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Bangladesh's environmental risk assessment guidelines for GE crops finalized
August 27, 2014
Source: Crop Biotech Update
A workshop to finalize the Guidelines for the Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Engineered(GE) Crops was concluded in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 20, 2014. The one day-long stakeholders workshop featured experts Dr. Andrew Roberts (Deputy Director of the Center for Environmental Risk Assessment), Dr. Joseph Huesing (Sr. Biotech Adviser, USAID) and Dr. Imdadul Hoque (country coordinator of ABSP II), who provided insights and led discussions on risk assessment of biotech crops. More than 50 scientists, academicians, policy makers, environmentalists, and nongovernment agencies recommended the approval of the draft Guidelines for Gazzette notification. This will be handled by the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF).
More news from: ISAAA (International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications)
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