Biodiversity To Biotechnology

Author : Medury Bhaskara Rao,Manjula Guru
Publisher : Pearson Education India
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biodiversity conservation-
ISBN : 8131701352

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Biotechnology, IPRs, and Biodiversity by Medury Bhaskara Rao,Manjula Guru Pdf

"Biotechnology, IPRs and Biodiversity" discusses the background of the signing of the Convention on Biodiversity, examines the various articles of CBD, and provides a detailed analysis on the Cartagena Protocol on Biodiversity while also dealing with the various meetings, discussions and treaties on the subject. Leading to a better understanding on this complex and complicated issue, especially from a developing country's point of view, this volume will serve, equally, students and scholars of international business, law, strategic management as well as lawyers, policy analysts and NGOs.

Author : M. R. Ahuja,K.G. Ramawat
Publisher : Springer
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319093819

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Biotechnology and Biodiversity by M. R. Ahuja,K.G. Ramawat Pdf

The purpose of this book is to assess the potential effects of biotechnological approaches particularly genetic modification on biodiversity and the environment. All aspects of biodiversity such as ecological diversity, species diversity and genetic diversity are considered. Higher organisms contain a specific set of linear DNA molecules called chromosomes and a complete set of chromosomes in an organism comprises its genome. The collection of traits displayed by any organism (phenotype) depends on the genes present in its genome (genotype). The appearance of any specific trait also will depend on many other factors, including whether the gene(s) responsible for the trait is/are turned on (expressed) or off, the specific cells within which the genes are expressed and how the genes, their expression and the gene products interact with environmental factors. The primary biotechnology which concerns us is that of genetic manipulation, which has a direct impact on biodiversity at the genetic level. By these manipulations, novel genes or gene fragments can be introduced into organisms (creating transgenics) or existing genes within an organism can be altered. Transgenics are a major area of concern, combining genes from different species to effectively create novel organisms. Current rates of disappearance of biological and cultural diversity in the world are unprecedented. Intensive resource exploitation due to social and economic factors has led to the destruction, conversion or degradation of ecosystems. Reversing these trends requires time to time assessment to integrate conservation and development.

Author : Rosa Margesin,Franz Schinner,Jean-Claude Marx,Charles Gerday
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540743354

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Psychrophiles: From Biodiversity to Biotechnology by Rosa Margesin,Franz Schinner,Jean-Claude Marx,Charles Gerday Pdf

Cold adaptation includes a complex range of structural and functional adaptations at the level of all cellular constituents, and these adaptations render cold-adapted organisms particularly useful for biotechnological applications. This book presents the most recent knowledge of (i) boundary conditions for microbial life in the cold, (ii) microbial diversity in various cold ecosystems, (iii) molecular cold adaptation mechanisms and (iv) the resulting biotechnological perspectives.

Author : Olawole O. Obembe,Emmanuel Olufemi Ekundayo,Arinze Stanley Okoli,Abubakar Gidado,Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji,Abdulrazak B. Ibrahim,Benjamin Ewa Ubi
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000550924

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Agricultural Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Bioresources Conservation and Utilization by Olawole O. Obembe,Emmanuel Olufemi Ekundayo,Arinze Stanley Okoli,Abubakar Gidado,Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji,Abdulrazak B. Ibrahim,Benjamin Ewa Ubi Pdf

This book covers a range of important topics on crop and animal genetics, breeding and genomics, as well as biodiversity and genetic resources conservation and utilization reflecting three thematic sections of working groups of the Biotechnology Society of Nigeria. The topics range from agricultural biotechnology, including genetically modified organisms and gene-editing for agronomically important traits in tropical crops, to Nigeria’s mega biodiversity and genetic resources conservation. This book will engender a deeper understanding of underpinning mechanisms, technologies, processes and science–policy nexus that has placed Nigeria as a leader in biotechnology in Africa. The book will be useful reference material for scientists and researchers working in the fields of food and agricultural biotechnology, bioinformatics, plant and animal genetics, breeding and genomics, genetic resources conservation and enhancement. Emphasizes recent advances in biotechnologies that could ameliorate the high-level global food and nutrition insecurity through plant and animal genetics, breeding, as well as genomics Provides detailed information towards harnessing indigenous bioresources for food and nutrition security and climate change adaptation Introduces new frontiers in the area of genomics, most especially their relevant applications in crop and animal breeding Reviews biotechniques that could enhance plant genetic resources conservation and utilization Discusses current biotechnological approaches to exploit genetic resources including the development of synthetic hexaploid wheat (SHW) for crop adaptation to the increasingly changing global climate

