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Genetically engineered crops : Interim policies, uncertain legislation

Autor
Taylor I.E.P.
Fecha
2007
Fuente
IUCN (ID: MON-080360)
Editor | Lugar de publicación
Food Products Press | New York, NY, USA
ISBN
9781560229896
Páginas
393 p.
Tipo de documento
Monografía/libro
Idioma
Inglés
Campo de aplicación
Internacional
País/Territorio
Estados Unidos de América, Unión Europea, Canadá, Brasil
Materia
Especies silvestres y ecosistemas
Palabra clave
Responsabilidad/indemnización Biodiversidad Cultivos/praderas Control de calidad de los alimentos/inocuidad de los alimentos Biotecnología Gobernanza Evaluación/manejo de riesgos Principio de cautela OGM Participación pública
Área geográphica
Africa
Resumen

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.