5 January 2012,

Source: Black Sea Biotechnology Association news

Dr. Klaus Ammann publishes a brochure ( final text to be issued in Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Springer) “The GM crop risk-benefit debate: science and socio-economics - a plea for a new regulatory system for a modern agriculture”.

In the view of extensive treaty on the GM debate: It is difficult to continue with a reform of the regulatory system within the Cartagena Protocol, although theoretically possible and certain articles would allow for substantial change towards a more science based system. But the obstacles should not be underestimated: there is a growing community of regulators, NGOs and also a militant fraction of biosafety researchers with a vested interest to keep the pot cooking.

Alternatively, it is maybe easier to create new international institutions with the task to develop a science based regulatory system for all new crop breeds.

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Published: January 5, 2012