Environmental alarm: Different seed variety in Austria!

Environmental alarm: Different seed variety in Austria!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - A worrying call to the active promotion of biodiversity in agriculture is loudly raised by Arche Noah. In a current statement, Katherine Dolan, expert in seed policy at Arche Noah, criticized the new federal government and the prospective environmental minister Norbert Tettschnig. She explains: "We are concerned that the new federal government will subordinate environmental and climate policy to the interests of a traditional agricultural policy." Dolan demands that his responsibility for our nature do justice and does not act as a mouthpiece of a certain political group, as reports.

Time is urgent: In view of the challenges of the climate crisis, a strong environmental and climate policy for agriculture is essential. Dolan emphasizes that investments in the variety of plant species and types are necessary to equip the farmers: inside for their work in times of climate change. It also illustrates how large seed companies try to achieve monopolies on natural features of plants, which endangers regional businesses. A new proposal for EU seed law is another threat to farm rights in Austria, which concerns both the diversity on our fields and the quality of our food, as mentioned in the press release.

Danger from EU Sowing Law and the role of agriculture

You May Wonder: Why are all these developments important? The declared goal of Arche Noah is to protect the variety of crops and further promote the Austrian biodiversity strategy 2030. This strategy contains a cautious commitment to biodiversity and against seed patents, which could offer important progress for the future of our food. Dolan also demands that concrete actions have to follow the current confession in the coalition agreement: "The careful confessions in the coalition agreement must now quickly follow concrete actions," as it emphasizes, and is added that the diversity of culture and our nutritional system require ambitious climate and biodiversity policy.

This is not just a local, but a European challenge. Arche Noah has already appealed to the EU Agriculture Minister: Inside in order to achieve urgently needed improvements in EU seed law that could have a significant impact on all agriculture in Europe. The protection of farmers: inside and the preservation of biological diversity are at stake, and Dolores and their organization are urgently asking for support for cultural diversity. As ots.at is required as soon as possible crisis-proof measures in the biodiversity in the To guarantee agriculture.