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Genetically engineered crops : Interim policies, uncertain legislation

Author
Taylor I.E.P.
Date
2007
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-080360)
Publisher | Place of publication
Food Products Press | New York, NY, USA
ISBN
9781560229896
Pages
393 p.
Document type
Monography/book
Language
English
Field of application
International
Country/Territory
United States of America, European Union, Canada, Brazil
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Biodiversity Crops/grasses Food quality control/food safety Public participation GMO Biotechnology Precautionary principle Liability/compensation Risk assessment/management Governance
Geographical area
Africa
Abstract

Contents: The birth of synthetic biology and the genetic mode of production -- Controversy around terminology and novelty: engineered, modified, and biotechnology transgenics -- Transgenic crops, agrobiodiversity, and agroecosystem function -- Ecological risk assessment of GE crops: getting the science fundamentals right -- Coping with ignorance: the human health implications of genetically engineered foods -- Tackling the technology divide: a research agenda for crop biotechnology -- Next challenges for crop genetic engineering -- A precautionary framework for biotechnology -- The precautionary principle and biotechnology: guiding a public interest research agenda -- Trade, science, and Canada’s regulatory framework for determining the environmental safety of GE crops -- Principles driving U.S. governance of ag-biotech -- Biotechnology governance in the European Union -- Regulatory regimes for genetically engineered crops in Africa -- GEO research and agribusiness in Brazil: impact of the regulatory framework -- Toward a liability and compensation regime under the biosafety protocol -- Public spheres pushing for change: public participation in the governance of GE crops -- Risky delusions.