Biowatch South Africa was established in 1997 to publicise, monitor and research issues of genetic modification, and to promote biological diversity and sustainable livelihoods Biowatch's head office is in Durban To read our PDF documents you will need to have the Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer To this end, we strive to ensure an environment where people control their food supply systems, where the benefits from commercial use of biological resources are fairly shared, and where ordinary citizens are encouraged to help make policy choices about new technologies, such as genetic modification