This site is not updated. I will say a few words first about biotechnology broadly, then address the protocol negotiations more specifically, and then I am happy to answer questions. Let me start with biotechnology. We must pursue the benefits of biotechnology, not just the risks.
Biotechnology offers many potential benefits.
One important category of benefits is protecting the environment. Biotechnology can help us reduce pesticide usage. In addition, biotechnology can help reduce pressure on rain forests. In many places in the world rain forests are cleared so that people can have food to eat. As world population grows over the next 50 to 100 years, there is simply no way that we can feed the population on the same amount of arable land we have today with the same agricultural practices we use today.