Issues related to Biotechnology:
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AGBIOS:
“is a Canadian company dedicated to providing public policy, regulatory, and
risk assessment expertise for products of biotechnology. AGBIOS has worked
with federal departments and agencies on issues of policy and regulation
pertaining to genetically modified and other novel foods, crops, and forest
tree species. The Company also provides experience and expertise to commercial
enterprises seeking regulatory approval of biotechnology products, and to
other public and private sector groups seeking clarification of issues
associated with the development and utilization of biotechnology processes and
products.”
URL:
http://www.agbios.com/main.php
Type: Website
Access: Free, Service: paid
URL:
http://www.agbios.com/main.php
Type: Website
Access: Free
URL:
http://binas.unido.org/binas/regs.php
Type: Website
Access: Free
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Bioethics Outreach
– Maintained by Office of Biotechnology, Iowa State University,
this webpage gives details about “seminars, workshops, and other
bioethics-related events on and off campus; opportunities for teachers,
extension personnel, and other educators to learn hands-on about bioethics;
Online Course--Information about Iowa State University's online biotechnology
ethics course” etc.
URL:
http://www.bioethics.iastate.edu/
Type: Webpage
Access: Free
URL:
www.bioethics.net
Type: Website
Access: Free
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Biotechnology Research and Education Initiative (BREI)
– “strives
to provide science-based information regarding discoveries in agricultural
biotechnology. BREI is comprised of a multi-disciplinary team of research,
Extension, and teaching professionals from the College of Agriculture at the
University of Kentucky.”
URL:
http://www.ca.uky.edu/brei/INDEX.HTM
Type: Website
Access: Free
URL:
http://biotechlaw.ari.net/
Type: Website
Access: Free
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Biotechnology Permits Home Page
- A sub-page of the USDA Biotechnology, Biologics and Environmental Protection
Page. Includes regulations, state plant virus lists, and personnel
directories.
URL:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/BBEP/BP/
Type: Website
Access: Free
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Board on
Agriculture and Natural Resources:
“BANR addresses science and policy issues confronting the agricultural, food,
and environmental system. BANR is the program unit of the National Research
Council responsible for providing expert advice on issues of food and fiber
production and related matters of natural resource development, including
forestry, fisheries, wildlife, and land and water use. Such issues arise from
a variety of problems and causes: conflicts between the growing demand for
food and resources of all kinds and the impacts of their development and
production on the quality of air, land, water, and natural ecosytems; and the
need to sustain, restore and improve the productivity of agriculture for the
economic well-being of the nation. The Board maintains a critical overview of
the several fields under its purview so that it is aware of relevant work
relating to policy formulation, technologic assessment, research and
development, manpower, funds, emerging issues and problems.”
URL:
http://dels.nas.edu/banr
Type: Website
Access: Free
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CAMBIA's
Intellectual Property (IP) Resource for International Agricultural
Biotechnology –
“The goal
of CAMBIA Intellectual Property Resource is to increase the capacity of the
international agricultural research community to address intellectual property
issues relevant to biotechnology in a strategic and proactive manner. Clients
for this resource activity will include both public sector participants, such
as universities, CGIAR-supported centers, NGO's, and policy makers dealing
with IP and private sector participants, such as nationally operating seed
companies of the developing world and small-to-medium size enterprises. Within
these programs, primary beneficiaries of the resource are scientific
researchers, business developers, policy makers, patent examiners, legal aides
in technology transfer, and attorneys. Through a more reasoned and informed
approach to IP, the ultimate beneficiaries of this resource will be the
production communities of the developing world and resource-poor farmers and
consumers.”
URL:
http://www.cambiaip.org/
Type: Website
Access: Free
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Council for Agricultural Science and Technology:
“CAST assembles, interprets, and communicates science-based information
regionally, nationally, and internationally on food, fiber, agricultural,
natural resource, and related societal and environmental issues to our
stakeholders--legislators, regulators, policy makers, the media, the private
sector, and the public.”
