GE Trees Briefing

Genetically engineered trees pose specific environmental risks that are even higher than those of annual crops such as maize or soy. Trees are long lived, wild and undomesticated species that are part of natural food webs and ecosystems, and hence pose long-term environmental threats to biodiversity-rich ecosystems that are difficult, if not impossible, to foresee and assess. This briefing paper outlines these threats.

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