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Tom Baker here and they is out of their heads. What I see here is muscle by

imperialist oligarchy capitalist machine. Where is Lula? He doesn't have enough

power. I would presume that the progressive social base from which Lula comes

is itself busy with many other things and, doesn't have the power to stop it.

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From: Orin Langelle

Subject: [LAsolidarity] Brazil will permit planting of transgenic trees

We received this news today from GRAIN (and other sources):

Subject: Brazil will permit planting of transgenic trees.

Brazil will permit the forestry company ArborGen to plant transgenic trees to obtain cellulose in this country.

24/04/2007

International ArborGen, the most important forestry biotechnology company in the world, has obtained a license to plant genetically modified eucalyptus trees in Brazil, which confirms the intentions of the company's planting transgenic trees in the Latin American market. The license is more permissive than that of the United States, where these practices are prohibited.

The announcement was made through the local press after an expert from the University of North Carolina (US), Vincent Chiang communicated that he has developed a technique by which the trees can be genetically modified to facilitate obtaining cellulose.

The discovery consists in modifying the gene that controls the production of the tree's lignin to reinsert it in a geminative tissue of the tree. According to Chiang, this technique permits the control of the production of lingin in the tree. He pointed out that this system can be used to produce more paper and, above all, more ethanol, seeing that the production of bio-fuels, a market on the rise in recent years, could stimulate the proliferation of transgenic trees.

Producing trees with less lignin reduces the cost of extracting the cellulose from which ethanol is made. The experts are working to avoid the possible contamination of natural trees by pollination.

http://www.ambientum.com/boletino/detalle.asp?ID=36439

special thanks to Trisha Novak for translation from Spanish

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