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Genetically engineered tree plantations are touted as a solution to deforestation but they may lead to a greater loss of natural forest.
Scientists are developing genetically modified trees for the forests of the future. Ann Peterman of the Global Justice Ecology Program tells host Bruce Gellerman that these designer trees don’t measure up wo what a real forest provides.