Strangled at birth? Forest biotech and the Convention on Biological Diversity

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 519-527

  Strauss, Steven H ^a   Tan, Huimin ^b   Boerjan, Wout ^c,d   Sedjo, Roger ^e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARTAGENA PROTOCOL; DNA MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; ORGANIZATION; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TREE; UNITED NATIONS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERT TESTIMONY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREES;

EID: 67149123611     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0609-519     Document Type: Note

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