Research & Reports
This list of selected documents provides you with more information on GE tree issues from different actors. The links in the left column lead you to further publications of interest.
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2008
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Author: | n.a. |
Organisation: | World Rainforest Movement, Uruguay |
Source: | WRM Briefing Paper |
Transgenic TreesAbstract: It is important for everyone to know that plantations of transgenic trees will only exacerbate all of the impacts of current industrial tree monocultures. Essentially, trees that grow more rapidly will exhaust water supplies more rapidly; there will be greater destruction of biodiversity in the biological deserts of trees genetically modified to be resistant to insects and to not produce blossoms, fruits or seeds; the soil will be destroyed at a faster pace by the increased extraction of biomass; intensive mechanisation will eliminate even more jobs; the increased use of agrotoxic substances will affect the health of humans and ecosystems; and sources of livelihood will be taken away from more communities displaced to make room for even more “green deserts”.
until 2003