WEEK 4 -- Feb. 10

Lecture: Environmental biosafety - potential consequences (80 min.).
Population- and species-level consequences (genetic diversity, evolution, population dynamics)
Ecosystem-level consequences (structure and function, resilience)
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Discussion: Issues raised by lecture and readings (50 min.)

Group Activity: work on Annotated Bibliography 2. (30 min.)

Readings due Week 5:
All: Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture Series on Science for Sustainable Development, No. 6, Chapter 3 "Agricultural Biotechnology, Food Safety and Human Health", pp. 32-37. http://www.icsu.org ;

Animal Group: Animal Biotechnology, Chapter 4, pp.61-72;

Future Fish, pp. 31-34; (for detail, see Kapuscinski unpubl., pp. 29-34);

Kapuscinski and Hallerman 1994. Benefits, Environmental Risks, Social Concerns and Policy Implications of Botechnology in Aquaculture, section on GM food pp. 28-31.

Plant Group: Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants, 55-73;

WHO/FAO Report, 2000. Safety aspects of genetically modified foods of plant origin, pp. 1-35. http://www.who.int/fsf/GMfood/FAO-WHO_Consultation_report_2000.pdf

Due Week 5: Annotated Bibliography 2 - see description under Week 3