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EuropaBio represents all parts of the biotechnology sector across Europe.

Agricultural Biotechnology in Europe is an initiative funded by the major biotechnology companies. Its aim is to increase the dissemination of information and contribute to an informed debate about crop biotechnology.

Checkbiotech.org is an invaluable source of news items and information on crop biotechnology, updated daily.

CropGen is an organisation which speaks out on agricultural biotechnology. It is funded by industry, but operates independently from it.

The British Nutrition Foundation offers authoritative advice on all nutritional issues.

The Institute of Food Research in Norwich is a world-class institute with a website devoted both to science and comment on topical items.

The IGD is an organisation representing all links in the food chain, and doing well-respected independent research.

The Global Reporting Initiative is an organisation developing and promoting a comprehensive series of guidelines on how companies should report sustainability issues.

The Sustainable Development Network offers a free market perspective on the issues.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the global body set up to investigate and report on climate change and provide policy guidance.

Not everyone agrees with their prognosis. The Anti-Ecohype site provides interesting perspectives on this and other issues. The TechCentral Station Europe website does a similar job in a broader context.

The International Policy Network brings together free-market thinkers from across the world, to address a range of important issues.

The Stockholm Network is a European association of market-oriented think tanks.

The Scientific Alliance is an organisation promoting the use of scientific evidence in rational decision making.

Spiked Online is a site to find thought-provoking points of view on important issues. It lives up to its slogan: "on-line, off-message"!

The Copenhagen Consensus conference, held in May 2004 by the Danish Environmental Assessment Institute, brought together a panel of world-class economists to prioritise ten major global challenges.