At the Annual General Meeting of Syngenta, a protest was held by Swissaid, Greenpeace and the Bern Declaration in front of the entrance and with direct interventions in the shareholders' meeting, against the Agro-group. The activists hand out information leaflets to the public to inform them about the patents of Syngenta.

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Gentechnik Protest Syngenta in Basel

Anlässlich der heutigen Generalversammlung von Syngenta protestierten Swissaid, Greenpeace und die Erklärung von Bern mit einer Aktion vor dem Eingang und direkten Interventionen in der Aktionärsversammlung gegen Patente des Agrokonzerns, mit denen er versucht, wichtige Eigenschaften von Reis und anderen Nutz-pflanzen für sich zu monopolisieren. Leidtragende dieser breiten Patentansprüche sind Bauern und Bäuerinnen, sowie Forschung und Pflanzenzüchtung. Die drei Organisationen fordern Syngenta auf, diese Patente zurückzuziehen.

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Unique identifier: GP01SKF

Type: Image

Shoot date: 26/04/2005

Locations: Basel, Europe, East Europe, Alpine Countries, Switzerland

Size: 2544px × 1696px 701KB

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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GE Protest Against Syngenta Patents in Basel

At the Annual General Meeting of Syngenta, a protest was held by Swissaid, Greenpeace and the Bern Declaration in front of the entrance and with direct interventions in the shareholders' meeting, against the Agro-group. Syngenta wants to patent important features of rice and other useful plants to gain a monopoly position. Victims of this broad patent claims are farmers, but also researchers and plant breeders. The three organisations urge Syngenta to withdraw these patents.

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