The three GM maize crops are not authorized
for cultivation in the EU.

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"The industrial forest sector also plays an important economic role
globally," said Dr. Widely recognized environmental functions of forests
include mitigating climate change, conserving biological diversity,
maintaining clean and reliable water resources, sustaining and enhancing land
productivity, protecting coastal and marine resources and enhancing urban
environments.

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"It accounts for about three percent of global
trade and one percent of global direct capital investments.

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Kaimowitz.
The Ministerial Meeting on Forests and FAO's Committee on Forestry, both
to be held in Rome in March, are expected to help raise additional
international awareness of the role of forests in sustainable development and
to identify actions to help realize forests' potential contribution to the
realization of the MDGs.

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Experts Emphasize Forests' Contribution to the MDGs

MON863x810 is the fourth GM line to be authorized under Directive 2001/18 on
the deliberate release of GMOs into the environment.

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Heads of State and other high level government officials will gather at
the United Nations in New York in September in a high level segment of the
General Assembly to review progress in implementation of the UN Millennium
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The panel recognized the key role that FAO can play in raising the profile
and increasing awareness of the links between forests and the MDGs and in
enhancing regional and sub-regional cooperation in this area.

Sustained international commitment to the MDGs
The panel's views come at a time when international attention and national
efforts are focused on efforts to achieve the goals. FAO is currently carrying
out a major review of its activities aimed at ensuring maximum support to
achieving the MDGs.

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The panel recognized forests' contribution to environmental sustainability
by providing a range of environmental services and by furnishing renewable
wood and non-wood products, many substitutes for which are not renewable or as
environmentally friendly. And it was recommended that FAO assist countries to
carry out analyses of the forest-poverty links in their national context, to
increase the visibility of the forest sector in their Poverty Reduction
Strategy Papers and other sustainable development plans , and to reflect
poverty reduction and food security adequately in their national forest
programs .

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The authorizations will remain valid for 10 years,
and they result from applications submitted by the producer company, Monsanto.

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The livelihoods of the approximately 240 million of the world 's poor that
live in forested areas of developing countries depend on the protection and,
in many cases, the rehabilitation of these forests.

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FAO Committed to Helping Realize Development Goals

WASHINGTON and ROME, Forests contribute directly
to reducing extreme poverty and hunger and ensuring environmental
sustainability, two of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) , a panel of
forestry experts invited to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has
concluded .

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Two of these, GA21 and MON863, were authorized for use as food and food
ingredients.

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Poor people 's agricultural
activities also benefit from the role of forests and trees through
contributions to land productivity, enhancing crop and livestock production,
and providing genetic resources, among other services. And an estimated
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"Forests not only make significant contributions to sustainable
development, but failure to achieve environmental stability -- including
through sustainable forest management -- will undermine social and economic
development goals.eurunion.

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Forests' contributions to achieve the MDGs
"Forest products can contribute directly to the goal of reducing poverty
and hunger by providing cash income, jobs, and consumption goods for poor
families," said Dr.

Key roles for FAO
Several roles that FAO can play to assist countries' efforts to achieve
the MDGs were identified.

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The panel highlighted the significant contribution of forests and trees
outside forests to the MDGs, emphasizing that sustainable forest management
and sustainable development are closely linked, as recognized at the World
Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in 2002. The Commission's decisions follow after
Council did not reach a qualified majority to either approve or reject
proposals for the authorization of these GMOs.

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David Kaimowitz, Director-General of the Center for
International Forestry Research, who chaired the meeting. FAO is fully committed to helping countries realize the
potential contributions of forests to their national development goals," said
Hosny El Lakany , Assistant Director-General, FAO Forestry Department. WASHINGTON, The European Commission today
authorized the placing on the market of three genetically modified maize
lines. The third, MON863x810 , was authorized for import and industrial
processing. In such a case, the Commission
has to adopt a decision.

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In promoting the achievement of the MDGs, it was recommended that FAO
continue to support countries' efforts to enhance participatory processes in
the forest sector as well as to encourage corporate social responsibility
(CSR) in the private forestry sector. GA21 and MON863 are the last 2 GM foods to be
authorized under the Novel Food Regulation (258/97), which, since 18 April
2004, has been replaced by Regulation 1829/2003 for GM food and feed.

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9 million people are employed in the sector. In line with EU labeling and traceability rules, the three maize
types and any product containing them will have to clearly indicate that they
have been genetically modified.
GA21 maize is genetically modified to be tolerant of "Roundup-Ready"
herbicide, thus improving weed management and crop production, while MON863 is
modified to have resistance against corn root borer, a beetle which can cause
severe damage to maize crops.

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GMOs: Commission Authorizes Three Maize Types for Marketing in the EU

MON863x810 has been made resistant to corn
rootworm and certain other pests.