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drpawelek Re: Monsanto 06.12.07, 01:20

Monsanto's legacy in Indonesia

Dirty tricks and broken promises - Monsanto's legacy in Indonesia

INTRODUCTION

Monsanto achieved commercial approval of its GM cotton in Indonesia faster than
in any other Asian country. The company was able to use this success, in
commercialising its first GM crop in Asia, as a lever to promote GM crop
commercialisation elsewhere in the continent.

By December 2003, however, the Indonesian Minister of Agriculture had announced
that Monsanto had pulled its GM cotton out of the country. Monsanto has left
behind it a legacy of broken promises and illegality.

MONSANTO'S HONESTY PLEDGE

In early 2004 Monsanto was named Best Multinational Company in the first
International Business Awards competition, whose aim is to raise the public
"profile of exemplary companies". In making the award specific reference was
made to the Monsanto Pledge that Monsanto says guides all its business activities.

"Integrity is the foundation for all that we do," Monsanto boasts on its
website. And "integrity", the company says, includes "honesty, decency,
consistency and courage". These are all part of the Monsanto Pledge.

THE MONSANTO BRIBERY SCANDAL

In January 2005 it was announced that Monsanto is to pay $1.5m in penalties to
the US government over a bribe paid in Indonesia in a bid to bypass controls on
the screening of new GM cotton crops.

According to a criminal complaint by the Department of Justice under US
anti-bribery laws, the company paid $50,000 to an unnamed senior Indonesian
environmental official in 2002, in an unsuccessful bid to amend or repeal the
requirement for the environmental impact statement for new crop varieties.

The bribe in question was just the tip of the iceberg and the trail of
corruption leads back to the U.S..

BRIBE APPROVED BY SENIOR MONSANTO EXEC

A senior Monsanto official based in the US ordered the bribing of the
environmental official. According to the Security and Exchange Commission, "When
it became clear that the lobbying efforts were having no effect on the Senior
Environment Official, the Senior Monsanto Manager told the Consulting Firm
Employee to 'incentivize' the official with a cash payment of $50,000," The
Monsanto manager then concocted a scheme "involving false invoices" to hide the
bribe.

According to the Financial Times, "The company also admitted that it had paid
over $700,000 in bribes to various officials in Indonesia between 1997 and 2002,
financed through improper accounting of its pesticide sales in Indonesia."

The bribes were financed, at least in part, through unauthorized, improperly
documented and inflated sales of Monsanto's pesticide products in Indonesia, the
company admitted.

The Financial Times notes, "The attempt to circumvent environmental controls on
genetically-modified crops in a developing country is a significant
embarrassment for Monsanto, which is engaged in an ongoing campaign to win
public support in the European Union for its genetically modified crops."
www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4773
MONSANTO GAVE BRIBES TO "AT LEAST 140" OFFICIALS

Over a five year period, it seems, Monsanto gave bribes to "at least 140"
current or former Indonesian government officials and their family members.

The recipients are said to have included a senior official in the environment
ministry, a senior official in the agriculture ministry, and an official in the
National Planning and Development Board (Bappenas).

The largest single set of bribes was for the purchase of land and the design and
construction of a house in the name of a wife of a senior Ministry of
Agriculture official, which cost Monsanto $373,990.
www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4776
www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4780
www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4793
HOW MONSANTO'S GM COTTON WAS BROUGHT TO INDONESIA

It's interesting, in the context of the corruption scandal, to revisit the
extraordinary way in which Monsanto's GM seed was first brought into Indonesia
in March 2001. It happened with the Indonesian military riding shotgun for Monsanto.

According to the Jakarta Post, "A total of 40 tons of genetically modified
Bollgard cotton seed arrived at the Makassar airport from South Africa amid
strong protests from environmentalists... A number of activists, waving
banners... tried to intercept the convoy of trucks carrying the cotton seeds,
which contain Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), and block them from leaving the
airport...

