Forest health and biotechnology : possibilities and considerations.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Potential for Biotechnology to Address Forest Health.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, researcher.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies, researcher.

Series:

Consensus study report.

A Consensus Study Report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trees--Diseases and pests.

Forest health--United States.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages).

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Nearly one-third of the United States is covered by forests, accounting for more than one million square miles, an area exceeded only in Canada, Brazil, and Russia. These forest ecosystems play vital roles in carbon storage, nutrient cycling, and air and water purification, as well as in supplying habitat for wildlife. Forests hold historical, cultural, and social significance for Americans and are sources of both food and fiber. Today, these valued resources are endangered as never before. Global commerce has hastened the introduction of nonnative, invasive tree pests and diseases, and those native to the country are becoming more virulent due to external drivers such as climate change. The loss of a tree species can have cascading adverse effects on the forest ecosystem and on the range of services it provides and the values it represents to human populations"-- Preface.

Contents:

Forest health

Mitigating threats to forest health

Ecological, economic, social, and ethical considerations in the use of biotechnology in forest trees

An integrated impact assessment framework

Current regulatory system for biotech trees and other methods used to address forest health

Moving ahead.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780309482912

0309482917

9780309482899

0309482895