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Agbioforum
AgBioForum publishes articles that enhance the ongoing dialogue on the
economics and management of agricultural biotechnology. The purpose of
AgBioForum is to provide unbiased, timely information and new ideas leading to
socially responsible and economically efficient decisions in science, public
policy, and private strategies pertaining to agricultural biotechnology.
http://www.agbioforum.missouri.edu/
AGBIOS
AGBIOS Essential Biosafety CDROM includes a comprehensive database of
safety information on all genetically modified plant products that have
received regulatory approval. It
also includes training tools in the form of case studies for food and
environmental risk assessment of GM plant products and a library of pertinent
biosafety references and online documents.
http://www.agbios.com
AgbiotechNet
AgBiotechNet, a service provided by CAB International, publishes current and
past information about agricultural biotechnology and biosafety. The site
provides access to research developments in genetic engineering and updates on
economic and social issues. Free visitor areas. Full access requires
subscription.
http://www.agbiotechnet.com
Asian
Development Bank (ADB)
ADB is a multilateral
development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the
Pacific. Its publications section provides free access to on-line books,
reports and studies on agricultural biotechnology, poverty reduction and food
security. The ADB report on Biotechnology, Food Security and Poverty Reduction
in Asia is available on line.
http://www.adb.org
Biosafety Information Network
and Advisory Service (BINAS)
BINAS is a service of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
BINAS monitors global developments in regulatory issues in biotechnology.
BINAS works together with OECD towards a common resource on
harmonization in biotechnology. A joint page, BIOBIN, helps navigating between
OECD's BioTrack Online and UNIDO's BINAS.
http://binas.unido.org/binas/
BioTrack Online
BioTrack Online focuses on information related to the regulatory oversight of
products of biotechnology. Provides information on regulatory development of
countries, product database, field trials, and free documents.
http://www.oecd.org
BIOBIN
(BioTrack Online and BINAS)
A
co-operative resource on safety in biotechnology, developed between OECD's
BioTrack Online and UNIDO's BINAS. http://www1.oecd.org/ehs/biobin/
Bio-Scope
Bio-Scope offers a variety of electronic tools, such as a database which can
be accessed by people with varying degrees of education in biotechnology and
agriculture. The database can answer questions at different levels of
scientific understanding with carefully selected keywords and with simple or
sophisticated queries. Details of the Berne Debates on green biotechnology can
also be found on this site.
http://www.bio-scope.org
CAB
International (CABI)
CABI is a treaty-level,
international, intergovernmental, non-profit organization owned and governed
by its member countries. Its mission is to help improve welfare worldwide
through the dissemination, application and generation of scientific knowledge
in support of sustainable development, with emphasis on agriculture, forestry,
human health and the management of natural resources, and with particular
attention to the needs of developing countries.
http://www.cabi.org
Cambridge Healthtech Institute’s (CHI) Genomics
Glossaries & Taxonomies
CHI's Genomics Glossaries
& Taxonomies website. Access
is free.
http://www.genomicglossaries.com
Checkbiotech
Checkbiotech.org is an Internet platform sponsored by Syngenta providing
up-to-date information on agricultural biotechnology. The site is update daily
and also has a collection of documents in the database that gives an overview
of ongoing discussions in ag-biotech.
http://www.checkbiotech.org
Consultative
Group of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
The CGIAR’s mission is
to contribute to food security and poverty eradication in developing countries
through research, partnerships, capacity building, and policy support,
promoting sustainable agricultural development based on the environmentally
sound management of natural resources. The site has links to the 16
International Agriculture Research Centers, and their research programs, as
well as ISNAR’s Intermediary Biotechnology Service.
http://www.cgiar.org/research/index.html
Council
for Agriculture, Science and Technology (CAST)
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 legislators, regulators, policy
makers, the media, the private sector, and the public. Contains reports,
publications and a list of events on agbiotechnology.
http://www.cast-science.org
DANIDA,
Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
DANIDA plays an active
role in international efforts to resolve the world's growing environmental
problems and to make the principle of sustainable development an integrated
part of global social development and development in individual countries. http://www.um.dk/english/
Doyle Foundation
The Doyle Foundation provides a forum for analysis
and advocacy of the role of science in international development with special
regard to the safe applications of modern biotechnology.
http://www.doylefoundation.org
Electronic
Journal of Biotechnology (EJB)
Electronic Journal of Biotechnology is an international scientific electronic
journal that publishes papers from all areas related to Biotechnology. EJB is
sponsored by the UNESCO / MIRCEN network and contains a new section on
"Biotechnology Issues for Developing Countries".
http://www.ejbiotechnology.info/
Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
FAO’s forum on
Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture.
http://www.fao.org/biotech/forum.asp
Inter-American
Development Bank (IDB)
The Inter-American
Development Bank, the oldest and largest regional multilateral development
institution, was established to help accelerate economic and social
development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Rural Development Unit of
the Sustainable Development Department goal is to assist in the preparation,
execution and evaluation of programs related to loans and national and
regional technical cooperation in the rural sector.