"The authorities had apparently concealed the seed's arrival from the press...
but at approximately 1pm on Thursday The Jakarta Post noticed a Russian Ilyusin
transport plane ... unloading the seed in the airport's military area. The
wide-bodied plane ... was tightly guarded, and reporters and photographers were
barred from approaching the plane. Members of the Indonesian Air Force guarding
the area said that reporters must back off for security reasons."
www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4782
MONSANTO'S LEGACY IN INDONESIA

The farmers who grew Monsanto's GM seed did far less well out of it than the
Indonesian officials who took Monsanto's bribes.

Monsanto's entry into the region in 2001, through its Indonesian subsidiary PT
Monagro Kimia, was marked by a concerted campaign of promotion of its Bt cotton
among farmers. The company claimed that Bt cotton was environmentally friendly,
used less pesticide, and would ensure an abundant harvest and increase farmers'
welfare.

In the first year of planting, there were reported failures of Bt cotton - the
crop succumbed to drought and hundreds of hectares were attacked by pests. The
drought had led to a pest population explosion on Bt cotton, but not on other
cotton varieties.

As a result, instead of reducing pesticide use, farmers had to use larger
amounts of pesticides to control the pests. Furthermore, the Bt cotton -
engineered to be resistant to a pest that is not a major problem in the area -
was susceptible to other more serious pests.

Moreover, it did not produce the yields Monsanto had boasted about. The poor
yields trapped farmers in a debt cycle; some 70% of the 4 438 farmers growing Bt
cotton were unable to repay their credit after the first year of planting.

One of the Indonesian farmers who grew Monsanto's GM cotton commented, "The
company didn't give the farmer any choice, they never intended to improve our
well being, they just put us in a debt circle, took away our independence and
made us their slave forever."

More at www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4783

INDONESIA'S CORRUPTION COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE MONSANTO BRIBES

Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has begun to investigate the
Monsanto bribery case.
www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4780
www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4793
MONSANTO'S BOSS IMPLICATED AND URGED TO QUIT

In the light of evidence that Monsanto tried to illegally circumvent
environmental controls in Indonesia, Monsanto's president and chief executive,
Hugh Grant, has been called on to quit the International Advisory Board set up
by Scottish Enterprise, which helps Scottish companies develop their businesses
abroad.

Jonathan Matthews of GM Watch told the Sunday Herald, "This man is steeped in a
company culture that allowed

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edek40 Re: Bedziemy glodni czy tylko chudsi? 05.12.07, 13:00

Jesli nakreslona wizja jest realna, to lekko nie bedzie. Tu nie tylko inflacja jest grozna. Wiele gospodarstw domowych moze nie wytrzymac wzrostu kosztow utrzymania i np. przestanie placic jakis kredyt. Stad juz tylko jakies dwa-trzy kroki do powaznego kryzysu. A juz teraz drozeje wszystko w dziwnym tempie.
lexus400 Re: Bedziemy glodni czy tylko chudsi? 05.12.07, 14:00

Chudszy mogę być ale czy chcę być głodny? - raczej nie, faktem jest, że w
perspektywie nie wygląda to różowo.
drpawelek Monsanto 06.12.07, 00:26

Monsanto w natarciu?

www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v19/n8/full/nbt0801_700.html
- drpawelek Re: Monsanto 06.12.07, 01:20
  
  Monsanto's legacy in Indonesia
  
  Dirty tricks and broken promises - Monsanto's legacy in Indonesia
  
  INTRODUCTION
  
  Monsanto achieved commercial approval of its GM cotton in Indonesia faster than
  in any other Asian country. The company was able to use this success, in
  commercialising its first GM crop in Asia, as a lever to promote GM crop
  commercialisation elsewhere in the continent.
  
  By December 2003, however, the Indonesian Minister of Agriculture had announced
  that Monsanto had pulled its GM cotton out of the country. Monsanto has left
  behind it a legacy of broken promises and illegality.
  
