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Could bio-engineered foods be part of a climate solution?
Imagine a technology that could genetically rewire organisms in real-time, silencing critical genes across entire ecosystems with unknown effects.
After a week-long discussion by delegates from 196 countries, the SBSTTA of UN Biodiversity has concluded with a set of recommendations.
NAIROBI, May 20 (IPS) - After a week-long discussion by delegates from 196 countries, the 26th meeting of the Subsidiary Body of Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advisors (SBSTTA) of UN Biodiversity has concluded with a set of recommendations on several issues, including living modified organisms (LMOs) and synthetic biology. All nations must consider the recommendations, discuss them, and possibly adopt them at the Biodiversity COP in October. However, many questions remain unanswered and unclear.
The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) and the African Research Council (ARC) of South Africa hosted the Second Biosafety Regulators retreat with 57 delegates from 16 African countries in attendance.