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2003-12-10 |

Kyoto Protocol allows GE trees as carbon sinks

Parties reached agreement yesterday on the use of sinks in the CDM after two years of negotiations. This is an encouraging step forward for the Kyoto Protocol and demonstrates the success of the multilateral process.
However, the sinks agreement clearly fails in three key areas:
- No exclusion of monoculture plantations.
- No exclusion of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
- The links between the sinks rules and other multilateral environmental agreements such as Convention on Biological Diversity are not strong enough.

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2003-12-10 |

Kyoto Protocol allows GE trees as carbon sinks

Parties reached agreement yesterday on the use of sinks in the CDM after two years of negotiations. This is an encouraging step forward for the Kyoto Protocol and demonstrates the success of the multilateral process.
However, the sinks agreement clearly fails in three key areas:
- No exclusion of monoculture plantations.
- No exclusion of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
- The links between the sinks rules and other multilateral environmental agreements such as Convention on Biological Diversity are not strong enough.

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