  MONSANTO'S HONESTY PLEDGE
  
  In early 2004 Monsanto was named Best Multinational Company in the first
  International Business Awards competition, whose aim is to raise the public
  "profile of exemplary companies". In making the award specific reference was
  made to the Monsanto Pledge that Monsanto says guides all its business activities.
  
  "Integrity is the foundation for all that we do," Monsanto boasts on its
  website. And "integrity", the company says, includes "honesty, decency,
  consistency and courage". These are all part of the Monsanto Pledge.
  
  THE MONSANTO BRIBERY SCANDAL
  
  In January 2005 it was announced that Monsanto is to pay $1.5m in penalties to
  the US government over a bribe paid in Indonesia in a bid to bypass controls on
  the screening of new GM cotton crops.
  
  According to a criminal complaint by the Department of Justice under US
  anti-bribery laws, the company paid $50,000 to an unnamed senior Indonesian
  environmental official in 2002, in an unsuccessful bid to amend or repeal the
  requirement for the environmental impact statement for new crop varieties.
  
  The bribe in question was just the tip of the iceberg and the trail of
  corruption leads back to the U.S..
  
  BRIBE APPROVED BY SENIOR MONSANTO EXEC
  
  A senior Monsanto official based in the US ordered the bribing of the
  environmental official. According to the Security and Exchange Commission, "When
  it became clear that the lobbying efforts were having no effect on the Senior
  Environment Official, the Senior Monsanto Manager told the Consulting Firm
  Employee to 'incentivize' the official with a cash payment of $50,000," The
  Monsanto manager then concocted a scheme "involving false invoices" to hide the
  bribe.
  
  According to the Financial Times, "The company also admitted that it had paid
  over $700,000 in bribes to various officials in Indonesia between 1997 and 2002,
  financed through improper accounting of its pesticide sales in Indonesia."
  
  The bribes were financed, at least in part, through unauthorized, improperly
  documented and inflated sales of Monsanto's pesticide products in Indonesia, the
  company admitted.
  
  The Financial Times notes, "The attempt to circumvent environmental controls on
  genetically-modified crops in a developing country is a significant
  embarrassment for Monsanto, which is engaged in an ongoing campaign to win
  public support in the European Union for its genetically modified crops."
  www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4773
  MONSANTO GAVE BRIBES TO "AT LEAST 140" OFFICIALS
  
  Over a five year period, it seems, Monsanto gave bribes to "at least 140"
  current or former Indonesian government officials and their family members.
  
  The recipients are said to have included a senior official in the environment
  ministry, a senior official in the agriculture ministry, and an official in the
  National Planning and Development Board (Bappenas).
  
  The largest single set of bribes was for the purchase of land and the design and
  construction of a house in the name of a wife of a senior Ministry of
  Agriculture official, which cost Monsanto $373,990.
  www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4776
  www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4780
  www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4793
  HOW MONSANTO'S GM COTTON WAS BROUGHT TO INDONESIA
  
  It's interesting, in the context of the corruption scandal, to revisit the
  extraordinary way in which Monsanto's GM seed was first brought into Indonesia
  in March 2001. It happened with the Indonesian military riding shotgun for Monsanto.
  
  According to the Jakarta Post, "A total of 40 tons of genetically modified
  Bollgard cotton seed arrived at the Makassar airport from South Africa amid
  strong protests from environmentalists... A number of activists, waving
  banners... tried to intercept the convoy of trucks carrying the cotton seeds,
  which contain Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), and block them from leaving the
  airport...
  
  "The authorities had apparently concealed the seed's arrival from the press...
  but at approximately 1pm on Thursday The Jakarta Post noticed a Russian Ilyusin
  transport plane ... unloading the seed in the airport's military area. The
  wide-bodied plane ... was tightly guarded, and reporters and photographers were
  barred from approaching the plane. Members of the Indonesian Air Force guarding
  the area said that reporters must back off for security reasons."
  www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4782
  MONSANTO'S LEGACY IN INDONESIA
  
  The farmers who grew Monsanto's GM seed did far less well out of it than the
  Indonesian officials who took Monsanto's bribes.
  
