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- Title
Socio-economic Considerations in Biosafety and Biotechnology Decision Making: The Cartagena Protocol and National Biosafety Frameworks.
- Authors
Falck-Zepeda, Jose Benjamin; Zambrano, Patricia
- Abstract
Article 26.1 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety left open the possibility for member countries to include in their biosafety regulatory processes the assessment of socio-economic considerations. Countries may also decide to include such assessments as part of their national legislation or regulations for the approval and deliberate release into the environment of genetically engineered technologies. Countries are debating if and how to implement assessment of socio-economic considerations. This paper contributes to the ongoing policy dialogue by discussing issues related to socio-economic assessment including scope, timing, inclusion modalities, methods, decision-making rules and standards, and the integration of socio-economic assessments in biosafety and/or biotechnology approval processes. This paper also discusses the implications of such inclusion for technology flows and public and private sector R&D. If inclusion is not done properly, it may negatively impact technology flows especially from the public sector and render an unworkable biosafety system.
- Subjects
BIOSAFETY; INTERNATIONAL cooperation on environmental protection; GENETIC engineering of crops; RISK assessment in biotechnology; DECISION making; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; ENVIRONMENTAL impact analysis; DEVELOPING countries
- Publication
Review of Policy Research, 2011, Vol 28, Issue 2, p171
- ISSN
1541-132X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1541-1338.2011.00488.x