秘鲁在10年内禁止转基因作物的生产

秘鲁总统Ollanta Humala说，在听到农业和社会组织的呼声后，政府做出这个决议，采用重要的一步来保护我们的生物多样性。

本年早些时候（2011），秘鲁总路外事部门签署了一个对转进因种子敞开大门的法令。但是随之而来的强烈抗议不仅仅使农业部部长辞职，也导致了转基因作物的十年禁期。

但这个禁令没有被外事部门签署成为法令，因此新的秘鲁国会于11月强制性的又一次通过了该禁令。

为保护当地食品生产商，秘鲁已通过了一个法令，暂停转基因生物的生产和销售。

PERU has banned GM production for 10 years.
In a bid to protect its local food producers, the country has approved a law establishing a moratorium on income and production of genetically modified organisms.

Peru’s President Ollanta Humalasaid the decision was made after hearing the cries of agricultural organisations and civil society to take this important step in the defence of our biodiversity.

Earlier this year, the administration of the outgoingPeruvian President slipped in a decree which opened the door for GM seeds. But the subsequent outcry forced not only the resignation of the Agriculture Minister, who had introduced the decree, but also a 10-year ban on GMOs.

However, that ban was not signed into law by the outgoing Administration, so in November the new Peruvian Congress overwhelmingly approved the ban once again.