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• DowntoEarth: A wild thought: Are genetically-engineered trees really 'the future' (27th January 2023)
  

• In These Times: The GMO American Chestnut - Restoration of a Beloved Species or Biotech Trojan Horse? (16th July 2019)
  

• Independent Science News: The GE American Chestnut Restoration of a Beloved Species or Trojan Horse for Tree Biotechnology? (11th June 2019)
  

• The Conversation: Can genetic engineering save disappearing forests? (18th January 2019)
  

• Nature: Transgenic trees face rocky path from farm to forest (8th January 2019)
  

• The Crozet Gazette: Blue Ridge Naturalist: Consequences (7th September 2018)
  

• The Hill: The forests are in crisis but biotechnology is not the solution (28th March 2018)
  

• The Washington Post: Environmentalists are urging the USDA to reject this genetically engineered eucalyptus tree (8th August 2017)
  

• Genetically Engineered Trees: A New Frontier or Climate Catastrophe? (16th May 2016)
  

• Fresh Plaza: Romania to trial disease resistant GM plum trees (8th February 2016)
  

• The Observer: With 90 percent of the UK's ash trees about to be wiped out, could GM be the answer? (31st October 2015)
  

• RBA: CTNBio adia liberacao do eucalipto, mas aprova novos milhos transgenicos [In Portguese] (6th March 2015)
  

  Brazilian regulators delay a decision on GM trees but approve Dow's 2,4-D resistant maize, and Monsanto's maize resistant to glufosinate and glyphosate.

• TruthOut: Engineering Chestnut Trees? Biotechnology Takes a Walk in the Woods (25th December 2014)
  

• Syracuse.com: SUNY ESF plan to release genetically engineered chestnut tree is too hasty (14th November 2014)
  

• C Magazine: Indigenous Peoples Unite to Stop Genetically Engineered Trees (13th October 2014)
  

• Nature: Brazil considers transgenic trees (27th August 2014)
  

• Common Ground: GE poplars condemned (May 2014)
  

• Business Vancouver: UBC's genetically engineered trees ready to change forestry industry (23rd April 2014)
  

• ABC: GM trees 'designed for deconstruction' (4th April 2014)
  

• IATP: Genetically modified American chestnuts - the next golden rice? (28th August 2013)
  

• in Press articles
  Le Monde: Il n'y a plus d'experimentation d'OGM en plein champ en France (17th July 2013)
  

  Reports that the latest trial of a GM crop in France (GM poplars) has been stopped.

• IPS: U.S. Urged to Reject Genetically Engineered Trees (30th May 2013)
  

• The Economist: Genetically modified trees: Into the wildwood (4th May 2013)
  

• OilPrice.com: Turning Fruit Trees into Biofuel (26th March 2013)
  

• The Guardian: The GM tree plantations bred to satisfy the world's energy needs (15th November 2012)
  

• Financial Times: Barking up the right GM tree? (20th July 2012)
  

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