Author : Vandana Shiva
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1993-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1856492184

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Monocultures of the Mind by Vandana Shiva Pdf

Vandana Shiva has established herself as a leading independent thinker and voice for the South in that critically important nexus where questions of development strategy, the environment and the posititon of women in society coincide. In this new volume, she brings together her thinking on the protection of biodiversity, the implications of biotechnology, and the consequences for agriculture of the global pre-eminence of Western-style scientific knowledge. In lucid and accessible fashion, she examines the current threats to the planet's biodiversity and the environmental and human consequences of its erosion and replacement by monocultural production. She shows how the new Biodiversity Convention has been gravely undermined by a mixture of diplomatic dilution during the process of negotiation and Northern hi-tech interests making money out of the new biotechnologies. She explains what these technologies involve and gives examples of their impact in practice. She questions their claims to improving natural species for the good of all and highlights the ethical and environmental problems posed. Underlying her arguments is the view that the North's particular approach to scientific understanding has led to a system of monoculture in agriculture - a model that is not being foisted on the South, displacing its societies' ecologically sounder, indigenous and age-old experiences of truly sustainable food cultivation, forest management and animal husbandry. This rapidly accelerating process of technology and system transfer is impoverishing huge numbers of people, disrupting the social systems that provide them with security and dignity, and will ultimately result in a sterile planet in both North and South, In a policy intervention of potentially great significance, she calls instead for a halt, at international as well as local level, to the aid and market incentives to both large-scale destruction of habitats where biodiversity thrives and the introduction of centralised, homogenous systems of cultivation.

Author : Krishna R. Dronamraju
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789812775009

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Emerging Consequences of Biotechnology by Krishna R. Dronamraju Pdf

The commercialization of biotechnology has resulted in a search for biological resources for the purposes of increasing food productivity, medicinal applications, and energy production. This book discusses the role of biological, ecological, environmental, ethical, and economic issues in the interaction between biotechnology and biodiversity.

Author : Sivramiah Shantharam,Jane F. Montgomery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022126382

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Biotechnology, Biosafety, and Biodiversity by Sivramiah Shantharam,Jane F. Montgomery Pdf

This work addresses some of the key questions related to biosafety, enviromental impact issues and ethical issues affected by the advent of biotechnology in agriculture. Biotechnology is poised to change the field of agriculture and this work explores its potential.

Author : Padmanabh Dwivedi,S.K. Dwivedi,M.C. Kalita
Publisher : Scientific Publishers
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789388449786

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Biodiversity and Environmental Biotechnology by Padmanabh Dwivedi,S.K. Dwivedi,M.C. Kalita Pdf

This book embodies twenty four chapters. The methodology of tools and techniques has been given due place in these chapters. Figures, illustrations and examples are presented to elucidate the topics making the subject more interesting and knowledge-rich. The book covers a wide range of topics like phyto and microbial diversity; medical microbiology; application of plant tissue culture techniques, bioinfor-matics, bioprospecting and synthetic seed technology, etc in the study of biodiversity and its management. Further, topics such as transgenics, bioremediation, waste utilization and role of single cell proteins, biopesticides, organic farming, scope of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), biotechnological approach of curbing air pollutants, air pollution biomonitoring, sericulture, pharmacognosy, characterization of biodiversity through molecular approach, etc have also been covered in this book. Biodiversity and its management have roots in cultural practices and diversity, besides traditional knowledge.

Author : Joseph Cooper,Leslie Lipper,David Zilberman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780387254098

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Agricultural Biodiversity and Biotechnology in Economic Development by Joseph Cooper,Leslie Lipper,David Zilberman Pdf

This volume summarizes the current state of knowledge in the economic literature of management of agricultural biotechnology and biodiversity in agricultural and economic development. It identifies key issues confronting policy makers in managing biodiversity and biotechnology and provides a broad, multi-disciplinary analysis of the linkage between the two. It is especially innovative in its use of plant genetic resource management as the basis for is analysis.

