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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>List:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> 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. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Penny Frazier</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: <</FONT><A
href="mailto:Patricia_Ford@fws.gov"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Patricia_Ford@fws.gov</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: <</FONT><A
href="mailto:mpwg@lists.plantconservation.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>mpwg@lists.plantconservation.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 11:07
AM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: [MPWG] GM PLANTED
CROPLAND</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>> <BR>> GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) CROPLAND IN DEVELOPING NATIONS
GROWS BY A QUARTER<BR>> <BR>> JAN. 13, 2006 - THE AREA IN DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES THAT IS PLANTED<BR>> WITH GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) CROPS INCREASED
BY NEARLY A QUARTER<BR>> BETWEEN 2004 AND 2005. BRAZIL SAW THE LARGEST
INCREASE AND NOW<BR>> ACCOUNTS FOR TEN PER CENT OF GLOBAL GM CROP
PRODUCTION. THE FIGURES<BR>> ARE IN THE LATEST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FOR THE<BR>> ACQUISITION OF AGRI-BIOTECH APPLICATIONS
(ISAAA), RELEASED ON 11<BR>> JANUARY. THE REPORT SAYS THAT IN 2005,
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES<BR>> ACCOUNTED FOR MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE GLOBAL AREA
PLANTED WITH GM<BR>> CROPS. AND BETWEEN 2004 AND 2005, GROWTH IN GM CROPLAND
WAS<BR>> SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER IN THESE COUNTRIES THAN IN INDUSTRIALIZED
ONES<BR>> (23 PER CENT, COMPARED TO JUST FIVE PER CENT).<BR>> <BR>>
BRAZIL NOW HAS THE WORLD'S THIRD LARGEST AREA PLANTED WITH GM<BR>> SEEDS,
BEHIND ONLY THE UNITED STATES AND ARGENTINA. ACCORDING TO<BR>> PRESS REPORTS,
THERE ARE CURRENTLY 90 MILLION HECTARES OF GM CROPS<BR>> IN 21 COUNTRIES
AROUND THE WORLD, OF WHICH 9.4 MILLION ARE LOCATED<BR>> IN BRAZIL. BRAZIL
INCREASED ITS GM CROP AREA BY 11 PERCENT SINCE<BR>> 2004, GOING FROM FOURTH
TO THIRD LARGEST PLANTER.<BR>> <BR>> SOURCE - PUBLIC AFFAIRS US EMBASSY
BRASILIA<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
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