Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The birth of synthetic biology and the genetic mode of production / Sheldon Krimsky -- Controversy around terminology and novelty: engineered, modified biotechnology, and transgenics / Brian Ellis -- Transgenic crops, agrobiodiversity, and agroecosystem function / Miguel A. Altieri -- Ecological risk assessment of GE crops: getting the science fundamentals right / Michelle Marvier, Sabrina West -- Coping with uncertainty: the human health implications of GE foods / Paul R. Billings, Peter Shorett -- Future research tackling the technology divide: a research agenda for crop biotechnology / Michiel Korthals -- Next challenges for crop GE: maturing of governanace and moves beyond food issues / Iain E.P. Taylor -- A precautionary framework for biotechnology / Katherine Barrett, Conrad G. Brunk -- The precautionary principle and biotechnology: guiding a public interest research agenda / Carolyn Raffensperger -- Trade, science, and Canada's regulatory framework for determining the environmental safety of GE crops / Elisabeth A. Abergel -- Principles driving U.S. governance of agbiotech / Kathleen A. Merrigan -- Biotechnology policy in the European Union / Armin Spök -- Regulatory regimes for GE crops in Africa / Jennifer A. Thomson -- GEO research and agribusiness in Brazil: impact of the regulatory framework / Marília Regini Nutti, Maria José Amstalden Sampaio, Edson Watanabe-- Toward a liability and compensation regime under the biosafety protocol / Kristin Dawkins, Josh DuBois-- Public spheres pushing for change: public participation in the governance of GE crops / Simon Joss -- Risky delusions: misunderstanding science and misperforming publics in the GE crops issue / Brian Wynne.