Author : Anurag Chaurasia,David L. Hawksworth,Manoela Pessoa de Miranda
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 667 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030531836

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GMOs by Anurag Chaurasia,David L. Hawksworth,Manoela Pessoa de Miranda Pdf

This book covers a broad spectrum of topics related to GMOs and allied new gene-based technologies, biodiversity, and ecosystem processes, bringing together the contributions of researchers and regulators from around the world. The aim is to offer a clear view of the benefits and effects of genetically modified crops, insects, and other animals on the soil microbiome and ecological processes. Contributors examine issues related to the development of risk assessment procedures and regulations designed to maximize benefits while minimizing risks. Beyond the scientific challenges of GMOs, the book explores the broad and contentious terrain of ethical considerations. The contributors discuss such questions as the unintended, possibly unforeseen, consequences of releasing GMOs into ecosystems, and the likelihood that the full effects of GMOs could take years, even decades, of close monitoring to become evident. The importance of developing a precautionary approach is stressed. The final chapter describes the critical issues of governance and regulation of new and emerging gene-based technologies, as nations grapple with the consequences of adopting the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB). The volume includes an extensive Annex which outlines legal perspectives on the state of GMO governance around the world, with more than 20 examples from nations in Africa, South and Central America, Asia, Australasia, and Europe.

Author : U. Kumar,Arun Kumar Sharma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Genetic resources conservation
ISBN : CHI:60509082

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Plant Biotechnology and Biodiversity Conservation by U. Kumar,Arun Kumar Sharma Pdf

Author : Cristóbal Noé Aguilar,Sabu Abdulhameed,Raul Rodriguez-Herrera,Shiburaj Sugathan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811943362

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Microbial Biodiversity, Biotechnology and Ecosystem Sustainability by Cristóbal Noé Aguilar,Sabu Abdulhameed,Raul Rodriguez-Herrera,Shiburaj Sugathan Pdf

This book gives insight into several aspects of the microbiology, biotechnology, and ecosystem sustainability of special and under-explored regions, that captivate human beings by their natural richness, their extensive biodiversity, the extraordinary forms of adaptation of the living beings that they inhabit, and even that keep living secrets as is the very origin of life. The chapters emphasize all aspects of biological diversity-its description, analysis, and conservation, and its controlled rational use by humankind. Also, the book is elaborated from a wide and multidisciplinary point of view. It presents reviews, research papers, comments, and research notes on biodiversity, ethnobiology, geoscience, chemistry, biological conservation, biotechnology, and ecosystem sustainability Two hotspots are the reference for this enriching book that describes details of extraordinary areas of the planet, from Cuatrociénegas, Coahuila (Mexico) to the Southern Western Ghats (India). The book will contribute to dealing with the practicalities of conservation management, economic, social, and political issues. It provides a forum for examining conflicts between sustainable development and human dependence on biodiversity in agriculture, environmental management, and biotechnology, and encourages contributions from developing countries to promote broad global perspectives on matters of biodiversity and conservation.

Author : Samit Ray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Animal biotechnology
ISBN : 8173815054

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Biodiversity And Biotechnology by Samit Ray Pdf

Author : Kerry Ten Kate,Sarah A Laird
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781000699845

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The Commercial Use of Biodiversity by Kerry Ten Kate,Sarah A Laird Pdf

Originally published in 1999 The Commercial Use of Biodiversity examines how biodiversity and the genetic material it contains are now as valuable resources. Access to genetic resources and their commercial development involve a wide range of parties such as conservation and research institutes, local communities, government agencies and companies. Equitable partnerships are not only crucial to conservation and economic development but are also in the interests of business and often required by law. In this authoritative and comprehensive volume, the authors explain the provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity on access and benefit-sharing, the effect of national laws to implement these, and aspects of typical contracts for the transfer of materials. They provide a unique sector-by-sector analysis of how genetic resources are used, the scientific, technological and regulatory trends and the different markets in Pharmaceuticals, Botanical Medicines, Crop Development, Horticulture, Crop Protection, Biotechnology (in fields other than healthcare and agriculture) and Personal Care and Cosmetics Products. This will be an essential sourcebook for all those in the commercial chain, from raw material collection to product discovery, development and marketing, for governments and policy-makers drafting laws on access and for all the institutions, communities and individuals involved in the conservation, use, study and commercialisation of genetic resources.

Author : Charles R. McManis
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781849770576

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Biodiversity and the Law by Charles R. McManis Pdf

How do we promote global economic development, while simultaneously preserving local biological and cultural diversity? This authoritative volume, written by leading legal experts and biological and social scientists from around the world, addresses this question in all of its complexity. The first part of the book focuses on biodiversity and examines what we are losing, why and what is to be done. The second part addresses biotechnology and looks at whether it is part of the solution or part of the problem, or perhaps both. The third section examines traditional knowledge, explains what it is and how, if at all, it should be protected. The fourth and final part looks at ethnobotany and bioprospecting and offers practical lessons from the vast and diverse experiences of the contributors.