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Six Things to Know about Rights of Nature

Legal Planet

The problem is that focusing on the challenges of litigation risks overlooking the second RoN strategy, one that may prove much more important in the USA over time — RoN through Governance. Instead, national legislation has created a governance structure for a forest, river, and lagoon. But, even here, the challenge remains.

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Earth System Interventions for Sustainability

Legal Planet

By 2009, environmental challenges–especially climate change–were severe enough that humans have obligations to understand how technologies can help overcome them and to use these technologies, as appropriate. Twelve years later, this seems only more so. Much of this work falls within the natural sciences.

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Canada to Recognize Right to a Healthy Environment

Manning Law

The Government of Canada announced today that it will modernize the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) and, in so doing, will recognize Canadians’ right to a healthy environment. In Canada, jurisdiction to regulate the environment is shared between the provinces and the Federal Government.

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From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity through Seed Breeding – Part I: 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

Support for resilient and diversified seed systems is critical in the upcoming Farm Bill and can also be a direct pathway to support BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) communities and climate change strategies. The shift toward commercialization of seed began in earnest. Source: Philip H.

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Two China Based Companies Banned as a Result of Forced Labor

Greenbuilding Law

and its subsidiary Chenguang Biotechnology Group Yanqi Co. companies and individuals installing solar panels created with government sponsored modern slavery to remedy the ills of climate change, has in the last year shifted sharply in favor of Americans doing the right thing for those in forced labor from Xinjiang.

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OSTP Announces New Action Plan to Bolster, Expand, and Diversify the Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Workforce

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Hutton On June 27, 2023, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced the release of a new action plan intended to “rapidly and equitably expand biotechnology and biomanufacturing education and job training programs in the United States.”

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CRS Publishes Primer on the Bioeconomy

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bioeconomy that could be pursued by Congress include: Development and Implementation of a National Strategy: The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) and others have recommended that the federal government develop and regularly update a national bioeconomy strategy. bioeconomy. bioeconomy. bioeconomy strategy.