Why did Germany ban Mon 810? Heike Moldenhauer
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Friends of the EarthGermany
Why did Germany ban Mon 810?
Heike Moldenhauer
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Friends of the EarthGermany
GMO free regions
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Friends of the EarthGermany
GMO free municipalities
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Friends of the EarthGermany
EDEKA action
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Friends of the EarthGermany
Factors for success
Campaign targets: farmers and consumers
Five years tradition in founding GMO free regions and local resistence
Broad alliance: cooperation FOE and Association of Familiy Farmers (Via Campesina), other Farmers´ networks, beekeepers, Greenpeace, etc.
Political circumstances:• Bavarias CSU lost absolute majority last autumn due to
GMOs, too• Federal agriculture minister is from Bavaria• EU and national elections cause stress
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Friends of the EarthGermany
What did work against Mon 810?
• Local actions: demonstrations in Aigner´s constituency
• Online-campaining (Campact): Mrs Aigner, ban Mon 810
(50 000 emails)
• Lobbying on national and Bavarian level
• Press work
• Own study: Evaluation of all studies done since 2007