Canada needs to move quickly to capitalize on linkage of biotechnology to sustainable development - CBAC report

Research Money, November, 2006 by Anonymous

A unique report examining the potential of linking biotechnology and sustainable development concludes that Canada must quickly position itself for a confluence of the two fields. Failure to act will risk squandering natural advantages that could help to vault the nation into a leadership position. It calls on the government to encourage the development of bioproducts and advanced biorefineries in concert with industry and the provinces, stimulating a thriving bioeconomy that will assist Canada in meeting its sustainable development objectives.

Entitled BioPromise: Biotechnology, Sustainahle Development and Canada's Future Economy (BSDE), the report is reportedly the first in the world to explicitly link the future of biotechnology to sustainable development. It foresees a...

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