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The American chestnut tree is coming back. Who is it for?

Grist

For years, controversy has swirled around the ethics of using novel biotechnology for species conservation. In New York’s state lands, he added, there are almost no provisions for gathering medicines, collecting food, or growing food in traditional territories. (Transgenic organisms contain DNA from other species.)

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How regulations can tear down the barriers faced by the cultivated meat industry

Business Green

The report defines a cultivated meat as one which has been produced using tissue engineering techniques that have been pioneered in regenerative medicine. However, if the sector is to thrive and maximise its potential environmental benefits then there are a number of financial and technical challenges which need to be overcome.

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Biorefinery handles recycle-resistant plant waste

Envirotec Magazine

A long-standing grail of biotechnology is the effort to convert the lignin component of plant-based biomass into energy or something useful – this being a less wasteful avenue than simply burning it or throwing it away. Not only is that expensive, it also is hazardous for public health.

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How farmers and seaweed can help tackle ocean pollution

Business Green

Just ask Luis Lombana, CEO of Ficosterra , a Spanish marine biotechnology company that makes fertilisers from an unexpected source: seaweed. When it comes to ocean health, the work of convincing farmers to ditch their synthetic fertilizers can't happen fast enough. Farmers as a group don't typically embrace change.

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Behind from the start: The UK is failing to invest in alt-proteins while the world marches on

Business Green

There is also more to this industry than the climate and potential health benefits. But whilst the government has invested significantly in other solutions to tackling carbon emissions from food - for example food waste and agriculture - it has yet to do so in this sector.