Methods for Risk Assessment of Transgenic Plants

by Ammann, Klaus

• ISBN13: 9783764366575
• ISBN10: 3764366575
• eBook ISBN(s): 9783034880336
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Birkhauser
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Summary

This volume is an edited account of an international workshop in Bern about the effects of transgenic plants on biodiversity, a hotly debated topic in the risk assessment research community. Well-known scientists in this field present important new results from their work. Main focus is put on the impact of agricultural biotechnology on ecosystems, social, ethical and legal issues and the impact of biotechnology on conservation. Furthermore, methodological questions, like how to judge biosafety aspects stemming from given research results, are discussed.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Biodiversity - the impact of biotechnology (Richard Braun and Klaus Ammann)

Session 1 Impact of agricultural biotechnology on ecosystems

Widening perspectives on biodiversity

Horizontal gene flow

Vertical gene flow

Genetically engineered crops and sustainable agriculture

Technology, sustainable agriculture and biodiversity

the socio-economics of technology transfers

Session 2 Social, ethical and legal issues

The cultural implications of biodiversity and biotechnology

an underdeveloped area in the public understanding field?

The role of communication in ecological assessments of genetically modified crops

Intellectual property rights and traditional knowledge

proposals for action

Intellectual property rights and traditional knowledgeb

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