| dc.contributor | Science Division | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | United Nations Environment Programme | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Kolodziejczyk, Bartlomiej | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Kofler, Natalie | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Araya, Marianela | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Bull, James | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Champer, Jackson | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Liu, Chen | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Yuthavong, Yongyuth | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-01T11:19:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-03-01T11:19:31Z | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-92-807-3737-0 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/27544 | |
| dc.description | The world is facing unprecedented challenges to a healthy and sustainable future. Habitat destruction, invasive species, and overexploitation are contributing to immense biodiversity loss. Unsustainable, extractive industry practices further burden the environment, and by extension, human welfare. Vector-borne infectious diseases pose a major threat to global health. Rapid climate change is likely to expand the geographical range of tropical diseases and further stress already taxed species and ecosystems. A number of approaches devised to meet these challenges – some proposed and others already implemented – share a common strategy. That is, they depend upon the genetic manipulation of living organisms to acquire new functions that otherwise do not exist in nature, in order to serve human needs. | en_US |
| dc.format | Text | en_US |
| dc.language | English | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Frontiers 2018/19: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern | en_US |
| dc.rights | Public | en_US |
| dc.subject | SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY | en_US |
| dc.subject | BIOTECHNOLOGY | en_US |
| dc.subject | GENETICS | en_US |
| dc.subject | BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY | en_US |
| dc.title | Chapter 1. Synthetic Biology: Re-engineering the environment - Frontiers 2018/19: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | 合成生物学：重新设计整合环境 | |
| dc.title.alternative | Biologie synthétique: reconfigurer l’environnement | |
| dc.title.alternative | Синтетическая биология: реконструирование окружающей среды | |
| dc.title.alternative | Biología sintética: rediseñar el medio ambiente | |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 13 - Climate Action | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 15 - Life on Land | en_US |
| wd.identifier.pagesnumber | 23 pages | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdgio | http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000047 | |
| wd.identifier.sdgio | http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000049 | |
