Martin is sometimes intentionally imprecise with dates or distances. The accuracy of the legends and myths that recount much of this history is openly questioned by the maesters of the Citadel, amongst others. Everything written about the Age of Heroes, the Dawn Age, and the Long Night originates from stories written down by septons thousands of years later. However, the oldest historic recounts in Westeros were written after the Andals' arrival to the continent, as the First Men used runes for carving on stone. For further detail, see years before Aegon's Conquest and years after Aegon's Conquest.Īccording to tradition, the known history of Westeros extends back over twelve thousand years, and its maesters speculate that the world itself may be forty thousand years old (or older, possibly five hundred thousand years or more). Zoë Roth from the event’s organising committee drew a positive conclusion: “The high turnout at the March against Monsanto and Syngenta in Basel confirms the desire for ecological farming.This timeline of major events attempts to lay out the most important points in the history of Westeros and Essos, based on dates and information given in the novels and supporting material. The march against Monsanto and Syngenta in Basel was supported by more than 50 organisations from Switzerland and Germany, including Basel unions, the Green Party, and environmental, agricultural and development organisations such as Greenpeace, Uniterre and SWISSAID.* “Today, we protest in solidarity with smallholders in China and the rest of the world.” “Syngenta is now Chinese but that does not mean that our resistance against the business practice of Syngenta stops now,” said Ueli Gähler from Multiwatch. Altogether, the three companies would control over 60% of the commercial seed and pesticide market. In addition to the planned acquisition of Syngenta by ChemChina and the merger of Dow and Dupont, Bayer plans to take over Monsanto.
This year the main focus of the protest was the increasing market power in the agrochemical industry. Syngenta is currently caught up in legal battles over its farming of GM crops in Hawaii and is planning to sell its operations in the state. She said: “Syngenta must finally take responsibility for the health problems in Hawaii.” In front of the Syngenta headquarters, Fern Rosenstiel, an environmental scientist from Kauai, Hawaii, spoke about the use of highly toxic pesticides – pesticides that are banned in Switzerland – on Syngenta test fields in Hawaii.
The demonstration ended at the Syngenta headquarters and was accompanied by street artists, musicians, and children dressed as bees. They demanded an ecological and diverse agriculture which serves food security instead of profit. Two thousand people turned out to demonstrate against toxic pesticides, GMOs, and patents on seeds. In Basel, Switzerland, the home town of the chemicals giant Syngenta, the third March Against Monsanto and Syngenta was held on Saturday. Peaceful demonstration in Basel calls for paradigm change in agriculture
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