Genetically engineered crops : Interim policies, uncertain legislation Auteur Taylor I.E.P. Date 2007 Source IUCN (ID: MON-080360) Éditeur | Lieu de publication Food Products Press | New York, NY, USA ISBN 9781560229896 Pages 393 p. Type du document Monographie/livre Langue Anglais Champ d'application International Pays/Territoire États-Unis d'Amérique, Union européenne, Canada, Brésil Sujet Espèces sauvages et écosystèmes Mot clé Contrôle de qualité alimentaire/innocuité des produits alimentaires Participation du public Cultures/pâtures Biodiversité Biotechnologie Évaluation/gestion des risques Principe de précaution Gouvernance OGM Responsabilité/indemnisation Aire géographique Afrique Résumé 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.