Less than 20% of corn, soy, and cotton plants were genetically engineered in 1996. By 2009, 85% of corn and 91% of soybeans were.
Source of Life, Source of Conflict: Water in the Middle East
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union, 530 S. State Street
Panelists:
Stephen Lonergan, Professor, Department of Geography, University of Victoria, "The Anatomy of an Environmental Disaster: The Marshes of Iraq"
Stephen Gasteyer, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University, "Community Water Services in Palestine: Israeli Limits, Community Variants, and Donor Schizophrenia"
Hussein Amery, Associate Professor, Colorado School of Mines, "Islamic Water Management: A Human Security Perspective"
Respondent: Jonathan Bulkley, Peter M. Wege Professor of Sustainable Systems Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan