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| | Just 100 corporations behind a fifth of global extractive conflicts, study reveals – and Bayer-Monsanto is one of them Just one hundred corporations are behind a fifth of the documented extractive conflicts worldwide, exposing how companies from the Global North seize resources and profits, while social and ecological harms are imposed on the Global South, according to a recent study by Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB). The findings are based on the analysis of data from the Environmental Justice Atlas (EJAtlas), an interactive map that locates and documents more than 4,300 extractive conflicts around the world - such as disputed mines, pipelines, or hydropower dams resisted by environmental justice activists and local communities. The most conflictive 100 corporations - including Shell, Glencore, Repsol, and Bayer-Monsanto - represent only 2% of the 5,500 companies documented in the EJAtlas and yet are involved in 20% of the conflicts analysed. Eurekalert India: Telangana demands moratorium on releasing gene-edited rice in Indian market The Telangana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Commission has strongly protested against the central government’s approval and release of gene-edited rice varieties in India. In a hard-hitting letter to the Agriculture Minister, Commission Chairman M. Kodanda Reddy said the Centre’s “critical decision” would have “far-reaching consequences for the country’s food system and biodiversity”. Conveying the concerns of Telangana farmers, citizens, and civil society stakeholders, Reddy flayed the central government for making such opaque critical decisions without public consultation. He said farmers might be forced into dependency on proprietary seed technologies, threatening their right to save and exchange seeds under the Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers’ Rights Act. He said the state had witnessed the sad and pitiable experience of cotton farmers with Bt cotton and illegal herbicide tolerant Bt cotton. South First US: RFK Jr. tells farmers, Republican Party not to worry about his report targeting pesticides Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sought to reassure farmers and one Republican senator about his upcoming report on how pesticides are driving up rates of childhood chronic diseases, acknowledging that chemicals like glyphosate that he has long criticised are widely used for growing crops in the US. "I have said repeatedly throughout this process, that we cannot take any step that will put a single farmer in this country out of business," Kennedy said. "There's a million farmers who rely on glyphosate. 100% of corn in this country relies on glyphosate. We are not going to do anything to jeopardise that business model." During his presidential campaign, Kennedy pledged to get toxins out of the food supply, warning that "toxic chemicals like glyphosate" were widely contaminating what Americans were eating. CBS News We hope you’ve found this newsletter interesting. It was made possible by GMWatch supporters. To become one, please support our work with a one-off or regular donation. Thank you! __________________________________________________________ Website: http://www.gmwatch.org
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