Biotechnology, Biosafety, and Biodiversity: Scientific and Ethical Issues for Sustainable Development

The book addresses some of the key questions related to biosafety, environmental impact issues, and ethical issues affected by the advent of biotechnology in agriculture. . Biotechnology and Development: Moving Technology Forward Using Environmental Assessment - Sivramiah Shantharam . Biosafety Training Programs and their Importance in Capacity Building and Technology Assesment - I. Virgin et al. . Genetically Modified Organisms: Biosafety Implications for India - Ghayur Alam . Environmental Impact of Crops Transformed with Genes from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) for Insect Resistance - Michael B. Cohen . Biosafety Issues of Genetically Engineered Herbicide-Tolerant Plants: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Perspective - Stephen Yarrow . Biosafety Issues of Genetically Engineered Virus-Resistant Plants - H.R. Pappu . Marker Gene Controversy in Transgenic Plants - Vedpal S. Malik . Ethical Dilemmas in the Conservation of Biodiversity - A.K. Gupta . Ecological Context of Biodiversity - K.G. Saxena, K.S. Rao, and P.S. Ramakrishnan . Biodiversity and Biotechnology: Ethical Issues in Developing Countries - S.K. Sinha and Suman Sahai . Ethics and Biodiversity - N.G. Jayal . Plant Breeders and Farmers in the New Intellectual Property Regime: Conflict of Interests?-Biswajit Dhar and C. Niranjan Rao . Aspects of Biosafety in the Conservation of Biological Diversity - K.P.S. Chauhan . IPR Controversy and the Indian Seed Industry - Suri Sehgal . New Genes for Old Genes - B.S. Ahloowalia . The IPR Debate for India - Swati Prakash . Symposium Participants

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