00556nam a2200085Ia 4500100001800000245004700018260000900065520037700074583001900451 aClark, Norman aBiotechnology for sustainable development. c1991 aShows that biotechnology offers new opportunities for diversifying economic activity for dealing with persistent environmental problems and for improving living conditions of Third World populations. Also notes that biotechnology poses major risks to society and the environment and that its benefits cannot be ensured without deliberate efforts to shape its development. c3/7/00kM2LMGR