Eco-restructuring: Implications for Sustainable Development (UNU, 1998, 417 p.): Part I: Restructuring resource use: 3. Ecological process engineering: The potential of bio-processing: Notes

Eco-restructuring: Implications for Sustainable Development (UNU, 1998, 417 p.)

Part I: Restructuring resource use

3. Ecological process engineering: The potential of bio-processing

		(introduction...)
		Editor's note
		Introduction
		The current situation: The status of biotechnologies
		Potential and promises
		Market penetration by biotechnology
		Barriers to penetration
		Final remarks
		Notes
		References

Notes

1. Technically, genetic engineering involves cutting and splicing molecules of the substance called deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). The artificially modified forms are known as recombinant DNA or rDNA.

2. Indeed, as of 1994, well over 90 per cent of all worldwide venture-capital funding for biotechnology was targeted at this field of application.

3. See, for instance, the United Nations University's zero emissions research initiative (ZERI) (Paul) 1995).