In 2011 werd in het noorden van Mozambique, in de kustprovincie Cabo Delgado, één van de grootste gasvoorraden ter wereld gevonden. Er wordt in totaal 25 miljard dollar geïnvesteerd om het gas te kunnen winnen. Tientallen multinationals en financiers zijn betrokken bij deze snelle ontwikkelingen. Voor mensen die in Cabo Delgado wonen is het heel moeilijk om enige invloed uit te oefenen op de plannen en activiteiten, terwijl zij de negatieve gevolgen ondervinden. Zij raken land kwijt door de komst van al deze bedrijven.
Today, almost 90 organisations and networks from around the world, including Both ENDS, sent a letter to the European Commission to urge the EU to stop including UPOV91 in Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). The main objective of UPOV91 is to further erode traditional seeds rights and to regulate local seed markets in the interest of internationally operating seed companies.
This matter is urgent because currently, the EU and Indonesia are negotiating an FTA. Including UPOV91 in this FTA means that Indonesia will have to change its policies, which will take away the farmers' rights to:
- breed, save and exchange all seeds and other planting material
- participate in decisions concerning seed improvement/ breeding, selection, quality standards, pricing, production, distribution and diversity
- customary practice especially in regard to indigenous seed
- be protected from being sold fake and inappropriate seed
- have a true choice between the use of certified and seed from fellow farmer managed seed systems.
- breed, save and exchange all seeds and other planting material
- participate in decisions concerning seed improvement/ breeding, selection, quality standards, pricing, production, distribution and diversity
- customary practice especially in regard to indigenous seed
- be protected from being sold fake and inappropriate seed
- have a true choice between the use of certified and seed from fellow farmer managed seed systems
The joint organisations therefore call upon the Indonesian government to resist the ask of the EU to comply with UPOV 91.
Both ENDS en partners hebben een reactie gestuurd op FMO's consultatie over fossiele brandstoffen. Both ENDS en partners zijn blij dat FMO eindelijk positie inneemt ten opzichte van fossiele brandstoffen, maar gaat wat ons betreft nog niet ver genoeg.