org
/news/07.asp

Ministry for the Environment GM website
http://www.gm.govt.nz

Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO)
http://www.hsno.govt.nz/

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
http://www.pce.govt.nz

“Caught in the Headlights:  New Zealanders’
reflections on possums, control options and genetic engineering”

(October 2000)
http://203.97.170.34/reports/allreports/0_908804_92_X.shtml

“Key Lessons from the history of science and technology: 
knowns and unknowns, breakthroughs and cautions”

http://203.97.170.34/reports/allreports/0_908804_97_0.shtml

ERMA (Environmental Risk Management Authority)
http://www.ermanz.govt.nz

Biosecurity Strategy
http://www.biostrategy.govt.nz/

MINISTRY OF HEALTH
http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf

NEW ZEALAND FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY
http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/

ANZFA (Australian NZ Food Authority)
http://www.anzfa.gov.au/

MAF (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry)
http://www.maf.govt.nz/mafnet/

Biotechnology, including Genetic Modification
http://www.maf.govt.nz
/mafnet/rural-nz/research-and-development/biotechnology/index.htm

Testing for GM seeds
www.maf.govt.nz/gmseeds

Literature Review on Genetically Modified Plants and Bee Products
(June 2002)
http://www.maf.govt.nz/mafnet/rural-nz/
research-and-development/biotechnology/
literature-review-gm-plants-and-bee-products/index.htm

An Independent Review of New Zealand’s Biosecurity
Surveillance Systems

http://www.maf.govt.nz
/biosecurity/pests-diseases/surveillance-review/surveillance.htm

MINISTRY OF RESEARCH, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
http://www.morst.govt.nz/

FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
http://www.frst.govt.nz/

IBAC (Independent Biotechnology Advisory Council)
http://www.ibac.org.nz/

AgResearch
http://www.agresearch.cri.nz/

HortResearch
http://www.hortresearch.co.nz/

Forest Research
http://www.forestresearch.co.nz/

Crop and Food Research
http://www.crop.cri.nz/

ETHICS

Concerns about the Ethics of Genetic Modification
(H. Lehman and J.F. Hurnik, presented to the Fifth World Congress
on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production)
http://www.plant.uoguelph.ca
/research/homepages/eclark/lehman.htm

Campaign to Ban the Patenting of Life
http://www.iatp.org/iatp/library/admin/
uploadedfiles/Campaign_to_Ban_the_Patenting_of_Life.htm

the NZ Royal Society is currently reviewing the
Code of Professional Standards and Ethics

http://www.rsnz.org/directory/ethics_draft.php

Ethics of Genetic Engineering
http://vparker.home.texas.net
/Thinkquest/Manipulating/Ethics/geneng.htm

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics: 
Genetically modified crops: 
the ethical and social issues

http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org
/home/index.asp/publication/pub0010805.html

MISCELLANEOUS

Genetic ID Testing
http://www.genetic-id.com/

Foundation on Economic Trends
http://www.foet.org/

NZ Plant Protection Society
http://www.hortnet.co.nz/publications/nzpps/

August 2002 Biotechnology papers
http://www.hortnet.co.nz/publications/nzpps/prgm2002.htm

Diverse Women for Diversity
http://www.vshiva.net/stmtcrn.html

Tiki the Penguin GE links for kids
http://www.oneworld.org/penguin/genetics/home.html

“In (Seed) Bed Together: 
Are Agro-Giants Taking Over University Research?”

(13 February 2002)
http://Tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/5116

Biosafety Web Pages
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
http://www.icgeb.trieste.it/~bsafesrv/

GM FREE HONEYBEE
http://gmfreebees.forplanetearth.com/

Nationwide Contamination Action NZ (28 October 2002)
www.angelfire.com/folk/gefreeballoons

Use and Abuse of the Precautionary Principle
Peter T. Saunders, Kings College, London   July 2000)
http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/MaeWanHo/PrecautionP.html