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Expansion of GM seeds stopped in Guatemala
Jun. 21, 2016
Indigenous communities, ancestral authorities and social organizations celebrate in Guatemala the suspension by the Constitutional Court (CC) of the agreement giving Green light to the expansion of genetically modified seeds.
This victory that much had to do with the work of deputy of the Winaq seats, Amilcar Pop, is considered by wide sectors as an important step in defense of natural resources and autochthonous seeds of the indigenous peoples of this Central American country.
The CC of Guatemala notified on Friday the provisional suspension of Decree 6-2014 Protocol of Nagoya (Japan, 2010), dealing with Access to genetic resources and equitable distribution of the benefits coming from its use.
This treaty is questioned by civil organizations and ancestral authorities for the procedure used in its approval in the Congress of the Republic, as a national urgency.
Also, the treaty did not achieve two thirds of the votes required by the Political Constitution (1985) and the organic law of the legislative power, despite which it was implemented.
The Nagoya Protocol, legitimated after six years of negotiations in the context of the 10th Conference of the Parts (COP-10) of the agreement on Biologic Diversity, pretends to promote modern biotechnology for food production and the genetic modification, native and creoles.
The ruling of Guatemala’s CC forces the National Council of Protected Areas to suspend actions oriented to the compliance in this territory.
Source: Prensa Latina
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