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Bt Brinjal: the scope and adequacy of the GEAC environmental risk assessment

This report evaluates the scope and adequacy of the environmental risk assessment (ERA) for hybrid EE-1 Bt brinjal requested by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) in response to the Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Ltd., Mumbai (Mahyco) application for permission to commercialise hybrid EE-1 Bt brinjal.
- 01/08/2010
- University of Minnesota
- - Bt Brinjal
  - Environment
  - India
  - Genetic Engineering
  - Mahyco
  - Health
  - Agriculture
  - GM Crops
The Sundarbans tiger: Adaptation, population status and conflict management

The Sundarbans of India and Bangladesh is the only mangrove in the world where tigers still live. The Sundarbans has been under various forms of management for about 2,000 years, and is classified as a Tiger Conservation Landscape of Global Priority. Little is known about the Sundarbans tigers, which are threatened by habitat destruction, prey depletion, and direct tiger loss.
- 01/01/2009
- University of Minnesota

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