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		<title>Belgium: Field trials planned of GM poplar trees for ethanol</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why are scientists researching this dangerous, untested false solution to climate change, when other real solutions already exist? By Chris Lang. Published in WRM Bulletin 127, February 2008. Late last year, the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), a life sciences research institution applied for permission to establish a field trial of genetically modified poplar trees [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chrislang.org&amp;blog=99550&amp;post=703&amp;subd=chrislang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Convention on Biodiversity, GM trees and paper consumption</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CBD report on GM trees recommends a precautionary approach to the use of GM trees. A ban would be better. By Chris Lang. Published in WRM Bulletin 126, January 2008. In March 2006, in Curitiba, Brazil, the parties to the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) discussed the issue of genetically modified (GM) trees. Some delegates [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chrislang.org&amp;blog=99550&amp;post=680&amp;subd=chrislang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Aotearoa/New Zealand: Scion&#8217;s GE trees cut down!</title>
		<link>http://chrislang.org/2008/01/31/aotearoanew-zealand-scions-ge-trees-cut-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scion&#8217;s trial plot of GE trees has been damaged by protesters (or perhaps by rabbits with spades). By Chris Lang. Published in WRM Bulletin 126, January 2008. Since 2003, New Zealand&#8217;s Scion has been carrying out a field trial planting of genetically engineered (GE) Radiata pine and Norway spruce trees at its research facilities in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chrislang.org&amp;blog=99550&amp;post=678&amp;subd=chrislang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the wood out of the trees – the pulp industry&#8217;s dangerous plans for GM trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pulp industry wants genetically modified trees with less lignin. The industry&#8217;s &#8220;solution&#8221; will make things worse. By Chris Lang. Published in ILA 310, November 2007. The pulp industry is one of the most polluting industries in the world. One of the reasons for the pollution is that the industry relies overwhelmingly on wood as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chrislang.org&amp;blog=99550&amp;post=665&amp;subd=chrislang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ArborGen – the world&#8217;s biggest GM tree research company plans to get bigger</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ArborGen&#8217;s GM tree research in New Zealand, Brazil and the US poses a serious threat to people and forests. Yet the regulatory authorities in all three countries are ignoring the risks. By Chris Lang. Published in WRM Bulletin 123, October 2007. In August 2007, ArborGen signed an agreement[1] which brings the company&#8217;s aim of being [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chrislang.org&amp;blog=99550&amp;post=663&amp;subd=chrislang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>European Forest Institute chooses to ignore the &#8220;overwhelmingly negative&#8221; social effects of GM trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Forest Institute is in favour of research into GM trees &#8211; despite an EFI discussion paper which points out the risks and dangers. By Chris Lang. Published in WRM Bulletin 123, October 2007. The European Forest Institute recently announced a statement in favour of research into genetically modified trees.[1] Several of EFI&#8217;s 131 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chrislang.org&amp;blog=99550&amp;post=664&amp;subd=chrislang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Clear as mud: FSC&#8217;s position on GM trees</title>
		<link>http://chrislang.org/2007/09/25/clear-as-mud-fscs-position-on-gm-trees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What, exactly, is FSC&#8217;s position on GM trees? By Chris Lang. Published in WRM Bulletin 122, September 2007. Three years ago, in response to an article I wrote about the pulp industry&#8217;s involvement in research into genetically modified (GM) trees,[1] I received an email from the FSC Secretariat in Oaxaca, Mexico. &#8220;I assume you are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chrislang.org&amp;blog=99550&amp;post=638&amp;subd=chrislang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sweden: Research into GE trees risks irreversible damage to forests</title>
		<link>http://chrislang.org/2007/08/27/sweden-research-into-ge-trees-risks-irreversible-damage-to-forests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Swedish scientist is leading the way in GE tree research into flowering. The risks to the world&#8217;s forests are enormous. By Chris Lang. Published in WRM Bulletin 121, August 2007. Professor Ove Nilsson is the star of genetically engineered tree research in Sweden. Nilsson and his research team at the Umeå Plant Science Centre [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chrislang.org&amp;blog=99550&amp;post=574&amp;subd=chrislang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GE Trees: No solution to climate change</title>
		<link>http://chrislang.org/2005/03/01/ge-trees-no-solution-to-climate-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN has included GE trees as a possible means of combatting climate change. It won&#8217;t work. By Chris Lang. Published in Gen-ethischer Informationsdienst, February/March 2005. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) came to force in 1994. The convention states that its purpose is the &#8220;stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chrislang.org&amp;blog=99550&amp;post=507&amp;subd=chrislang&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GM trees and the Kyoto Protocol</title>
		<link>http://chrislang.org/2005/01/28/gm-trees-and-the-kyoto-protocol/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2005 23:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
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