  Monsanto's entry into the region in 2001, through its Indonesian subsidiary PT
  Monagro Kimia, was marked by a concerted campaign of promotion of its Bt cotton
  among farmers. The company claimed that Bt cotton was environmentally friendly,
  used less pesticide, and would ensure an abundant harvest and increase farmers'
  welfare.
  
  In the first year of planting, there were reported failures of Bt cotton - the
  crop succumbed to drought and hundreds of hectares were attacked by pests. The
  drought had led to a pest population explosion on Bt cotton, but not on other
  cotton varieties.
  
  As a result, instead of reducing pesticide use, farmers had to use larger
  amounts of pesticides to control the pests. Furthermore, the Bt cotton -
  engineered to be resistant to a pest that is not a major problem in the area -
  was susceptible to other more serious pests.
  
  Moreover, it did not produce the yields Monsanto had boasted about. The poor
  yields trapped farmers in a debt cycle; some 70% of the 4 438 farmers growing Bt
  cotton were unable to repay their credit after the first year of planting.
  
  One of the Indonesian farmers who grew Monsanto's GM cotton commented, "The
  company didn't give the farmer any choice, they never intended to improve our
  well being, they just put us in a debt circle, took away our independence and
  made us their slave forever."
  
  More at www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4783
  
  INDONESIA'S CORRUPTION COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE MONSANTO BRIBES
  
  Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has begun to investigate the
  Monsanto bribery case.
  www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4780
  www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4793
  MONSANTO'S BOSS IMPLICATED AND URGED TO QUIT
  
  In the light of evidence that Monsanto tried to illegally circumvent
  environmental controls in Indonesia, Monsanto's president and chief executive,
  Hugh Grant, has been called on to quit the International Advisory Board set up
  by Scottish Enterprise, which helps Scottish companies develop their businesses
  abroad.
  
  Jonathan Matthews of GM Watch told the Sunday Herald, "This man is steeped in a
  company culture that allowed
drpawelek Francuzi tez beda glodni. 09.02.08, 23:16

We Francji nie będzie genetycznie modyfikowanej kukurydzy
ika 09-02-2008, ostatnia aktualizacja 09-02-2008 18:51

Francja zakazuje uprawy genetycznie modyfikowanej kukurydzy - głosi
rozporządzenie ministra rolnictwa, które ukazało się w dzienniku urzędowym w
sobotę, w dniu, gdy upłynął termin moratorium na tę uprawę.

Decyzja ta oznacza, że rząd francuski postanowił skorzystać z tzw. unijnej
"klauzuli ochronnej", która pozwala na zakazanie uprawy roślin genetycznie
modyfikowanych (GMO) na terenie jednego państwa, choć jest ona dozwolona w
pozostałych państwach UE. Warunkiem jest uzasadnienie tego stanowiska opinią
rady niezależnych ekspertów.

Poproszona o opinię na temat kukurydzy GMO rada francuskich naukowców wyraziła
jeszcze w styczniu "poważne wątpliwości" co do wpływu tych upraw na "środowisko,
zdrowie, gospodarkę".

Wobec tego rząd Fillona zdecydował się pod koniec ubiegłego roku ogłosić
zawieszenie do 9 lutego jedynej we Francji uprawy GMO - kukurydzy MON 810
amerykańskiej firmy Monsanto. Jednocześnie rząd francuski złożył w Brukseli
odpowiednie zawiadomienie o uruchomieniu "klauzuli ochronnej".

Zakazu upraw domagały się organizacje ekologiczne, a także lider
alterglobalistów Jose Bove, który wraz z grupą swych zwolenników na początku
stycznia prowadził głodówkę w centrum Paryża. Przeciw zakazowi protestują
producenci MON 810, której powierzchnia upraw we Francji wynosi 22 tysięcy
hektarów (czyli mniej niż 1 proc. powierzchni upraw kukurydzy w tym kraju.
Źródło : PAP

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