04993nam 2200793Ia 450 991096430280332120251017110116.00-309-17840-10-309-12086-11-281-97297-59786611972974(CKB)1000000000721509(EBL)3378421(SSID)ssj0000161640(PQKBManifestationID)11153353(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000161640(PQKBWorkID)10199542(PQKB)10581731(MiAaPQ)EBC3378421(Au-PeEL)EBL3378421(CaPaEBR)ebr10267566(CaONFJC)MIL197297(OCoLC)923279553(DNLM)1493661(BIP)53855549(BIP)21781872(EXLCZ)99100000000072150920080716d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGenetically engineered organisms, wildlife, and habitat a workshop summary /Paula Tarnapol Whitacre, rapporteur ; Planning Committee for the Workshop on Research to Improve the Evaluation of the Impacts of Genetically Engineered Organisms on Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife and Habitats, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies1st ed.Washington, DC National Academies Pressc20081 online resource (85 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-309-12085-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-54).""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""1 Setting the Stage""; ""2 Current Research: What Is Known and What Are the Gaps?""; ""3 Research Questions, Approaches, Projects, and Needs""; ""4 Concluding Thoughts""; ""References""; ""Appendix A: Agenda""; ""Appendix B: Participant Biosketches""Since the first commercial introduction of transgenic corn plants in 1995, biotechnology has provided enormous benefits to agricultural crop production. Research is underway to develop a much broader range of genetically engineered organisms (GEOs), including fish, trees, microbes, and insects, that could have the potential to transform fields such as aquaculture, biofuels production, bioremediation, biocontrol, and even the production of pharmaceuticals . However, biotechnology is not without risk and continues to be an extremely controversial topic. Chief among the concerns is the potential ecological effects of GEOs that interact with wildlife and habitats. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is charged with providing scientific advice to inform federal agencies that manage wildlife and their habitats. USGS has identified biotechnology as one of its major challenges for future research. Seeing an opportunity to initiate a dialogue between ecologists and developers of GEOs about this challenge, the USGS and the National Research Council (NRC) held a two-day workshop in November of 2007, to identify research activities with the greatest potential to provide the information needed to assess the ecological effects of GEOs on wildlife and habitats. The workshop, designed to approach the research questions from a habitat, rather than transgenic organism, perspective, is summarized in this book.Agricultural biotechnologyRisk assessmentCongressesBiotechnologyEnvironmental aspectsCongressesGenetic engineeringEnvironmental aspectsCongressesPlant genetic engineeringCongressesTransgenic organismsEnvironmental aspectsCongressesTransgenic organismsRisk assessmentCongressesTransgenic plantsRisk assessmentCongressesAgricultural biotechnologyRisk assessmentBiotechnologyEnvironmental aspectsGenetic engineeringEnvironmental aspectsPlant genetic engineeringTransgenic organismsEnvironmental aspectsTransgenic organismsRisk assessmentTransgenic plantsRisk assessment660.65Whitacre Paula1793172National Academies Press (U.S.)National Research Council (U.S.).Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources.National Research Council (U.S.).Planning Committee for the Workshop on Research to Improve the Evaluation of the Impacts of Genetically Engineered Organisms on Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife and Habitats.Workshop on Genetically Engineered Organisms, Wildfire, and HabitatsMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910964302803321Genetically engineered organisms, wildlife, and habitat4447294UNINA