GMO-free europe

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National & regional Currently there are no GMO-free regions in Georgia
International cooperation: Georgian NGOs iniated the GM-free Caucasus Network in 2004.

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Georgia is currently elaborating a National Biosafety Legislation. At the moment, the introduction and distribution of GMOs is not regulated at all.

In this context, the Greens Movement of Georgia (Friends of the Earth Georgia) initiated discussions and a coalition of interested NGOs, organic agricultural associations and organic farmers.
This coalition is trying to lead the process of law-drafting towards declaring Georgia GMO-Free.

GM-Free Caucasus Network

In December 2004 participants of the first Caucasian Regional Biosafety Conference organized by the Greens Movement of Georgia, decided to create GM-Free Caucasus Network. Later, after the similar meeting in Central Asia, the network was enlarged and in collaboration with CIS Alliance on Biosafety covers the whole former Soviet Union space.

The network consists of NGOs from Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Russia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Main demand of the network from the Governments of mentioned countries is to introduce 5-year moratorium on import and cultivation of GMOs and to create necessary legislative basis for declaring the regions of these countries and/or whole countries GM-Free.

Contact

The Greens Movement of Georgia / Friends of the Earth Georgia
George Magradze
phone: (995 32) 35 19 14
email: gmo@greens.ge
website: http://www.greens.ge