TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kazana, Vassiliki
AU  - Tsourgiannis, Lambros
AU  - Iakovoglou, Valasia
AU  - Stamatiou, Christos
AU  - Alexandrov, Alexander
AU  - Araujo, Susana
AU  - Bogdan, Saša
AU  - Božić, Gregor
AU  - Brus, Robert
AU  - Bossinger, Gerd
AU  - Boutsimea, Anastasia
AU  - Celepirović, Nevenka
AU  - Cvrckova, Helena
AU  - Fladung, Matthias
AU  - Ivanković, Mladen
AU  - Kazaklis, Angelos
AU  - Koutsona, Paraskevi
AU  - Luthar, Zlata
AU  - Machova, Pavlina
AU  - Mala, Jana
AU  - Mara, Kostlend
AU  - Mataruga, Milan
AU  - Moravcikova, Jana
AU  - Paffetti, Donatella
AU  - Paiva, Jorge A. P.
AU  - Raptis, Dimitiros
AU  - Sanchez, Conchi
AU  - Sharry, Sandra
AU  - Salaj, Terezia
AU  - Šijačić-Nikolić, Mirjana
AU  - Tel-Zur, Noemi
AU  - Tsvetkov, Ivaylo
AU  - Vettori, Cristina
AU  - Vidal, Nieves
PY  - 2016
UR  - https://omorika.sfb.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/761
AB  - Information on public attitudes towards the use of transgenic trees in forest plantations is important in the decision-making process and policy implementation for safe tree development, particularly at the EU level. In Europe, the use of transgenic forest trees is very limited and therefore such information is completely lacking. To address this issue within the FP0905 European COST Action on the Biosafety of Transgenic Forest Trees a pioneer cross-country pilot survey on public attitudes towards the use of transgenic forest trees was conducted using young population as a focus group. This was decided mainly because this focus group represents the future consumers, policy makers or developers. Specifically, the survey aimed to: i) assess the level of young people's knowledge about transgenic forest trees, ii) identify issues of concern to them regarding the cultivation of transgenic forest trees and iii) explore whether they approve or disapprove of the use of transgenic forest trees in plantations. Purposive sampling was performed and university students of different disciplines were included in the research as sampling subjects. In total, 1868 completed questionnaires from 15 European and non-European countries were analyzed. The young educated people that took part in the survey appeared to approve of the use of transgenic forest trees in plantations and would be willing to buy forest transgenic products. The potential loss of biodiversity due to a risk of gene flow between transgenic and wild trees was seen as the safety issue of most concern when considering the commercial release of transgenic forest trees. However, a serious perceived lack of knowledge about potential benefits and risks of the cultivation of transgenic forest trees was recorded in most of the countries. K-means clustering was implemented on respondents' positive responses to identify potential country patterns. No differences in patterns of public attitude towards the acceptance of the commercial growing of transgenic forest trees were observed between European and non-European countries. Extended research on public attitude issues towards the use of transgenic forest trees is strongly recommended as a basis for policy implementation on safe tree development.
T2  - Iforest-Biogeosciences and Forestry
T1  - Public attitudes towards the use of transgenic forest trees: a crosscountry pilot survey
EP  - 353
SP  - 344
VL  - 9
DO  - 10.3832/ifor1441-008
UR  - conv_1215
ER  - 

