The need to safeguard the bioeconomy
Biology as a manufacturing technology could well be the key to a more resilient, sustainable development agenda
[…]Whilst preventing the malign use of such a capacity will be one factor, there are a host of other issues that will need to be address in our national oversight frameworks, including the impact on: energy security; resource security; critical national infrastructure; data security; and environmental security and biodiversity.
[…]For example, the government of Mexico (linked statement in Spanish) suggests “the 21st century system of international peace & should not be built, or stand, on the indiscriminate and inhumane effects of weapons of mass destruction”. They are convinced that “the new architecture must be built on justice and social development, international law and application of the rule of law, as well as solidarity and peaceful coexistence among peoples”.
from Piers Millett at http://biosecu.re/biosecure/writing/Entries/2014/12/16_Day_of_longboarding.html