The Commission for Environmental Cooperation's Maize Advisory Group is the expert advisory group appointed by the Commission's Secretariat to develop an Article 13 report on issues related to the conservation and sustainable use of maize genetic diversity in Mexico. The report is a response to stakeholders' requests to analyze the possible impacts of transgenic introgression into land races of maize in Mexico. Its purpose is to examine issues related to gene flow, both direct and indirect, from transgenic varieties of maize to Mexican land races and their wild relatives, and the conservation of biodiversity in its center of origin. The Secretariat, under the guidance of the Maize Advisory Group, will develop the report and a set of accompanying recommendations to the governments of Mexico, Canada, and the United States. |
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