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Activists convince CBD Member States to block GE tree research

Increasingly stringent recommendations by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are hindering the field research needed to develop safe uses of genetically modified (GM) trees, say Steven H. Strauss and colleagues. [...] And the strong anti-GM stance taken by some countries and prominent nongovernmental organisations are influencing CBD recommendations, say the authors.

• SciDev.Net, UK: GM tree research blocked by impossible recommendations
• Nature Biotechnology 27 (6): 519 - 527: Strangled at birth? Forest biotech and the Convention on Biological Diversity

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