On 19 Sep 2017, at 08:46, Rebecca Sandover <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
There has been a couple of examples discussed in the UK Food Group of Monsanto’s alleged global interventions in shaping policies. Some believe that Malawi’s new seed policy, that focuses on banning farmer organised seed fairs, was part written by Monsanto -https://foodtank.com/news/2017/08/monsanto-malawis-seed-policy/ The EU funded EFSA (European food safety Authority) has investigated the safety of the weedkiller glyphosate and produced a report rejecting the link between glyphosate use and cancer. Journalists argue that part of their report was copy and pasted from a Monsanto’s own report on the matter https://www.ecowatch.com/eu-glyphosate-monsanto-2485590981.html
Best wishes
Rebecca
On 19 Sep 2017, at 06:42, J.P. Sapinski <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Of interest to Canadians on this list (apologies for cross-postings):
http://www.corporatemapping.ca/bcs-last-climate-leadership-plan-was-written-in-big-oils-boardroom-literally/
In short, it appears that the British Columbia Climate Leadership Plan released in the summer of 2016 was written in close collaboration with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers - the main oil and gas lobby group in the country.
I'd be curious to hear of other examples of such cases of regulatory capture or institutional corruption in environmental policy-making elsewhere. I can think of the close involvement of the OECD in writing the Brundtland report (Jim MacNeil, president of the WCED, was from the OECD, and the report expanded on the ideas floated at a 1984 conference organized by the OECD), but there's probably a few other documented instances.
Best,
jp
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