Outreach

Genetically engineered crops

• Ecological Society of America
  • ESA Position Paper Submitted to the ESA Governing Board November 21, 2003
    Accepted by the ESA Governing Board February 26, 2004
    “Genetically engineered organisms and the environment: Current status and recommendations”
    A. A. Snow, D. A. Andow, P. Gepts, E. M. Hallerman, A. Power, J. M. Tiedje, and L. L. Wolfenbarger
  • Also published in Ecol. Applic. 15: 377–404 (2005)
    
• Union of Concerned Scientists
  • Plants genetically engineered for the production of pharmaceuticals and industrial products
    • Web page of UCS: A Growing Concern: Protecting the Food Supply in an Era of Pharmaceutical and Industrial Crops
    • Consult UCS web page for Pdf version of the full report: 1.4 Mb
• Commission for Environmental Cooperation (associated with NAFTA: North American Free-Trade Agreement)
  • Maize and biodiversity: the effects of transgenic maize in Mexico
  • General report by the Advisory Group: Pdf 4 Mb
  • Background chapters:
    • Berthauld J, Gepts P. Assessment of Effects on Genetic Diversity Abstract Research paper
• University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources: Natural Resources Coordinating Council, March 2, 2005 meeting in Woodland, CA
  • Pdf version of presentation
    
• American Public Health Association, October 7, 2007, in Boston MA: A growing concern: Vulnerability of the food supply to contamination by pharmaceutical and industrial crops
  • Pdf version of presentation

Teaching evolution

• American Institute of Biological Sciences/National Association of Biology Teachers/Biological Sciences Curriculum Study: Special Symposium: 12-13 November, 2004, Chicago, IL
  • Evolutionary Science and Society: Educating a New Generation
    • Gepts P. Plant and Animal Domestication as Human-Made Evolution