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Responsible governance of gene editing in agriculture and the environment

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Fig. 1: Six principles for governance of gene-edited products in agriculture and the environment.

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Acknowledgements

We appreciate comments on the draft principles provided by B. Dass, J. Delborne, S. Eskin, S. James, N. Jordan, T. Kuiken, K. Redford, S. Scherr, and K. H. Tountas. We thank the Grantham Foundation for support to J. Shapiro of Keystone Policy Center for facilitating our dialog and thank our respective organizations for support of this work.

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  1. Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC, USA

    Doria R. Gordon

  2. Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, DC, USA

    Gregory Jaffe

  3. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, USA

    Michael Doane

  4. National Wildlife Federation, Washington, DC, USA

    Aviva Glaser

  5. Consumer Federation of America, Washington, DC, USA

    Thomas M. Gremillion

  6. World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC, USA

    Melissa D. Ho

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Conceptualization: G.J., M.D., D.R.G., A.G., T.G. and M.H. Writing—original draft: D.R.G. Writing—review and editing: G.J., M.D., A.G., T.G., M.H. and D.R.G.

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Gordon, D.R., Jaffe, G., Doane, M. et al. Responsible governance of gene editing in agriculture and the environment. Nat Biotechnol 39, 1055–1057 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-021-01023-1

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