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Call for action at Biodiversity summit COP9/MOP4
Driving out small farmers and peasants, genetic manipulation, deforestation, use of pesticides ... ... it will all be at stake at the UN summit in Bonn. The MOP4 meeting will take place 12-16 May, the COP9 16-30 May.
Join the protests and other events! As agro multinationals will also use the opportunity for massive lobbying.
April 23rd 2008 - Amsterdam. The winners of the Earth from Below Photo-competition, launched in the Balkans, are announced. The release of the competition results was part of the massive Earth Day celebration in the centers of Sofia (Bulgaria), Skopje (Macedonia) and Calaras (Romania) on April 22. The thirty selected photographs on the topics of waste, wilderness, tourism, traffic, climate change and urbanization were exhibited in the centers of the Bulgarian and Macedonian capitals and in Calaras.
New report published by groups from Europe, the US and South America
The Round Table on Responsible Soy is seeking to legitimise irresponsible, socially and environmentally damaging soy production, according to a new report published on Tuesday 22 April, ahead of the Round Table on Responsible Soy’s third conference in Buenos Aires.
Thursday April 17th, the international day of farmers struggles, the group Agrocrisis blocked a Cargill company firm in the harbour of Ghent, Belgium. Some 30 activists began the action at around 6h30 in the morning and lasted until after 5 p.m. During all that time, not one truck with soy could enter or leave the firm. Some activists had locked themselves with pipes and bicycle chains at the gate, so it was impossible to open the entrance without brute force. The staff of the firm, scared of bad publicity, chose therefore to let the activists occupy the gate and didn't ask the police to intervene.
Yesterday, April 9th, A SEED Europe held a colourful public action in front the Parliament's building in Den Haag to submit a petition calling for revision of the Dutch contribution to the World Bank. The document, undersigned by more than fifty Dutch organizations was handed in to the representatives of the Finance and Foreign Affairs Commissions in the Parliament and to the Dutch minister of Development Mr. Koenders.
This Saturday A SEEDs new documentary "Gene Seeks Farmer" was presented in the Balie, Amsterdam. After there was a good debate, with panel members Michel Haring, Krista van Velzen, Maaike Raaijmakers en Lidy Demunter. Illustrating the controversy around the introduction of GMO crops, the film challenges farmers, representatives and a broader public to get informed and participate in the social debate about gene technology in agriculture. read more
Rejection of 3th RoundTable on Responsible Soy
Already over 100 organisations and networks signed the statement!
On April 23-24 many companies involved in the large scale production and trade of soy will be meeting in the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires. Peasant movements and social and ecological groups have published a statement to expose that those companies are not the right ones to talk about so called 'responsible soy'. They are the core of the problem and not part of the solution.
The police have violently evicted the peaceful land occupation of Via Campesina women, injuring as many as 50 women. This action was taking place among other activities organised for the International Women Day on the 8th of March.
On Tuesday, 4 March, around 900 women of the Via Campesina occupied the Tarumã Farm, 2,100 hectares big, in the municipality of Rosário do Sul, at about 400 km from the state capital Porto Alegre. They arrived at the area at about 6 am and started immediately to cut down eucalyptus trees and to plant native trees seedlings.
April 23rd 2008 - Amsterdam. The winners of the Earth from Below Photo-competition, launched in the Balkans, are announced. The release of the competition results was part of the massive Earth Day celebration in the centers of Sofia (Bulgaria), Skopje (Macedonia) and Calaras (Romania) on April 22. 
Thursday April 17th, the international day of farmers struggles, the group Agrocrisis blocked a Cargill company firm in the harbour of Ghent, Belgium. Some 30 activists began the action at around 6h30 in the morning and lasted until after 5 p.m. During all that time, not one truck with soy could enter or leave the firm. Some activists had locked themselves with pipes and bicycle chains at the gate, so it was impossible to open the entrance without brute force. The staff of the firm, scared of bad publicity, chose therefore to let the activists occupy the gate and didn't ask the police to intervene. 
Yesterday, April 9th, A SEED Europe held a colourful public action in front the Parliament's building in Den Haag to submit a petition calling for revision of the Dutch contribution to the World Bank. The document, undersigned by more than fifty Dutch organizations was handed in to the representatives of the Finance and Foreign Affairs Commissions in the Parliament and to the Dutch minister of Development Mr. Koenders. 
This Saturday A SEEDs new documentary "Gene Seeks Farmer" was presented in the Balie, Amsterdam. After there was a good debate, with panel members Michel Haring, Krista van Velzen, Maaike Raaijmakers en Lidy Demunter. Illustrating the controversy around the introduction of GMO crops, the film challenges farmers, representatives and a broader public to get informed and participate in the social debate about gene technology in agriculture. 
On April 23-24 many companies involved in the large scale production and trade of soy will be meeting in the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires. Peasant movements and social and ecological groups have published