Title:

Presentations from the international conference: Society and policy influences on biotechnology risk assessment for restoration of threatened forest tree species, April 2021

Author(s):

Jacobs, Douglass F.; Dumroese, R. Kasten

Publication Year:

2023

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Jacobs, Douglass F.; Dumroese, R. Kasten. 2023. Presentations from the international conference: Society and policy influences on biotechnology risk assessment for restoration of threatened forest tree species, April 2021. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/JS-2022-001

Abstract:

This novel conference, held in April 2021, integrated input from key scientists, regulators, and stakeholders toward forming broad consensus on the state of knowledge concerning the use of biotechnology to restore tree species threatened by introduced insects and diseases. The conference included three keynote presentations and additional presentations from 12 invited scientists, three federal regulatory agencies, and three nonprofit stakeholders working in the biotechnology, ecology, and social science areas of threatened forest tree species restoration. This journal supplement contains 20 recorded presentations and the transcripts from the conference.

Five key conclusions were identified as a result of our conference: (1) unprecedented potential and momentum exists for restoration of threatened forest trees; (2) a sense of urgency to restore threatened forest trees is being driven by global incentives for tree planting, forest restoration, and maintaining biodiversity; (3) society is increasingly open to using biotechnology for restoration of threatened forest trees; (4) policy is likely to follow public opinion, provided that risk-benefits are favorable; and (5) the massive costs and scale will logically limit the pursuit of successful restoration to a few species in specific regions.

Keywords:

biota; environment; society; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Ecology; Landscape ecology; Plant ecology; Environment and People; Decision making, public involvement; Social values, ethics; Urban natural resources management; Forest & Plant Health; Insects; Invasive species; Pest management; Plant diseases; Natural Resource Management & Use; Agroforestry; Conservation; Ecosystem services; Forest management; Landscape management; Policies and law; biotechnology; at-risk trees; regulatory agencies; global

Related publications:

• Jacobs, Douglass F. (tech. coord. and ed.); Dumroese, R. Kasten (tech. coord. and ed.). 2022. Society and policy influences on biotechnology risk assessment for restoration of threatened forest tree species - Transcripts of the international conference, April 2021. Moscow, ID: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Moscow Forestry Sciences Laboratory. Unpublished report on file; 88 p. (also included in data publication download: \Supplements\BiotechRisk-Transcripts.pdf).
• Jacobs, Douglass F.; Dumroese, R. Kasten; Brennan, Andrea N.; Campbell, Faith T.; Conrad, Anna O.; Delborne, Jason A.; Fitzsimmons, Sara; Flores, David; Giardina, Christina P.; Greenwood, Leigh; Martín, Juan A.; Merkle, Scott A.; Nelson, C. Dana; Newhouse, Andrew E.; Powell, William A.; Romero-Severson, Jeanne; Showalter, David N.; Sniezko, Richard A.; Strauss, Steven H.; Westbrook Jared; Woodcock, Paul. 2023. Reintroduction of at-risk forest tree species using biotechnology depends on regulatory policy, informed by science and with public support. New Forests. 54(4): 587-604. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11056-023-09980-y https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/66275

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