[MPWG] GM PLANTED - More information request

[penny at pinenut.com]

List:
 I have been asked to give testimony to the Missouri Legislature on the seed bill which is in short an attempt to restrict local control of  GMO's on to the land. As a certified wild crops farm, I wish to address this topic in terms of impact on wild populations and would apperciate links or information that I can incorporate into my presentation on GMOs and wild populations. All references would be greatly apperciated. 
I am also trying to understand how the proposed law relates to attempts to restrict invasive alien seed. In short the law says that no township or county can pass seed laws more restrictive than the Federal Law. 
Thank you
Penny Frazier
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From: <Patricia_Ford at fws.gov>
To: <mpwg at lists.plantconservation.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 11:07 AM
Subject: [MPWG] GM PLANTED CROPLAND


> 
> GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) CROPLAND IN DEVELOPING NATIONS GROWS BY A QUARTER
> 
> JAN. 13, 2006 - THE AREA IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES THAT IS PLANTED
> WITH GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) CROPS INCREASED BY NEARLY A QUARTER
> BETWEEN 2004 AND 2005.  BRAZIL SAW THE LARGEST INCREASE AND NOW
> ACCOUNTS FOR TEN PER CENT OF GLOBAL GM CROP PRODUCTION.  THE FIGURES
> ARE IN THE LATEST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FOR THE
> ACQUISITION OF AGRI-BIOTECH APPLICATIONS (ISAAA), RELEASED ON 11
> JANUARY.  THE REPORT SAYS THAT IN 2005, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
> ACCOUNTED FOR MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE GLOBAL AREA PLANTED WITH GM
> CROPS. AND BETWEEN 2004 AND 2005, GROWTH IN GM CROPLAND WAS
> SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER IN THESE COUNTRIES THAN IN INDUSTRIALIZED ONES
> (23 PER CENT, COMPARED TO JUST FIVE PER CENT).
> 
> BRAZIL NOW HAS THE WORLD'S THIRD LARGEST AREA PLANTED WITH GM
> SEEDS, BEHIND ONLY THE UNITED STATES AND ARGENTINA. ACCORDING TO
> PRESS REPORTS, THERE ARE CURRENTLY 90 MILLION HECTARES OF GM CROPS
> IN 21 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, OF WHICH 9.4 MILLION ARE LOCATED
> IN BRAZIL. BRAZIL INCREASED ITS GM CROP AREA BY 11 PERCENT SINCE
> 2004, GOING FROM FOURTH TO THIRD LARGEST PLANTER.
> 
> SOURCE - PUBLIC AFFAIRS US EMBASSY BRASILIA
> 
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