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author = "Kazana, Vassiliki and Tsourgiannis, Lambros and Iakovoglou, Valasia and Stamatiou, Christos and Alexandrov, Alexander and Araujo, Susana and Bogdan, Saša and Božić, Gregor and Brus, Robert and Bossinger, Gerd and Boutsimea, Anastasia and Celepirović, Nevenka and Cvrckova, Helena and Fladung, Matthias and Ivanković, Mladen and Kazaklis, Angelos and Koutsona, Paraskevi and Luthar, Zlata and Machova, Pavlina and Mala, Jana and Mara, Kostlend and Mataruga, Milan and Moravcikova, Jana and Paffetti, Donatella and Paiva, Jorge A. P. and Raptis, Dimitiros and Sanchez, Conchi and Sharry, Sandra and Salaj, Terezia and Šijačić-Nikolić, Mirjana and Tel-Zur, Noemi and Tsvetkov, Ivaylo and Vettori, Cristina and Vidal, Nieves",
year = "2016",
abstract = "Information on public attitudes towards the use of transgenic trees in forest plantations is important in the decision-making process and policy implementation for safe tree development, particularly at the EU level. In Europe, the use of transgenic forest trees is very limited and therefore such information is completely lacking. To address this issue within the FP0905 European COST Action on the Biosafety of Transgenic Forest Trees a pioneer cross-country pilot survey on public attitudes towards the use of transgenic forest trees was conducted using young population as a focus group. This was decided mainly because this focus group represents the future consumers, policy makers or developers. Specifically, the survey aimed to: i) assess the level of young people's knowledge about transgenic forest trees, ii) identify issues of concern to them regarding the cultivation of transgenic forest trees and iii) explore whether they approve or disapprove of the use of transgenic forest trees in plantations. Purposive sampling was performed and university students of different disciplines were included in the research as sampling subjects. In total, 1868 completed questionnaires from 15 European and non-European countries were analyzed. The young educated people that took part in the survey appeared to approve of the use of transgenic forest trees in plantations and would be willing to buy forest transgenic products. The potential loss of biodiversity due to a risk of gene flow between transgenic and wild trees was seen as the safety issue of most concern when considering the commercial release of transgenic forest trees. However, a serious perceived lack of knowledge about potential benefits and risks of the cultivation of transgenic forest trees was recorded in most of the countries. K-means clustering was implemented on respondents' positive responses to identify potential country patterns. No differences in patterns of public attitude towards the acceptance of the commercial growing of transgenic forest trees were observed between European and non-European countries. Extended research on public attitude issues towards the use of transgenic forest trees is strongly recommended as a basis for policy implementation on safe tree development.",
journal = "Iforest-Biogeosciences and Forestry",
title = "Public attitudes towards the use of transgenic forest trees: a crosscountry pilot survey",
pages = "353-344",
volume = "9",
doi = "10.3832/ifor1441-008",
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Kazana, V., Tsourgiannis, L., Iakovoglou, V., Stamatiou, C., Alexandrov, A., Araujo, S., Bogdan, S., Božić, G., Brus, R., Bossinger, G., Boutsimea, A., Celepirović, N., Cvrckova, H., Fladung, M., Ivanković, M., Kazaklis, A., Koutsona, P., Luthar, Z., Machova, P., Mala, J., Mara, K., Mataruga, M., Moravcikova, J., Paffetti, D., Paiva, J. A. P., Raptis, D., Sanchez, C., Sharry, S., Salaj, T., Šijačić-Nikolić, M., Tel-Zur, N., Tsvetkov, I., Vettori, C.,& Vidal, N.. (2016). Public attitudes towards the use of transgenic forest trees: a crosscountry pilot survey. in Iforest-Biogeosciences and Forestry, 9, 344-353.
https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor1441-008
conv_1215

Kazana V, Tsourgiannis L, Iakovoglou V, Stamatiou C, Alexandrov A, Araujo S, Bogdan S, Božić G, Brus R, Bossinger G, Boutsimea A, Celepirović N, Cvrckova H, Fladung M, Ivanković M, Kazaklis A, Koutsona P, Luthar Z, Machova P, Mala J, Mara K, Mataruga M, Moravcikova J, Paffetti D, Paiva JAP, Raptis D, Sanchez C, Sharry S, Salaj T, Šijačić-Nikolić M, Tel-Zur N, Tsvetkov I, Vettori C, Vidal N. Public attitudes towards the use of transgenic forest trees: a crosscountry pilot survey. in Iforest-Biogeosciences and Forestry. 2016;9:344-353.
doi:10.3832/ifor1441-008
conv_1215 .

Kazana, Vassiliki, Tsourgiannis, Lambros, Iakovoglou, Valasia, Stamatiou, Christos, Alexandrov, Alexander, Araujo, Susana, Bogdan, Saša, Božić, Gregor, Brus, Robert, Bossinger, Gerd, Boutsimea, Anastasia, Celepirović, Nevenka, Cvrckova, Helena, Fladung, Matthias, Ivanković, Mladen, Kazaklis, Angelos, Koutsona, Paraskevi, Luthar, Zlata, Machova, Pavlina, Mala, Jana, Mara, Kostlend, Mataruga, Milan, Moravcikova, Jana, Paffetti, Donatella, Paiva, Jorge A. P., Raptis, Dimitiros, Sanchez, Conchi, Sharry, Sandra, Salaj, Terezia, Šijačić-Nikolić, Mirjana, Tel-Zur, Noemi, Tsvetkov, Ivaylo, Vettori, Cristina, Vidal, Nieves, "Public attitudes towards the use of transgenic forest trees: a crosscountry pilot survey" in Iforest-Biogeosciences and Forestry, 9 (2016):344-353,
https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor1441-008 .,
conv_1215 .