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GMOs : Implications for Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Processes

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Title GMOs : Implications for Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Processes
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Creator Anurag Chaurasia
David L. Hawksworth
Manoela Pessoa de Miranda
 
Subject GMOs
Biodiversity
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Ecosystem
Risk
Transgenics
 
Description This book covers a broad spectrum of topics related to GMOs and allied new gene-based technologies, biodiversity, and ecosystem processes, bringing together the contributions of researchers and regulators from around the world. The aim is to offer a clear view of the benefits and effects of genetically modified crops, insects, and other animals on the soil microbiome and ecological processes. Contributors examine issues related to the development of risk assessment procedures and regulations designed to maximize benefits while minimizing risks.

Beyond the scientific challenges of GMOs, the book explores the broad and contentious terrain of ethical considerations. The contributors discuss such questions as the unintended, possibly unforeseen, consequences of releasing GMOs into ecosystems, and the likelihood that the full effects of GMOs could take years, even decades, of close monitoring to become evident. The importance of developing a precautionary approach is stressed.

The final chapter describes the critical issues of governance and regulation of new and emerging gene-based technologies, as nations grapple with the consequences of adopting the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB). The volume includes an extensive Annex which outlines legal perspectives on the state of GMO governance around the world, with more than 20 examples from nations in Africa, South and Central America, Asia, Australasia, and Europe.
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Date 2021-07-24T07:43:03Z
2021-07-24T07:43:03Z
2020-12-01
 
Type Book
 
Identifier GMOs, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes. In: Chaurasia A., Hawksworth D.L., Pessoa de Miranda M. (eds) GMOs. Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation, vol 19. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53183-6_1
978-3-030-53182-9
978-3-030-53183-6
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/49764
 
Language English
 
Relation Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation;1875-1288
 
Publisher Springer Nature