Provides links to IDB publications and events. The IDB 2002 report on
biotechnology in Latin America is available online.
http://www.iadb.org/sds/ENV/site_47_e.htm
International
Council for Science (ICSU)
ICSU’s mission is to
identify and address major issues of importance to science and society, by
mobilising the resources and knowledge of the international scientific
community. The ICSU’s
publication on Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture, prepared by
ICSU’s advisory committee on genetic engineering and biotechnology for the
2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development is available on line.
http://www.icsu.org
International
Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
IFPRI’s mission is to identify
and analyse policies for sustainably meeting the food needs of the developing
world. IFPRI is a Future Harvest centre supported by the CGIAR. IFPRI has
several biotechnology policy documents available.
http://www.ifpri.org/
International
Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA)
ISAAA is a not-for-profit
organization that delivers the benefits of new agricultural biotechnologies to
the poor in developing countries. It aims to share these powerful technologies
to those who stand to benefit from them and at the same time establish an
enabling environment for their safe use. ISAAA hosts a global crop knowledge
center on line.
http://www.isaaa.org
International
Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR)
The products and services
provided through ISNAR’s activities in biotechnology are based on the
systematic analysis of policy, management and organizational requirements of
countries considering their plans for biotechnology. This work is unique among
CGIAR centers and other international agricultural biotechnology programs.
http://www.isnar.cgiar.org/ibs.htm
Information
Systems for Biotechnology (ISB)
ISB provides information
resources to support the environmentally responsible use of agricultural
biotechnology products. The site contains documents and searchable databases
pertaining to the development, testing and regulatory review of genetically
modified plants, animals and microorganisms within the US and abroad.
http://www.isb.vt.edu
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Functional
Genomics Working Group
IRRI’s International Rice Functional Genomics Working Group website provides
information on the rice genome.
http://www.irri.org
MaizeDB
MaizeDB is a public Internet gateway to current knowledge about the maize
genome and its expression. It is supported by the USDA-ARS, the NSF and the
University of Missouri
http://www.agron.missouri.edu/
National
Academies Press (NAP) Publisher for National Academies of Science (NAS) of the
USA.
NAP publishes reports issued by The National Academies.
Publications can be read online free of charge.
http://www.nap.edu
National
Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
The Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) promotes and advances scientific
progress in biology largely through grants to colleges, universities and other
institutions. The Foundation is a supporter of academic research on plant
biology, environmental biology and biodiversity.
http://www.nsf.gov/bio/
Nature's
genome gateway
Nature’s genome gateway
is a web resource devoted to genomics. Access to all material is free.
http://www.nature.com/genomics/
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics is an independent body established by the
Trustees of the Nuffield Foundation to consider the ethical issues arising
from developments in medicine and biology. Publications are available free of
charge.
http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org
OECD
(Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
OECD is an international organisation helping governments tackle the economic,
social and governance challenges of a globalised economy. OECD homepage
provides links to a variety of themes including Biotechnology.
Biotechnology homepage provides details of all OECD work pertaining to
biotechnology, including events and publications.
http://www.oecd.org
Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology
Established to be an independent and objective source of credible information
on agricultural biotechnology for the public, media and policymakers; supports
informed public dialogue on ways that the regulatory system may need to evolve
to address the issues posed by the anticipated development of this new
technology and the growing body of scientific knowledge.
http://pewagbiotech.org
SciDev.Net
SciDev.Net provides news,
views and information about science, technology and development.
It has a section devoted to Science and Sustainability and a GM Crops
Dossier.
http://www.scidev.net/
The
Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR)
TAIR provides a resource for the scientific community working with Arabidopsis
thaliana. TAIR consists of a searchable relational database, which
includes many different datatypes. The data can be viewed using an interactive
MapViewer. In addition, pages on news, information on the Arabidopsis Genome
Initiative (AGI) and Arabidopsis lab protocols are provided.
http://www.arabidopsis.org/info/
The Plant Journal: Plant GM Technology Special
Issues
The Plant Journal
is providing an accumulating series of authoritative academic articles to
inform debate on the GM issue. All
articles are freely available.
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/static/plantgm.asp
The
Royal Society (UK)
The Royal Society is the independent scientific academy of the UK dedicated to
promoting excellent in science. Statements
and publications by the Royal Society are freely available. The website has a
section dedicated to the GM plants debate.
http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/gmplants/
United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP works to encourage sustainable development through sound environmental
practices everywhere. Its activities cover a wide range of issues, including
biodiversity.
http://www.unep.org
UNEP-GEF Project on Development of National Biosafety
Frameworks
The UNEP-GEF global project on the development of National Biosafety
Frameworks began in June 2001. This three-year project is designed to assist
up to 100 countries to develop their National Biosafety Frameworks so that
they can comply with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
http://www.unep.ch/biosafety
VIB
- Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology
VIB is an entrepreneurial
research institute comprising more than 720 researchers and technicians
dedicated to gene technology research in various domains such as human health
and plant genetics.
http://www.vib.be
World
Bank International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology
The World Bank is leading a comprehensive assessment on the future role of
science and technology in food and sustainable agriculture.
http://www.agassessment.org
World
Health Organization (WHO)
WHO’s Department of Food Safety website provides access to publications and
documents on food safety.
http://www.who.int/fsf
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