Greenpeace now calls on thegovernments to stand up to their political responsibility and urgently address the question of patents on life. Whilst industry lobbyists are allowed access to the conference, the interest of the public have been locked out. Now Greenpeace has locked the delegations out. Strong criticism against the patenting of life has come from many sides.
Criticism increasingly comes also from parts of industry and scientists.
Nevertheless, their delegations at the Patent Conference have so far not acted accordingly. Instead they have avoided the issue and last Tuesday once again opted to have non-industry NGOs like Greenpeace be excluded. We are calling on ministers to start the open dialouge with the public on this fundamental issue.