Socio-Economic Considerations in Biotechnology Regulation

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ludlow, Karinne (Editor), Smyth, Stuart J. (Editor), Falck-Zepeda, José (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Natural Resource Management and Policy ; 37
• Subjects: Food > Biotechnology.; Economic policy.; Agricultural economics.; Economics.; Agricultural Economics.; Food Science.; R & D/Technology Policy.

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 imp...

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.