Declaration regarding the adoption of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplemental Protocol by Japan Citizens’ Network for Planet Diversity (MOP5 Network) October 16, 2010 On October 15, 2010, the general meeting of the MOP5 adopted the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplemental Protocol to the Cartagena Protocol. Our MOP5 network notes that this is the result of a long and difficult negotiation. We consider this legally binding protocol to be important as an international system of liability and restoration which the developing countries in particular has long anticipated.
Special Report: Genetically Modified Canola Contamination in Japan
A Call for Action in Nagoya 2010! The problem: Wild-growing genetically modified canola plants have been found at many locations around Japan on numerous occasions. The first investigations by concerned citizens started in 2004. The spilling occurs mainly near harbours and by roads leading from the harbours to food oil companies. Japan’s importing companies and food oil companies that make canola oil, as well as the transport companies involved, are all directly responsible for the contamination of native canola (including rape seed, natane). Japan has many small/medium size companies that make food oil from domestically grown rape seed. Also, many plants of related species are eaten traditionally in Japan. These…
Planet Diversity Pre-Event In Nagoya For Global Biodiversity
On Sunday October 10, 2010, a number of organizations are holding an out-door pre-event from 10:00-16:00 at the Sakae Mochi no Ki Hiroba in Nagoya. There will be a Planet Diversity Parade from 15:00-16:30 on that day: everyone is invited to join!
Japan Resources No 151
CUJ JR 151 (pdf) Japan Resources No 151 After a long, record-hot summer, temperatures have dropped again to more normal levels here in Nishi-Waseda, Tokyo. At the same time, our work to prepare for the COP10/MOP5 biodiversity conference in Nagoya is heating up… Feel free to download the pdf file and print it for your library. – Editors Contents: Recent Food Activism in Japan CUJ: Annul and Scrap the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty and the Japan-U.S. Status-of-Forces Agreement We Oppose the Introduction of Full-Body Scanning at Japan’s Airports CUJ: Local Energy Production For Local Energy Consumption CBIC Closeup: Is It Necessary To Slaughter Cattle And Pigs That Have Foot-and-mouth Disease? Getting…
Getting Ready For Nagoya
Food and agriculture that protect biological diversity: Aiming for a world without GMO (Image from Kagoshima prefecture Consumers Union of Japan and other groups that we usually work with, including the No! GMO Campaign, has focus on the MOP5 negotiations to be held in Nagoya in October 2010 about biological diversity. Our network is called Japan Citizens’ Network for Planet Diversity, with a website: http://mop5.jp (in Japanese). You can also follow CUJ’s English website for updates at http://etest.okayama-web.net/ During 2010 we have held a number of events and conferences, as well as local study group meetings. We are very concerned about how genetically modified organisms can be a threat to…