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There has been little systematic work on the ethics of tree biotechnology. This paper synthesizes some general scholarship on technological ethics and agricultural biotechnology and suggests how it might be associated with tree biotechnology. The aim is to identify some current and potential issues for forest biotechnology and to elucidate the ethical assumptions and value commitments that lead people to conflicting opinions about the likely consequences of genetic engineering on trees.
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Thompson, P.B., Strauss, S.H. (2000). Research Ethics for Molecular Silviculture. In: Jain, S.M., Minocha, S.C. (eds) Molecular Biology of Woody Plants. Forestry Sciences, vol 66. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2313-8_22
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