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E.g. Brooks, Thomas M.
E.g. Brooks, Thomas M.
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    Rifkin, Jeremy

This publication explores the epic marriage between computer technology and genetic engineering, and the historic transition into the Age of Biotechnology. Already, our economy is experiencing a massive shift away from the Industrial Age and into an era in which giant life-science corporations are fashioning a bio-industrial world. Humanity is on the brink of wielding greater control over the biology of life -- how we are born; how our food is created; the traites our children may have -- than has ever been imagined. But with each step into this new era, we must ask ourselves: at what cost?

   

This publication reports on the measures taken for the implementation of the provisions of the Convention and on Belarus's efficiency for attaining the Convention's objectives. This publication is based on the materials of the National Strategy and Action Plan for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity in the Republic of Belarus and the analytical review called "The Status and Use of Biological Diversity in the Republic of Belarus."

   

Los programas de manejo permiten planificar el conjunto de acciones, decisiones y estrategias tendientes a combinar las funciones de conservación, investigación y desarrollo económico de la región. También son un esfuerzo conjunto del gobierno y toda la sociedad que permite conciliar la conservación y el aprovechamiento de los recursos naturales.

   

Los programas de manejo permiten planificar el conjunto de acciones, decisiones y estrategias tendientes a combinar las funciones de conservación, investigación y desarrollo económico de la región. También son un esfuerzo conjunto del gobierno y toda la sociedad que permite conciliar la conservación y el aprovechamiento de los recursos naturales.

    Davies de Freitas, Maria de Lourdes

This book contains presentations by renowned Brazilian scientists and ambientalists on themes which unite man, nature and sustainable development of Brazil's Amazonia. Written for the general public and mixing scientific articles with views of everyday life, this book takes readers deep into the complex maze of environmental and social issues found at the heart of Brazilian Amazonia.