Comment on the need to approve the use of Genome Editing for the genetic improvement of cultivated plants. From the Accademie per le Scienze Agrarie, Italy
A message from the Italian Academy dei Georgofili.
Click here to find the link25 10 21
UEAA Position Paper on the new EU Forest Strategy for 2030
Forest strategy and forest management practices: to achieve optimal balance between the conflicting demands will be crucial to find compromise solutions that can unite the different stakeholders. Prior to any decision, the UEAA strongly recommends broad scientific discussions and evaluations of scientific findings e.g. between scientists within the different regions, before changes in current management practices are requested.
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Minutes of the 18 June 2021 UEAA Steering Committee meeting
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Elections at the Steering Committee meeting dated 18 June 2021
Congratulation to Professors Elena Horská (Slovak Republic) elected as Vice President of the UEAA and to Maria Salomé Soares PAIS (Portugal) and Tomas García Azcárate (Spain) elected as observers and welcome to them as UEAA Steering Committee members.
Click here to find the brief CVs of Professors Elena Horská
Click here to find the brief CVs of Maria Salomé Soares PAIS
Click here to find the brief CVs of Tomas García Azcárate18 6 21
The prospects for digitalisation for the sustainable development of rural area
A message from the Italian Academy dei Georgofili.
Click here to find the link13 5 21
Press Release: European Commission recognizes that New Genomic Technologies products are in line with the objectives of the European Green Deal
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New Genomic Techniques: Releases from the EU Commission: (1) EC study and (2) a letter from Maroš Šefčovič Vice President of the EU Commission
Click here to find the link (1) EC study
Click here to find the link (2) a letter from Maroš Šefčovič Vice President of the EU Commission2 5 21
A letter from Commissioner STELLA KYRIAKIDES about Gene editing
A message from the French Veterinarian Academy through the French Academy of Agriculture.
Click here to find the link27 4 21
Regulatory and Political Challenges of New Breeding Techniques by Catherine Regnault Roger
A message from the French Academy of Agriculture.
Click here to find the link27 4 21
“Europe must make progress on animal genomic editing.” Interview with J.P. Jégou, President of the French Veterinarian Academy
A message from the French Veterinarian Academy through the French Academy of Agriculture.
Click here to find the link27 4 21
Minutes of the UEAA Steering Committee : last meeting (10 March 2021)
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Major concern about African Swine Fever panzootic in Lithuania
A message from the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
Click here to find the link to the Note “Will the African Swine Fever Pandemic Be Stopped?”
Click here to find the link to the article “African swine fever: risk, assessment, prevention, and disease control.”31 3 21
The UEAA Board is particularly sad to announce that his Vice President Professor Stefan Mihina, President of the Slovak Academy of Agricultural Sciences has passed away on February 19, 2021
OBITUORY – Professor Štefan Mihina
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Geographical indications for agro-food products, wines and spirits : The position of the Accademia dei Georgofili (Italy) on the initiative to revise these regulations.
A message from the Italian Accademia dei Georgofili
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A letter to Madam the President of the Commission of the UE on Genome Editing in production animals for health control.
A message from the French Académie Vétérinaire through the French Academy of Agriculture.
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Two new documents from the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA) : (1) Swedish national dialogue on Food systems and (2) The corona pandemic as the KSLA fellows see it.
Information from the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry
Click here to find the link Swedish national dialogue on Food systems
Click here to find the link The corona pandemic as the KSLA fellows see it6 3 21
Invitation to the international conference Rural Development to be held in Lithuania this autumn
Information from the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, member of the U E A A
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A communiqué from the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Cooperation of Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences with Private Agricultural Companies.
Message from the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences
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NEWS from The Accademia dei Georgofili (italy)
Action to support the agricultural world during this COVID-19 pandemic.
Message from the Italian Academy dei Georgofili
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MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR 2021
JOYEUX NOËL &TRES BONNE ANNEE 2021
BUON NATALE & FELICE ANNO NUOVO 2021
From the Steering Committee members to all UEAA members and friends.
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The Romanian Academy of Agricuture and Forestry supports the UEAA Position Paper regarding the Genome Editing Biotechnologies and UEAA calls for a new EU Regulation
see the link on the “ Activities/News and comments from UEAA Members
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P O S I T I O N P A P E R
GENE EDITING AND NEW EU REGULATIONS URGENTLY NEEDED |
The U E A A (Union Européenne des Académies d’Agriculture, www.ueaa.info) claims that the Directive 2001/18 / EC has become unsuitable due to advances in scientific knowledge and recent technical advances such as genome editing and hence urges the E U Governance to review and adjust the European regulations on GMO’s to recent scientific progress.
Tbilisi, 5 November 2020
A resolution from the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (member of UEAA) on Gene Editing : challenges and possibilities
see the link on the “ Activities/News and comments from UEAA Members
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Elections of the President and Vice President of the Union of European Academies for Science Applied to Agriculture, Food and Nature (U E A A) Steering Committee Meeting of UEAA
see the link on the “Minutes of the General Assembly and Steering Committee meetings”
by Zoom meeting from Tbilisi, Tuesday 6 October 2020, from 10.00 a.m. Paris time
Minutes of the Union of European Academies for Science Applied to Agriculture, Food and Nature (U E A A) Steering Committee Meeting
see the link on the “Minutes of the General Assembly and Steering Committee meetings”
by Zoom meeting from Tbilisi, Tuesday 6 October 2020, from 10.00 a.m. Paris time
The French Academy of Agriculture has just published a book on :
Covid-19 and agriculture
An opportunity for the agricultural and food transition?see the link on the “News and comments from UEAA Members”
Paris, September 2020
An open letter to the UN, G-20, and National Governments on COVID-19 and Agriculture for Food and Nutrition Security
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Publication in English of a book dedicated to Genome Editing and written by members of the French Academy of Agriculture, entitled:
GMOs and Genome Edited Organisms (GEOs): regulatory and geopolitical challenges
see the link on the “News and comments from UEAA Members
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The French Academy of Agriculture (A A F) publishes a Position Paper on “Genome editing, ethics and trust”, in the context of cultivated plants and trees and farm animals
The Recommendations of the position paper of the French Académie
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It is with great sadness that the UEAA steering committee announces that Professor Michele Stanca, President of the UEAA, Vice President of the Accademia dei Georgofili (Italy) passed away on Thursday 19th March 2020, victim of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.
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