Environmental, Social Justice & Governance Initiatives
In “Seed Activism”, Karine Peschard explores how patenting seeds and turning them into financialised, corporatised and commodified industrial products threatens farm and food securities of the world now and into the future.
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The Supreme Court’s decision restoring ESG’s PIL comes at a time when the world is preparing to address grave biodiversity losses due to trade, biopiracy, over extraction and also due to climate change as part of the 15th Conference of Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity being held in Montreal 7th to 19th, December, 2022.
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The bedrock of sustainable human futures is in conserving biodiversity and associated traditional knowledge, and ensuring local community’s right to seed sovereignty and seed purity is protected. A variety of corporate and state efforts, however, are systematically accessing these bioresources without priorly informing and seeking permission from communities who have conserved these resources for millenia, and then turning them into corporatised, industrialised, commodified, chemicalised, transgenic and proprietary products.
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There has been a decline in 400 species of birds in the past 25 years. There has been a decline in 50% of the Indian bird species in the past decades.
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Principal Bench of the Karnataka High Court headed by Chief Justice Mr. Abhay Oka has directed the State Government to extend assistance for the survey of Lakes of Bangalore as Waterfowl Habitats
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Navdanya, Environment Support Group, Centre for Financial Accountability, Focus on the Global South, Delhi Solidarity Group, Peoples Resource Centre in collaboration
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Say a loud NO to GMOs and corporatisation of food/farming systems 15 October 2013 Bangalore, October 15th 2013: On the
Read moreKarnataka High Court dismisses Petition seeking quashing of criminal prosecution 12 October 2013 Downloads: Release: Criminal proceedings against Monsanto back
Read more9 March 2013 Downloads: ESG Release: Biopiracy Case Prosecuting Officers Transferred The Government of Karnataka has transferred out Mr. K.
Read moreSession on Green Politics in 2nd Indian Biodiversity Congress 11 December 2012 ; Time: 9 am to 1 pm ;
Read moreMeanwhile, Karnataka scandalously transfers prosecuting officers in biopiracy case 21 November 2012 Downloads: ESG Release: PIL on Biodiversity Loss and
Read moreSide Event at the 11th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, Hyderabad 17 October 2012
Read more16 October 2012 Downloads: ESG Release: PIL on Biodiversity Loss and Biopiracy Release: 16 October 2012: Bangalore Public Interest Litigation
Read moreKarnataka Chief Minister urged to revive biopiracy case 24 May 2012 Downloads: NBA confirms Monsanto to be prosecuted on biopiracy
Read moreReverse decision of Karnataka Biodiversity Board to stop investigation on ESG’s complaint of biopiracy 7 February 2012 Downloads: Petition to
Read moreDerrick Ashong, musician and social entrepreneur, hosted this online programme aired on 24 January 2012 24 January 2012 Al Jazeera’s
Read moreWritten by Leo F. Saldanha and Bhargavi S. Rao for India Law News 1 December 2011 Downloads: ESG Article on
Read moreA critique of the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India Bill, 2011 29 November 2011 Downloads: brai-bill-2011-critique-esg-nov-2011.pdf Biotechnology is a cross
Read more(original source) 11 August 2011 Downloads: btbrinjal-faisal-final.mp3 Click on the link above to download/hear the BBC-Hindi report on the decision
Read more11 August 2011 Downloads: Annexure A: Copy of ESG’s complaint to NBA, 15th Feb 2010 Annexure B: Copy of letter
Read moreOn 1st April 2010, a workshop was held by ESG and Action Aid to help farmers appreciate the nuances of the debates that resulted in India’s Environment and Forests Minister Shri Jairam Ramesh enforcing a moratorium on the commercial release of Bt Brinjal.
Read more9 March 2010 Bangalore Downloads: bt-brinjal-posters.pptx
Read moreMr. Jairam Ramesh has confirmed that the 190 plants listed in MoEF’s Notification would be exempt from the Biodiversity Act, 2002, “provided they are traded as commodities.”
Read more10 February 2010 Downloads:10-reasons-say-no-gm-foods.pdf biodiversityact.pdf The decision of the Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests (I/C), Mr. Jairam
Read morePublic Consultation held by Jairam Ramesh – 6 February 2010.
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