Greenpeace Damages a World Heritage Site in Peru |
 Twelve members of the environmental group Greenpeace performed a stunt in Peruvian desert to express their participation in the Conference on Climate Change held in Lima, Peru on December 1-14. They placed huge yellow letters stating "Time for Change! The Future is Renewable. Greenpeace" just beside the hummingbird-like geoglyph, which is part of the Nazca lines. The Nazca lines are mysterious geometric figures covering the Nazca desert in the southern coast of Peru built by ancient Nazca people during the 4th to 9th century. The hummingbird-like geoglyph is called Colibri, which is the most visible and most recognized of all the figures in the desert.
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Kenyan Top Doctors Support Agri-biotech, Calls for Lifting of GM Ban |
 Kenyan medical practitioners under the umbrella body - Kenya Medical Association (KMA), have voiced their views in support of agricultural biotechnology. During a recent stakeholders meeting in Nairobi, organized by the Kenya University Biotech Consortium (KUBICO), the KMA chairman Dr. Elly Nyaim supported KUBICO's call on the government to lift the 2012 ban on importation of GM food products. This would allow scientists to deliver current GM crops under research to farmers, who have been waiting in earnest for the products.
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DNA Dictates a Person's Nutrition Needs, Study |
 University of Toronto scientists report that persons have specific nutritional needs based on one's genetic makeup. They found that personalized dietary advice based on their DNA improved the eating habits of the subjects, compared to those who followed standard dietary recommendations. This emerging field of study is called nutrigenetics, which aims to understand why some people respond differently than others to the same kind of food. Personalized nutrition, a branch of personalized medicine, is an application of nutrigenomics that helps tailor dietary recommendations to a person's DNA.
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GM APPROVAL UPDATES |
- The Philippines approved the canola event LBFLFK for food, feed, and processing.
- The Philippines approved the cotton event GFM cry1A for commercial cultivation.
- Brazil approved the wheat event HB4 for commercial cultivation.
- The Philippines approved the soybean event GMB 151 for food, feed, and processing.
- The Philippines approved the eggplant event EE-1 for cultivation
- The USA approved the canola event MON94100 for food and feed.
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