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Date: 27 January 2005 03:54:51 GMT
Subject: Decontamination of GE Field trial
We have a campaign down here in Aotearoa/New Zealand to stop the field trial of GE trees happening in the middle of the North Island. They are modifying both pine and spruce in a trial lasting 20 years. This coming weekend, we have a national convergence happening there.
The People's Forest Forum have put out a call to action asking for people to email our Prime Minister Helen Clark (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Minister for the Enviroment Marion Hobbs (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and Jim Anderton, Minister of Foresty (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Is it possible for you to ask your subscribers to do the same as per the email below?
There is more information about the field trial and resistance on our website - www.pmea.org.nz
Thanks!
Valerie Morse
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Decontamination of GE Field trial
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Date: Mon, January 24, 2005 3:08 pm
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GE Field trial site of direct action
From: The People's Moratorium Enforcement Agency
'The field trials of GE trees in Rotorua at the Forest Research Institute campus will be the target of a People's Moratorium Enforcement Agency
(PMEA) action on the weekend of January 29-31' says spokeswoman Felicity Perry.
'This field trial is an affront to every New Zealander who values our native flora and fauna: from the kiwi to kauri and beyond. The field trial is a serious risk as a result of the use of self-replicating viruses, antibiotic marker genes (which spead resistance to antibiotics), horizontal gene transfer in the soil, and contamination through the wind.'
'This trial is not like a field of onions or corn: it is due to last twenty years and thereby makes the likelihood of irreversible genetic contamination highly likely. Scientists at FRI simply do not know what the long term impacts of these trials are on fragile NZ ecosystems.'
Two types of trees are being modified: pine and spruce. The trial seeks to modify the trees for herbicide resistance and reproductive traits.
The weekend of action starts on Saturday, January 30. For a full schedule of events and background information, please see the webpage of the People's Moratorium Enforcement Agency, http://www.pmea.org.nz
ENDS
For more information and interviews, please contact Felicity Perry 021-042-5962
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