Cover Image
QR Code

Strategic environmental assessment: assessing the environmental impact of biotechnology

Project-based risk assessments or Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) of biotechnology are used to evaluate specific developments when the technology is ready for commercialization, but there is a need to develop comprehensive analyses of plans at an earlier stage of development to justify the i...

Full description

Main Authors: Linacre, Nicholas A., Gaskell, Joanne, Rosegrant, Mark W., Falck-Zepeda, José B., Quemada, Hector, Halsey, Mark, Birner, Regina
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2005
Subjects:
poverty reduction
agricultural research
environmental protection
genetically modified organisms
crops
biotechnology
research
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160661
Summary:Project-based risk assessments or Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) of biotechnology are used to evaluate specific developments when the technology is ready for commercialization, but there is a need to develop comprehensive analyses of plans at an earlier stage of development to justify the investment of potentially large amounts of public monies in specific biotechnologies. This provides the rationale for the use of SEA in development-related investments to integrate environmental considerations with poverty alleviation potential, gender and other social issues that may impact the choice of crop and trait, and governance and legal factors.

Similar Items