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The Friends of the Earth published yesterday the exact location of the English places in which are planted or will plant experimental GM crops. There is everything from potatoes resistant to the heat of CSIC Malaga to snuff for production of ethanol from the University of Navarra, passing many new varieties of corn, beet, cotton multinationals like Monsanto, Bayer, Pioneer and Syngenta.
The European Court of Justice requires the Ministry of Environment to publish such data since 2010, although the Department of Rosa Aguilar hangs on its website only provides on request. David Sanchez, of the NGO, said yesterday that "public access to information is a clear improvement in transparency." In addition to these field tests, in Spain there are 67,000 hectares of ma
GM-free zones in Spain
January 2011
Autonomous declared GM-free Asturias: General Board Resolution 21/06, of 20 May 2004 adopted by the plenary session on genetically modified crops in Asturias.
Basque Country: Agreement not to use genetically modified organisms in agriculture adopted by the Governing Board of the February 20, 2007
Balearic Islands: Proposal not of law passed by Parliament to declare the Balearic Islands "territory free of crops GM. "
Canary Islands: Agreement Governing Council of the Canary Islands of March 25, 2008 to declare the Canary Islands as a zone free of GM crops.
Galicia: The Plenary Assembly urges the Galician Xunta that "does not contemplate the production of GM crops intended for human consumption and animal" on November 26, 2008.
Municipalities declared free GM
Andalusia: Almonte (Huelva), Pozoblanco and Montilla (Córdoba), Dalias, Turre (Almería), Aguadulce, Alcalá del Río, La Algaba, Arahal, Beds, Casariche, El Cuervo, Fuentes de Andalucia, Gilena, Big Island, The Lantejuela, Louisiana, Marinaleda, Martin de la Jara, Los Barfield, Pedrera, La Puebla de Cazalla, La Puebla de los Infantes (Sevilla), Total, Alfarnate, Velez-Malaga, El Borge, Moclinejo Ardales Iznate, Alhaurin de la Torre (Malaga), Galaroza (Málaga)
Totalan, Alfarnate, El Borge, Velez Malaga, Moclinejo, Ardales, Iznate, Alhaurin de la Torre
Asturias: Aller, Cangas de Narcea, Castropol, Baja Peñamellera , Carreno, Riosa
Balearic Esporles, Manacor, Perreres, Arta, Capdepera, Santa Maria del Camí, Estellencs, Andratx.
Canarias: El Rosario, Garachico, La Orotava, Arico, The Silos, Tequeste, Buenavista, Icod de los Vinos Tacoronte, Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife), and Galdar Artenara (Gran Canaria), Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura), Yaiza (Lanzarote).
Aires: Ruby, Sitges, The Franqueses del Valles, Vila Franca del Penedes, Mataró, Molins de Rei, Corbera de Llobregat, Arens de Munt, Olesa Bonesvalls of La Garriga, Sant Boi de Lobregat, St. Cyprian of Vallalta, Sabadell El Masnou, Berga Fonollosa, Santpedor, Calders Riuprimer of Santa Eulalia, Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, Callús, San Salvador de Guardiola (Barcelona), Celrà, Olot, Ripoll, St. Paul, Begur (Gerona), Valls Ulldecona Ruidecanyes La Bisbal Penedès, Sant Carles de la Rapita Masdenverge, Santa Barbara, Tortosa, Aldover, Rasquera, Horta de Sant Joan Arnes, Flix Aiguamúrcia, Ruidoms (Tarragona), Preixens, Castellserà, Vilanova Segrià, Balaguer, Ager, Camarasa Torah (Lérida)
Comarcas Priorat, Penedès and Baix Penedès Alt
Castilla - La Mancha: Albacete Casas Ibañez, and Villamalea Elche de la Sierra (Albacete), Daimiel (Ciudad Real).
Region of the Sierra del Segura
Castilla y Leon: Palencia, Molinillo (Salamanca).
Community of Madrid: The Acebedo, Rivas Vaciamadrid Ciempozuelos Colmenarejo
Comunidad Valenciana Altea (Alicante) Calpe (Alicante)
Extremadura: Carcaboso, Arroyo de la Luz (Cáceres)
Galicia: Lalín The Grove, Silleda, Forcarei, Salceda of Caselas (Pontevedra), IRIX, Chaves, Beja , Allariz (Ourense), Chantada, Riotorto (Lugo), Vale do Dubra, Ames, lard, Negreira, Teo, Messiah, bang, Lage (Madrid)
Murcia, Navarra Bulls
: Valle del Yerri, Etxauri
País Vasco: Wire, Itsasondo, Elgeta, Ikastegieta, Mutriku, Olaberria, Larraul, Bergara, and Ormaiztegi Zaldibia (Guipúzcoa), Abanto, Amoroto, Arratzu, Aulesti, Balmaseda, Izurtza, Muskiz, Otxandio, Mallabia, Ispaster, Lemoiz and Turtzioz (Vizcaya), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Valdegobía, Valle de Arana, Zigoitia and Amurrio (Álava)
Provincial Authorities: Diputación de Málaga
Juntas Generales de Álava, Juntas Generales de Vizcaya
Authorities
Island:
Consell Insular de Menorca Consell Insular de Mallorca
Cabildo Insular de Lanzarote
More information about the campaign
Friends of the Earth encourages the declaration of new GMO-free zones in coordination with :
Platform Transgenics Fora! Som
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Galega Platform Antitransxénicos
And with many other environmental groups, social or agrarian who share the goal of a world free of transgenics. Via
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