Papaya For The King on World Environment Day

A very healthy organic papaya in one of the farms in Suphanburi. Farmers from Thailand and Hawaii join Greenpeace volunteers in planting 60 organic papaya trees to mark World Environment Day. Greenpeace is campaigning against the release of genetically engineered papaya into the environment environment because it does not have proper risks assessment of its safety for human and for the environment.

Unique identifier: GP01Q0N

Type: Image

Shoot date: 03/06/2006

Locations: Southeast Asia, Thailand

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Vinai Dithajohn

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Papaya For The King On World Environment Day

Farmers from Thailand and Hawaii were joined by Greenpeace volunteers in planting 60 organic vegetables to mark World Environment Day. Greenpeace is campaigning against the release of genetically engineered papaya into the environment because it does not have proper risks assessment for human and for the environment. Ms Patwajee Srisuwan, a Greenpeace campaigner, and Dr Jiragorn Gajaseni, former Executive Director of Greenpeace Southeast Asia, are currently facing criminal charges after exposing the GMO contamination of papaya farms in Thailand.

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