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1. You are the general counsel for a multinational biotechnology company. Your C

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1.You are the general counsel for a multinational biotechnology company. Your CEO has asked for a detailed description of what the company must do to ensure that it is in compliance with the Biosafety Protocol. You plan to export many LMOs both to be released into the environment and to be consumed, and you operate in countries that have implemented the Biosafety Protocol.

2.What countries are proposing to change the listing of the African elephant from Appendix I to Appendix II? What is their basis for this proposal?

3.Why has the United States not ratified UNCLOS? What advantages might there be if we were to ratify it?

4.Agriculture accounts for 70% of water use around the world. Yet with an ever increasing population, we need to continually produce more food. If you were czar – in other words, everyone had to do as you say – what would you change about how we use water and how we produce food and fiber?

Explanation / Answer

4)

a) Usage of water : impliment water saving plans like rainwater harvesting and dams could help us conserve water. Building cannals from rivers can lead to proper distribution of water among the population.

b) production of food ; with advancement is science we can produce species of plants which will require comparitively lesser use of water and other resources for growth.

3)

The United States did not ratified UNCLOS as they beleived it will hamper their econmic intrestes and compromise on the security intrests of the country.Advantages will be that we would have the rights and established guidelines for businesses, the environment, and the management of marine natural resources.

2)China and Japan. The basics of the proposal are that the population of the speicie has grown with time and it can be moved to the other section so that trade of animals or animal products can easily occur within the countries.

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