Indigenous Peoples, Traditional Knowledge and Biodiversity

Terminator is a direct assault on the traditional knowledge, practices and the cultural life-ways of Indigenous peoples and rural communities across the world.

Indigenous Farmers of Peru Demand Syngenta Renounce Terminator Potato Patent (March 21, 2006) This letter was presented at the Syngenta Annual General Meeting April 19, 2006 to approximately 1000 shareholders. 

Ban Terminator Briefing (January 2006): Traditional Knowledge and Terminator Technology (pdf)
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Click here to view comments on the potential impacts of Terminator submitted to the UN by Indigenous peoples' organizations and gatherings (September 2005)

The UN's AHTEG report - "Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group report on the potential impacts of genetic use restriction technologies on smallholder farmers, indigenous and local communities" offers important analysis of the impacts of Terminator.
Click here for a summary of the UN AHTEG report’s most important conclusions about the potential impacts of Terminator
Click here to read the UN AHTEG report The UN provides the AHTEG report in English only but the Ban Terminator Campaign has translated this document into Spanish - click to the Spanish version of this website to access the translation.

Take Action: Pass a resolution against Terminator.
Click here to view the International Indian Treaty Council resolution

"Any field testing or any commercial use or other release of GURTs is a fundamental violation of the human rights of Indigenous Peoples, a breach of our right of self-determination, and a threat to our rights of food sovereignty and food security."
– International Indian Treaty Council, resolution against Terminator, 2005