Während wir uns als Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung dazu entschieden haben, an der diesjährigen UN Konferenz zu Biodiversität in Ägypten nicht teilzunehmen (zur Begründung: siehe hier), haben unsere internationalen Partnerorganisationen die ganze letzte Woche in Sharm El-Sheikh für ein Moratorium auf die gefährliche Gene Drive Technologie gekämpft (mehr dazu: hier).
Wie stehen die Verhandlungen zu Beginn der zweiten Woche der COP 14?
Jim Thomas, Co-Director der ETC Group, berichtet im Interview:
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Und ein Update vom letzten Freitag hält fest:
„At the end of the first week at the CBD, negotiations continue over Synthetic Biology and gene drives. Historically at the CBD, African countries have stood up for biodiversity and for the rights of indigenous and local communities, but this time the Africa position was taken over by a group of biotech lobbyists who took a position against a moratorium on gene drives relases. Some African countries admitted privately to being unhappy with the position of the Africa group. In the closed meetings (‚contact groups‘), language has been introduced by some countries to say that countries should avoid gene drive releases until certain conditions are met. Now there is a fight over the inclusion of language reflecting the need to obtain the Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of indigenous people and local communities before releasing gene drives on their lands. Some countries are standing up for indigenous people, while others including those that have signed the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People are resisting the inclusion of this language. This fight will continue next week.“