Chapter 4 - Further Information

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Carpenter, J., Felsot, A., Goode, T., Hamming, M., Onstad, D., and Sankula, S. 2002. Comparative environmental impacts of biotechnology-derived and traditional soybean, corn and cotton crops. Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST), Ames, Iowa, USA. 189p.

Cook, R. J., 2000. Science-based risk assessment for the approval and use of plants in agricultural and other environments. In: Persley, G.J. and Lantin, M.M. (eds.) Agricultural Biotechnology and the Poor.  Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). Washington, D.C., pp.123-130.

Dale, P.J., Clarke, B. and Fontes, E. M.G., 2002. Potential for the environmental impact of transgenic crops. Nature Biotechnology, Vol 20 No 6, 567-574.

James 2001 Global Review of Commercialized Transgenic Crops: 2001.  ISAAA Briefs No. 24: Preview. International Service for the Acquisition of Agribiotech Applications. Ithaca, NY

Johnson, B. 2000. Genetically Modified Crops and Other Organisms:Implications for Agricultural Sustainability and Biodiversity.  In: Persley, G.J. and Lantin, M.M. (eds.) Agricultural Biotechnology and the Poor.  Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). Washington, D.C.

Platais, G. and Persley, G.J., 2002. Biodiversity and Biotechnology: Contributions and Consequences for Agriculture and the Environment. World Bank. Washington, D.C.

Pray, Carl E., Danmeng Ma, Jikun Huang and Fangbin Qiao 2000. Impact of Bt Cotton in China. Working Paper Series No. WP00E18, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

UNEP 2002. UNEP-GEF Project on Development of National Biosafety Frameworks. UNEP-GEF Biosafety Unit, UNEP, Geneva, Switzerland.  www.unep.ch/biosafety

Zangerl, A.R., McKenna, D., Wraight, C.L., Carroll, M, Ficarello, P., Warner, R., Berenbaum, M.R,.2001 Effects of exposure to event 176 Bacillus thuringiensis corn pollen on monarch and black swallowtail caterpillars under field conditions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. Vol. 98, Issue 21, 11908-11912

Web sites

www.icsu.org

www.biodiv.org/biosafety

http://binas.unido.org/binas

www.checkbiotech.org

www.doylefoundation.org

www.iobc.agropolis.fr

www.unep.org

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