Environmental Lawyer Tackles Critical Legal Issues in Devt of Biotech Crops |
 Important issues in the current debate on biotech crops were discussed in the SEARCA Agriculture and Development Seminar Series (ADSS) "Critical Legal Issues Surrounding Biotechnology and Biosafety" by Atty. Gregory Jaffe, Director of the Biotechnology Project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) in Washington DC, USA, on 25 July 2014.
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Scientists Develop Glowing Plants for Homes and Streets |
 Scientists are now developing a glow-in-the-dark plant using synthetic biology. The Glowing Plant project aims to develop functional plants for homes that could repel insects or work as air fresheners. The inspiration behind the original glowing plant was to rethink street or nighttime lighting.
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USDA Releases Final EIS for HT Corn and Soybean |
 The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) released the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for corn and soybean plant resistant to herbicide 2,4-D. The draft EIS was released for comments in January and has received 10,140 responses. APHIS meticulously reviewed and analyzed the submitted comments and addressed them in the final EIS which affirms APHIS' preferred alternative to fully deregulate these new GE crops. This is also consistent with APHIS' final plant pest risk assessment (PPRA) that found 2,4-D resistant corn and soybeans are unlikely to pose a plant pest risk to agricultural crops or other plants in the U.S.
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| A monthly update on gene drive research and development provided by ISAAA in collaboration with the Outreach Network for Gene Drive Research |
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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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