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Transgenic Plants and the Environment
Pages 19-22

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... Some agricultural practices in parts of the developing world maintain biological diversity. This is achieved by simultaneously cultivating several varieties of a crop and mixing them with other secondary crops, thus maintaining a highly diverse community of plants (Toledo et al.
From page 20...
... Risk assessments need base line information, including the biology of the species, its ecology and the identification of related species, the new traits resulting from GM technology, and relevant ecological data about the situps) in which the transgenic plant is intended to be released.
From page 21...
... Although these assessments are based primarily on the agronomic performance of the new variety compared with existing varieties, this approval process could serve as the beginning or model for a more formal risk assessment process to investigate the potential environmental impact of the new varieties, including those with transgenes. Historically, both poverty and structural change in rural areas have resulted in severe environmental deterioration.
From page 22...
... all environmental effects should be assessed against the background of effects from conventional agricultural practices currently in use in places for which the transgenic crop has been developed or grown; and (iii) in sill' and ex sill' conservation of genetic resources for agriculture should be promoted that will guarantee the widespread availability of both conventional and transgenic varieties as germplasm for future plant breeding.


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