WWF has taken money from Monsanto. This was revealed by the Südduitsche Zeitung today. The documentary The silence of the Pandas’ was broadcasted wednesday night and has caused a wave of reactions in Germany. It was seen by some 900.000 viewers, despite the late hour. The doc shows a clear picture of an organisation selling nature with beautifull pictures, but in the meantime working with big bussiness to greenwash destruction. Jason Clay - WWF int Vice president - clearly defends GM crops. The doc covers destruction of rainforest for palm oil (working with Wilmar) and the soy - RTRS- poison story (working with Monsanto etc).

Comment today in the Südduitsche Zeitung:

"Now it has become a PR disaster. WWF Germany is responding with a 23 points factsheet, and say some accusations are false. For they do criticise partners, 'when necessary'. "The panda is not muzzled", so they say. But what to think about the fact that - when asked by ou redaction - WWF admits they have taken money from Monsanto? And about the statement that the very clear 'yes' to gene technology from Jason Clay in the film comes from 'an individual outsider'. Clay is not an outsider. He is Vice-president of WWF-international."

Here's some links in German:

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/wdr-recherchen-ueber-den-world-wide-fund-for-nature-wwf-am-tisch-mit-monsanto-1.1111269

http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/0,1518,770184,00.html

http://www.news.de/gesellschaft/855194474/aufruhr-an-der-spendenfront/1/

Greenpeace Germany: ' behind the green facade' .....

http://www.greenpeace-magazin.de/index.php?id=5020&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=113833&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=23&cHash=a1f8fd05fac8f7ac1e08b57cad3826b0

You can watch the German version on youtube (see news article yesterday) or on the ARD site:

www.ardmediathek.de/ard/servlet/content/3517136?documentId=7495082