title: Strangled at birth? Forest biotech and the Convention on Biological Diversity.
abstract: Against the Cartagena Protocol and widespread scientific support for a case-by-case approach to regulation, the Convention on Biological Diversity has become a platform for imposing broad restrictions on research and development of all types of transgenic trees.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA. steve.strauss@oregonstate.edu
authors.forename: Steven H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: Huimin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Wout
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Boerjan
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sedjo
mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004777:Environment; D005104:Expert Testimony; D007391:International Cooperation; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D012107:Research Design; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014197:Trees