Apart from the genetic engineering issues mentioned above, biotechnology in general should be considered a powerful factor which can contribute to environmental protection and production intensification. Production of crops resistant to frost, pests and diseases is currently a feasible idea. Investigations of the beneficial effects of plant and animal organisms on human health and psyche are in progress. These developments call for careful investigation and well-balanced judicial formulation of ideas on the beneficial influence of communication between humanity and the diverse forms of bios. The Distinction Between Environmental Law and the Biopolitics Approach.
Environmental law runs parallel to biopolitics.
It tries to create a legal framework that establishes a defense mechanism for the environment, in a way that it regulates, though one may even argue that it halts economic and technological growth so that they stop short of any adverse effects on the environment. It acts ex post, as an external factor to prevent scientific growth from trespassing the mark beyond which it upsets the balance between economic growth and ecological interest. Biopolitics - Dimensions of Biology, Biopolitics International Organization, Athens, Greece. Biopolitics - The Bios Theory. Biopolitics International Organization, Athens, Greece.