Socio-economic considerations in biotechnology regulation [electronic resource] / Karrine Ludlow, Stuart J. Smythe, Jose Falck-Zepeda, editors.
2014
TP248.23 .S635 2014eb
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Title
Socio-economic considerations in biotechnology regulation [electronic resource] / Karrine Ludlow, Stuart J. Smythe, Jose Falck-Zepeda, editors.
ISBN
9781461494409 electronic book
1461494400 electronic book
9781461494393
1461494400 electronic book
9781461494393
Published
New York : Springer, 2014.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (311 pages)
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TP248.23 .S635 2014eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.1
Summary
Within the context of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) was established as an implementing agreement. The CPB is an international agreement establishing the rights of recipient countries to be notified of and to approve or reject the domestic import and/or production of living modified organisms (LMOs). Decisions regarding import/production are to be on the basis of a biosafety assessment. Article 26.1 of the CPB allows for the (optional) inclusion of socio-economic considerations (SECs) into that biosafety assessment process. This book compiles expert assessments of the issues relevant to SEC assessment of LMOs and fundamental for decisions regarding whether to undertake such assessments at all. It includes an overview of the inclusion of SEC assessment in the regulation of LMOs that looks at the rationale for the inclusion of SECs, in the context of the existing science-based risk assessment systems. This book reviews the various factors that can and have been suggested for inclusion in SEC assessment, and provides a meaningful dialogue about the contrasts, benefits and tradeoffs that are, and will, be created by the potential move to the inclusion of SECs in the regulation of LMOs, making it of interest to both academics and policy-makers
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Within the context of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) was established as an implementing agreement. The CPB is an international agreement establishing the rights of recipient countries to be notified of and to approve or reject the domestic import and/or production of living modified organisms (LMOs). Decisions regarding import/production are to be on the basis of a biosafety assessment. Article 26.1 of the CPB allows for the (optional) inclusion of socio-economic considerations (SECs) into that biosafety assessment process. This book compiles expert assessments of the issues relevant to SEC assessment of LMOs and fundamental for decisions regarding whether to undertake such assessments at all. It includes an overview of the inclusion of SEC assessment in the regulation of LMOs that looks at the rationale for the inclusion of SECs, in the context of the existing science-based risk assessment systems. This book reviews the various factors that can and have been suggested for inclusion in SEC assessment, and provides a meaningful dialogue about the contrasts, benefits and tradeoffs that are, and will, be created by the potential move to the inclusion of SECs in the regulation of LMOs, making it of interest to both academics and policy-makers
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Natural resource management and policy.
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Table of Contents
Introduction to Regulating LMOs
The State of Science-based Regulation and GM crops
Socio-Economic Considerations and the Regulations of LMOs
Benefits to Producers and Society
Consumer Choice
Environmental Impacts
Ethical/Equity
Food Security
Health Impacts
Impacts on Biodiversity
Indigenous Knowledge
Intellectual Property Rights
Labor Impacts
Market Access and Trade
Producer Choice
Religious/Cultural
Animal Welfare
Potential Consequences from the Inclusion of Socio-economics in Decision Making
A Decision Making Framework for Implementation Issues
Ensuring Functional Biosafety Systems
The State of Science-based Regulation and GM crops
Socio-Economic Considerations and the Regulations of LMOs
Benefits to Producers and Society
Consumer Choice
Environmental Impacts
Ethical/Equity
Food Security
Health Impacts
Impacts on Biodiversity
Indigenous Knowledge
Intellectual Property Rights
Labor Impacts
Market Access and Trade
Producer Choice
Religious/Cultural
Animal Welfare
Potential Consequences from the Inclusion of Socio-economics in Decision Making
A Decision Making Framework for Implementation Issues
Ensuring Functional Biosafety Systems