Preventatitve v. Punitive: How Genetically Modified Rice Litigation Shaped Regulation and Remedy for Genetically Engineered Crops

As agricultural technology develops, new issues emerge. While genetically engineered crops can increase yields and productivity, they can also increase new legal concerns that had not previously existed. One such concern is the comingling of non-engineered crops with genetically engineered varieties. The corruption of plants that are not engineered is a problem not only because of the loss of that original plant itself if the entire plant population were to become comingled, but also because of the inability to sell a crop that has been intended as a non-engineered crop when it is infiltrated by genetically engineered material

Concurrent Sessions D: Sturgeon Passage - A Hydro Owner’s Perspective On Planning, Consultation, And Implementation Of Lake Sturgeon Passage On The Menominee River

Rory Alsberg (Project Manager, North American Hydro) will discuss the hydro owner’s perspective and experiences about working with multiple agencies to develop Sturgeon Passage at the Menominee and Park Mill hydroelectric facilities on the Menominee River, located on the border of Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. In the hydroelectric industry fish passage is typically dealt with as a compliance task within the licensing process. However, fish passage was not identified by the resource agencies as a compliance task during the previous relicensing effort for these sites in the mid-1980’s.Since that time there has been a lot of emphasis placed on restoration of sturgeon populations in the Great Lakes and the Menominee River has been identified as having the largest population of lake sturgeon in the Lake Michigan basin. For this reason, even though it is not a requirement of their current hydroelectric license, North American Hydro has worked closely with multiple state, federal, and nongovernmental agencies for almost a decade on planning and implementing sturgeon passage at the Menominee and Park Mill dams. Tasks have included creating an Implementation Team consisting of the hydro owner, Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Wisconsin DNR, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, River Alliance of Wisconsin, and Michigan Hydro Relicensing Coalition; creating a conceptual report specifically outlining the proposed process for providing sturgeon passage; applying for and receiving grants needed to fund the sturgeon passage projects; performing the engineering design necessary for construction of the proposed sturgeon passage facilities; and initiating preliminary construction activities. This presentation will focus on the process that has been undertaken to accommodate sturgeon passage and the challenges faced in keeping both the owner’s and agency’s best interests in mind while discussing flow requirements, invasive species, and the layout, design and operation of sturgeon passage facilities

Are students' world views permeable to their school views in a non-Western developing country?

The purpose of this study was to examine in a developing country context the extent to which students and parents perceive the school view as being relevant to their traditional lifestyle or world view. The study builds on past cross-cultural research by examining the permeability of non-Western students' world view to the official Western school view. This ethnographic study involved interview and case study techniques with six village elders and 15 high school siblings in a South Pacific country. The results suggest strongly that the process of schooling involves an implicit devaluation of students' traditional world views which govern their village lifestyles. This study is important in that it shows that their school views are not largely taking precedence over their world views. The process of formal education is not perceived as improving the knowledge and skills needed for the survival in the village context and is perceived to be of limited viability in relation to traditional values. The main perceived benefit of formal education for students is its improvement of their prospects of earning a monetary income that could be shared with their extended families if they obtain employment in a town

Some Financial Implications of Divestiture Legislation

Those critical of divestiture legislation emphasize both the relative lack of concentration and the advantages of grouping the development of two or more energy materials under the management of one corporate business. Many of these arguments are extremely difficult to evaluate without harder evidence than appears to be available at present. This paper purports to deal with some of the financial and legal consequences of different possible methods of accomplishing divestiture