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2007-01-20 | permalink
Scientists downplay GMO threat to biodiversity
Fears that switching to genetically modified (GMO) crops could harm the habitat of wild birds, insects and other plants may be overblown, scientists who have developed a forecasting model say. The model developed by Reading University's Centre for Agri-Environmental Research also suggested government policy to promote a recovery in farmland bird populations may fail to deliver its goal. There have been concerns that GMO crops which are herbicide tolerant would hurt biodiversity as fewer weeds could threaten spiders and insects as well as the birds which feed on them.
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2007-01-20 | permalink
Scientists downplay GMO threat to biodiversity
Fears that switching to genetically modified (GMO) crops could harm the habitat of wild birds, insects and other plants may be overblown, scientists who have developed a forecasting model say. The model developed by Reading University's Centre for Agri-Environmental Research also suggested government policy to promote a recovery in farmland bird populations may fail to deliver its goal. There have been concerns that GMO crops which are herbicide tolerant would hurt biodiversity as fewer weeds could threaten spiders and insects as well as the birds which feed on them.
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