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Methods for Risk Assessment of Transgenic Plants

IV. Biodiversity and Biotechnology

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2003

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Editors:
  1. Klaus Ammann

    1. Botanical Garden, Bern, Switzerland

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  2. Yolande Jacot

    1. Botanical Garden, Bern, Switzerland

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  3. Richard Braun

    1. BIOLINK, Bern 11, Switzerland

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  • Up-to-date account on the ongoing debate on the ecological pros and cons of transgenic plants
  • Main focus is put on the interrelations between transgenic crops and other crops
  • Contributions from well-known scientists in the field

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Table of contents (15 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Impact of agricultural biotechnology on ecosystems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Widening perspectives on biodiversity

      • Anatole F. Krattiger
      Pages 3-9

    3. Horizontal gene flow

      • John E. Beringer
      Pages 11-18

    4. Vertical gene flow

      • Klaus Ammann, Yolande Jacot
      Pages 19-33

    5. Genetically engineered crops and sustainable agriculture

      • Hans R. Herren
      Pages 35-39

    6. Technology, sustainable agriculture and biodiversity: the socio-economics of technology transfers

      • Willy De Greef
      Pages 41-44

  4. Impact of biotechnology on conservation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. The conservation of genetic diversity: gene flow from agriculture

      • Alan Gray, Roger Daniels, Alan Raybould, Ian Cooper, Lindsay Maskell, Denise Pallett et al.
      Pages 103-108

    3. Problems of plant conservation in agricultural landscapes: can biotechnology help or hinder?

      • Brian Johnson
      Pages 109-120

    4. Conservation and molecular methods

      • Hans C. M. den Nijs
      Pages 121-140

    5. Conservation strategies, plant breeding, wild species and landraces

      • Vernon Heywood
      Pages 141-157

  5. Conclusions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
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    2. Discussion: The way ahead

      • Klaus Ammann
      Pages 161-167
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For centuries, TK has been used almost exclusively by its creators, that is, indigenous and local communities. Access to, use of and handing down of TK has been regulated by local laws, customs and tmditions. Some TK has been freely accessible by all members of an indigenous or local community and has been freely exchanged with other communities; other TK has only been known to particular individuals within these communities such as shamans, and has been handed down only to particular individuals of thc next generation. Over many generations, indigenous and local communities have accumulated a great deal of TK which has generally been adapted, developed and improved by the generations that followed. For a long time, Western anthropologists and other scientists have generally been able to freely access TK and have documented it in their works. Still, this TK was only seldom used outside the indigenous and local communities that created it. More recently, however, Western scientists have become aware that TK is neither outdated nor valueless knowledge, but, instead, 1 can be useful to solve some of the problems facing today's world. Modem science, for example, has shown an increased interest in some fornls ofTK as knowledge that can be used in 4 research and development (R&D) activities and be integrated in modem innovations. This holds especially true for TK regarding genetic resources, which has been integrated in modem 6 phannaceuticals,s agro-chemicals and seed.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Botanical Garden, Bern, Switzerland

    Klaus Ammann, Yolande Jacot

  • BIOLINK, Bern 11, Switzerland

    Richard Braun

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