savoy011

Muuk 'Kaab Beekeeper Coop member. GMO soybean cultivation, sales continue in Campeche despite court rulings CORPORATE IMPUNITY IN THE RULE OF LAW Devon G. Peña | Seattle, WA | May 15, 2018 ‘ We don’t plant GMO seeds; we only sell them.’ –  Monsanto discussing court suspension of  transgenic soybeans The pivotal court ruling on the suspension of the planting of transgenic soybean in the southeastern Mexican state of Campeche was announced in July 2014; see the blog post of July 24, 2014 . The ruling was based on consideration of scientific evidence demonstrating to the court’s satisfaction that GMO soybean plantings pose threats to Mexican honey production in the states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatán. The ruling endorsed the plaintiffs’ argument that these threats have not been subject to scientific risk study or assessment by the agencies granting commercial permits to biotechnology corporations and the agribusiness operations they serve. Nor had the authorities follow...

Mayan bee glyph. Moderator’s Note:   When we last reported on the situation with GMOs in the southern Mexican states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatán, there were many reasons to celebrate since a federal judge had overturned the approval of GMO soy plantings in this region as a threat to the indigenous beekeepers of the region (see our posts of March 16 2014 and July 24, 2014 ). Those rulings profoundly recognized Mayan indigenous autonomy. As quoted in our report of March last year: According to press reports…(Mar 11, 2014) the court “determined that the effective protection of indigenous rights requires the exercise of certain human rights of a procedural nature, mainly the access to information, participation in decision-making and access to ensure justice.”   Moreover, this decision was based on the violation of the right to free, prior and informed consultation for indigenous peoples protected by Article 2 of the Mexican Constitution and Convention 169 of the ILO (...