Environmental Impacts

Justus Wesseler and Richard Smart ()
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Richard Smart: Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München

Chapter 6 in Socio-Economic Considerations in Biotechnology Regulation, 2014, pp 81-95 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract GM crops impact the environment both directly and indirectly. This chapter provides an overview about the methodologies for assessing these impacts from a Pigouvian, Coasian, and libertarian viewpoint, and discusses reported environmental impacts. Overall, substantial positive environmental impacts have been reported in the literature. A comprehensive environmental impact assessment has to differentiate between reversible and irreversible benefits and costs, as well as their distribution among different stakeholders.

Keywords: World Trade Organization; Precautionary Principle; Herbicide Resistant; Libertarian View; Herbicide Resistant Crop (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9440-9_6

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