Resource Pointer #71
March 6, 1996
For copies of the following resources, please contact
the appropriate publishers or organizations directly.
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*Information Systems for Biotechnology News Report,
March 1996.* USDA/CSREES, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University. Internet listserve news service
provides biotechnology related updates focusing on
recent legal, scientific and commercial developments.
March edition includes brief articles on deregulation of
herbicide resistant cotton, patenting genetically
engineered animals, European Commission efforts to
educate public about biotechnology and planned
transgenic arthropod symposium. No charge. To subscribe
via email send the message "SUBSCRIBE NEWSREPORT" to
news@nbiap.biochem.vt.edu. Also available by gopher and
WWW. Gopher: ftp.nbiap.vt.edu; WWW
http://www.nbiap.vt.edu/.
*IFOAM Asian Regional Network Newsletter, No. 7,
December 1995.* Quarterly periodical focuses on issues
related to organic agriculture in Asia. December issue
features overview of 1995 international Conference on
Food, Culture, Trade and the Environment, which brought
representatives together from many non governmental
organizations (NGOs) to discuss organic agriculture,
development and trade. Also includes articles discussing
future of IFOAM in Asia, community supported agriculture
in Japan, the China Green Food program and a
demonstration organic farm in East Java. IFOAM Asia,
IIRD, Kanchan Nagar, Nakshatrawadi, P.O. Box 562,
Aurangabad 431 002, Maharashtra, India; phone (91-240)
332336; fax (91-240) 331036; email john-
faxcom@axcess.net.in.
*Forces: Economic Social and Cultural Quarterly, No.110,
1995.* Bilingual (English/French) periodical focuses on
range of environmental, economic and social issues
related to Canada. This issue emphasizes world food
security and Canada's role in creating food security,
and includes articles on major food challenges of 21st
century, steering the U.N. Food and Agricultural
Organization (FAO), an overview of Canadian agriculture
sector and Canadian approaches to international aid.
Subscription -- US$35. Societe d'edition de la Revue
Forces, 500 rue Sherbrooke ouest, Bureau 1270, Montreal,
QE, Canada; phone (514) 286-2250; fax (514) 286-7600.
*Towards Sustainable Irrigation and Water Resources
Management in Agricultural Development, 1995.* Committee
on Agricultural Sustainability for Developing Countries.
Emphasizes importance of sustainable water resources
management to agriculture, food security and
international relations and stresses need to allocate
greater financial resources to water management
research. Discusses research priorities and possibility
of directing World Bank money to fund research. Based on
proceedings of workshop that convened range of water
resources experts, including representatives from U.S.
Agency for International Development, World Bank, U.N.
Development Programme, Consultative Group on
International Agricultural Research and International
Food Policy Research Institute. Committee on
Agricultural Sustainability for Developing Countries,
1709 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20006; phone
(202) 638-6300; fax (202) 638-0036.
*Plaguicidas en Chile: La Guerra Quimica y sus Victimas,
1995.* (Spanish only). Maria Elena Rozas. Describes
extent of pesticide use in Chile and provides general
overview of health, environmental and agroecological
consequences of pesticide use. Discusses pesticide
related laws and regulations in Chile as well as
relationship of these laws to international agreements
including the Montreal Protocol. Includes historical
overview of pesticide use and documents Chilean
importation and use of range of pesticides. 169 pp.
Observatorio Latinoamericano de Conflictos Ambientales
and the Instituto de Ecologia Politica, Seminario 776,
Nunoa, Santiago, Chile; phone (56-2) 274-57-13; fax (56-
2) 223-45-22; email oca@mailnet.rdc.cl.
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