A global moratorium on genetically modified sterile seeds, dubbed as Terminator technology or Genetic Use Restriction Technologies (GURTs), will not be officially lifted at the upcoming conference of parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). However, some countries managed to introduce language on "case by case" assessments of these technologies into recommendations of the preparatory working group, designed to erode the present ban on Terminator.</p><p><a href="http://www.genet-info.org/genet/2006/Jan/msg00049.html">GENET: update on Terminator Technology and the CBD de facto moratorium</a></p><p><a href="http://www.canada.com/topics/news/agriculture/story.html?id=0ad81559-b41d-4d7b-81de-3db2d7526739&k=91888">Canadian Press: Canada said to be undermining global ban on terminator seeds</a></p><p><a href="http://www.iisd.ca/biodiv/wg8j-4/">Official Report of the Working Group in Granada</a></p><p><a href="http://www.genewatch.org/publications/Briefs/brief33.pdf">GeneWatch UK: Why Terminator Technology Won't Prevent GM Contamination</a></p><p><a href="http://www.banterminator.org">Ban Terminator Campaign</a>