GMO-free europe

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National:
Regions: More then 27,000 farmers have set up 100 GMO-free regions through legally binding contracts between them, covering an acreage of 900,000 hectare agricultural land.
Municipalities: 80 municipalities do not allow the cultivation of GMOs on their land.
Churches: The majority of protestant churchland has been pledged to stay GMO free.

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Farmers' self-obligations to stay GMO-free form GMO-free regions

Germany (February 2007)

In Germany BUND launched the campaign "Gentechnikfreie Regionen" (GMO-free regions) at end of 2003. Its aim is to support farmers to found regions of guaranteed GMO-free agriculture. The farmers sign legally binding self-obligations not to grow GMOs. The first GMO-free regions were Warbel-Recknitz and Schorfheide-Chorin in Northeast Germany. By now 100GMO-free regions have been set up by an alliance of more than 27,000 organic and conventional farmers, representing about 900.000 hectares of agricultural land. Adding woodland areas and nature protection sites over 1.78 million hectares in Germany lie within GMO-free regions.
For details and definitions, please check Gentechnikfrei Höfe, google maps with details of each regions can be found at Gentechfreie Regionen

No genetic engineerin on communal or church land

In 1999 BUND first launched the campaign "No genetic engineering on communal land. No genetic engineering on church land". The idea was that churches and communities are landowners, that they lease land to farmers and therefore can make contracts to oblige farmers not to grow GMOs. The contracts are much more than only a political signal and can act as inspiration for farmers and private land owners. So far, 80 communities have declared themselves GM-free and the majority of the protestant church has pledged not to grow GM on their land.
Details, facts and maps about churchland can be found on Gentechnikfreie Regionen.

Keine Gentechnik auf Kirchenland

Contact

BUND
Heike Moldenhauer
phone: +49-30-275 86 456
email: heike.moldenhauer@bund.net
website: www.gentechnikfreie-regionen.de

Anhang	Größe
Selbstverpflichtung.pdf	71.57 KB
GFR_in_Deutschland_Karte_Februar.pdf	296.03 KB
gentec_kirchenland_2007-04.pdf	42.74 KB