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                    [Title] => Strict implementation of EIS rules on projs in agri lands urged
                    [Summary] => A civil society group is urging the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to reinforce rules requiring companies to submit an environmental impact statement (EIS) for environmentally-critical projects done in prime agricultural lands.


Roberto Verzola, leader of the Philippine Greens Institute (PGI), said the DENR should issue another special order reiterating the implementation of Department Administrative Order 37 which outlines rules on field testing of GM crops since this has never been enforced since 2002.
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"We challenge the BPI to call for independent research and risk assessment that will present evidences that the stack-trait corn variety poses no potential hazards to health and the environment," said PGI leader Obet Verzola.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Strict implementation of EIS rules on projs in agri lands urged
                    [Summary] => A civil society group is urging the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to reinforce rules requiring companies to submit an environmental impact statement (EIS) for environmentally-critical projects done in prime agricultural lands.


Roberto Verzola, leader of the Philippine Greens Institute (PGI), said the DENR should issue another special order reiterating the implementation of Department Administrative Order 37 which outlines rules on field testing of GM crops since this has never been enforced since 2002.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 308926 [Title] => BPI scored over modified corn variety [Summary] => The Philippine Greens Institute (PGI) is questioning the "arbitrary approval" by the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) of the commercialization of the country’s third genetically modified corn variety, the stack-trait corn developed by multinational seed producer Monsanto.

"We challenge the BPI to call for independent research and risk assessment that will present evidences that the stack-trait corn variety poses no potential hazards to health and the environment," said PGI leader Obet Verzola.
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