Agricultural ministers and their representatives from 20 Regions in Europe have adopted a Charta calling for the right to stay GMO free and for GMO free seeds. The regional governments commit to pursue local and regional regulations and to defend GMO free agriculture and biodiversity in their territories.</p><p><a href="http://www.zs-l.de/conference">GMO-free regions conference: Florence Charter in English, French and Italian</a></p><p><a href="http://www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200502042003-1304-RT1-CRO-0-NF51&page=0&id=agionline-eng.arab">AGI online: "GMO-free" - European Regions Network set up in Florence</a></p><p><a href="http://sos.k42.org/conference/Downloads/agence_europe_on_florence_en.pdf">Agence Europe (pdf)</a></p><p><a href="http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/1000farming/tm_objectid=15164792&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=-countryside-minister-signs-european-gm-charter-name_page.html">IC Wales: Countryside Minister signs European GM charter</a></p><p><a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3228,36-398036,0.html">Le Monde: Vingt régions européennes défient Bruxelles en refusant les OGM</a>