URL:
http://www.cast-science.org
Type: Website
Access: Free
URL: www.americanradioworks.org/features/gmos_india/story.html
Type: Link
Access: Free
URL:
http://www.geo-pie.cornell.edu//gmo.html
Type: Website
Access: Free
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Global
Issues: "This web site looks into global issues that affect everyone and aims
to show how most issues are inter-related. Over 5000 links to external
articles, web sites reports and analysis are used to provide credence to the
arguments made on this web site. The issue categories range from trade,
poverty and globalization, to human rights, geopolitics and the environment.”
URL:
http://www.globalissues.org/
Type: Website
Access: Free
URL:
http://www.gmissues.org/
Type: Website
Access: Free
URL:
http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/gm/
Type: Website
Access: Free
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Intellectual Property Policies:
Website
contains a lot of information about IPR and related issues. It is discussed in
following sub-headings - Intellectual Property, Definition, and University
Responsibilities, Faculty Responsibilities, Ownership of Intellectual
Property, Revenue from Intellectual Property, etc.
URL:
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/lbd/IPG/JHU_policy_april01.htm
Type: Webpage
Access: Free
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Patent and
Trademark Office Web site:
Services provided by them include – “processing patents and trademarks and
disseminating patent and trademark information. Through the issuance of
patents, we encourage technological advancement by providing incentives to
invent, invest in, and disclose new technology worldwide. Through the
registration of trademarks, we assist businesses in protecting their
investments, promoting goods and services, and safeguarding consumers against
confusion and deception in the marketplace. By disseminating both patent and
trademark information, we promote an understanding of intellectual property
protection and facilitate the developments and sharing of new technologies
world wide.”
URL:
http://www.uspto.gov/
Type: Webpage
Access: Free
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Physicians
and Scientists for Responsible Application of Science and Technology:
“PSRAST presently focusses on two applications of new technologies, genetic
enineering and mobile phones. It cannot be excluded that both may adversely
affect the health of millions, or even billions, of people at a global scale.”
URL:
http://www.psrast.org/intropage.htm
Type: Website
Access: Free
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Pew
Initiative on Food and Biotechnology:
“was
established in 2001 to be an independent and objective source of credible
information on agricultural biotechnology for the public, media and
policymakers. Funded through a grant from
The Pew Charitable Trusts to the
University of Richmond, the Initiative advocates neither for, nor against,
agricultural biotechnology. Instead, the Initiative is committed to providing
information and encouraging debate and dialogue so that consumers and
policymakers can make their own informed decisions.”
URL:
http://pewagbiotech.org
Type: Website
Access: Free
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The Social
Issues Research Centre (SIRC):
“is an
independent, non-profit organisation founded to conduct research on social and
lifestyle issues, monitor and assess global sociocultural trends and provide
new insights on human behaviour and social relations. SIRC aims to provide a
balanced, calm and thoughtful perspective on social issues, promoting open and
rational debates based on evidence rather than ideology. In pursuit of this
balanced perspective, SIRC conducts research on positive aspects of social
behaviour as well as the more problematic aspects that are the focus of most
social-science research.
URL:
http://www.sirc.org/
Type: Website
Access: Free
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The
Center for Food Safety:
“is the nation's leading non-profit membership organization
addressing the impacts of our current industrial food production system on
human health, animal welfare, and the environment. CFS conducts legal and
grassroots campaigns to promote sustainable agriculture, to fight for strong
organic food standards, and to protect consumers from the hazards of
genetically engineered foods, irradiation, and mad cow disease.”
URL:
http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/
Type: Website
Access: Free
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The
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy:
“promotes resilient family farms, rural communities and ecosystems around the
world through research and education, science and technology, and advocacy.”
URL:
http://www.iatp.org
Type: Website
Access: Free
URL:
http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/index.html
Type: Free
Access: Free
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