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</font></div><div><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr; line-height: 19.2px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Klaus Ammann</b>&nbsp;(born 6 December 1940 in Bern, Switzerland) was Director of the Botanical Garden at the University of Bern, Switzerland until his retirement in February 2006. Ammann, together with<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php?title=John_Beringer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Beringer (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">John Beringer</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php?title=Julian_Kinderlerer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Julian Kinderlerer (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Julian Kinderlerer</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Alan_McHughen" title="Alan McHughen" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Alan McHughen</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php?title=Mark_Tepfer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mark Tepfer (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Mark Tepfer</a>, founded the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php?title=International_Society_for_Biosafety_Research&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="International Society for Biosafety Research (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">International Society for Biosafety Research</a>&nbsp;(ISBR). Ammann is an editor of&nbsp;<i>Environmental Biosafety Research</i>, the journal published by the ISBR.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ammann, together with&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/CS_Prakash" title="CS Prakash" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">CS Prakash</a>&nbsp;and others, signed an 'Open Letter to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development' (April 2000).<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[1]</a></sup>&nbsp;The letter warned the Commission against "needless over-regulation" of GM on the grounds of "the very real threat that an overly-strict adherence to precautionary regulation could pose to both the environment and to the well being of human populations around the world."</font></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ammann edits a pro-GM e-mail list called Ask Force (from 2006; his listserv was previously called Bern Debates, from 2001 to 2005) and played a leading role together with&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/CS_Prakash" title="CS Prakash" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">CS Prakash</a>&nbsp;in circulating and encouraging the attacks on researchers David Quist and Ignacio Chapela and their paper on GM contamination of Mexican maize published in&nbsp;<i>Nature</i>.</font></p><table id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 5px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><tbody><tr><td><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /><h2 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; width: auto; display: inline; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Contents</font></h2><span class="toctoggle">&nbsp;[<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#" class="internal" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>]&nbsp;</span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#Studies_and_scientific_work" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Studies and scientific work</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#PRRI.2C_Science4BioReg.2C_and_Ask_Force" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">2</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">PRRI, Science4BioReg, and Ask Force</span></font></a><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#PRRI" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">PRRI</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#Science4BioReg" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Science4BioReg</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#Ask_Force" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Ask Force</span></font></a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#Membership_of_commissions_and_working_groups" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">3</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Membership of commissions and working groups</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#Participation_in_research_projects" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">4</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Participation in research projects</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#Participation_in_lobby_organisations" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">5</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Participation in lobby organisations</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#Teaching" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">6</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Teaching</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#Appeals_and_petitions" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">7</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Appeals and petitions</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#Quotes" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">8</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Quotes</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#CVs" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">9</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">CVs</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#Notes" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">10</span>&nbsp;<span class="toctext">Notes</span></font></a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Studies_and_scientific_work"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Studies and scientific work</font></span></h2><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">studied at the University of Bern (Switzerland)</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">1972: Dissertation about vegetation history</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">1976: Reader at the Geobotanical Institute, Bern</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">1996-2006: director of the Botanical Garden, University of Bern</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2003: Sabbatical at Missouri Botanical Garden, USA</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2006: retired from Botanical Garden, University of Bern</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2006-07: visiting lecturer in biosafety and corporate ethics at Delft University of Technology<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[2]</a></sup></font></li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="PRRI.2C_Science4BioReg.2C_and_Ask_Force"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">PRRI, Science4BioReg, and Ask Force</font></span></h2><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">PRRI, Science4BioReg, and Ask Force are three interconnecting bodies. Amman plays a central role in all of them.</font></p><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="PRRI"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">PRRI</font></span></h3><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">At Delft University of Technology, Ammann was part of the Working Group on Biotechnology and Society, together with&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php?title=Piet_van_der_Meer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Piet van der Meer (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Piet van der Meer</a>. Also hosted by Delft University of Technology is the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Public_Research_and_Regulation_Initiative" title="Public Research and Regulation Initiative" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Public Research and Regulation Initiative</a>&nbsp;(PRRI) Secretariat. PRRI is a biotech PR initiative launched in 2004 whose committee members include Ammann, as well as&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Roger_Beachy" title="Roger Beachy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Roger Beachy</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php?title=Calestous_Juma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Calestous Juma (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Calestous Juma</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php?title=Julian_Kinderlerer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Julian Kinderlerer (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Julian Kinderlerer</a>, and other well known GM proponents.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[3]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">PRRI describes its aim as being</font></p><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">to inform researchers, policymakers, regulators and the general public about public research in modern biotechnology. PRRI does this in various ways: producing briefing papers, organising seminars, and answering questions about public research in modern biotechnology.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[4]</a></sup></font></dd></dl><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In July 2006 Ammann sent an email to his listserv explaining the PR role of the PRRI in representing its members' interests in the context of negotiations on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, an international treaty governing the movements of GMOs between countries. He also invites members of his listserv to join the PRRI forum:</font></p><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">From: Klaus Ammann <klaus.ammann@ips.unibe.ch></font></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Reply-To: "klaus.ammann@ips.unibe.ch" <klaus.ammann@ips.unibe.ch></font></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:49:48 -0500</font></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">To: ...</font></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Subject: ASK-FORCE Message No. 4: Public Research and Regulation Initiative</font></dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Public Research and Regulation Initiative (PRRI)</font></dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Friends,</font></dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">This is message No. 4 about PRRI.</font></dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">It's a very important initiative:</font></dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The PRRI, Public Research and Regulation Initiative has been launched last year. The main purpose is to enhance scientific information about biosafety within the framework of international negotiations such as the Cartagena Biosafety Protocol. You are all invited to become members of the forum of PRRI, Public Research and Regulation Initiative. It is for free and you will get newsletters. See the webpage: www.pubresreg.org <<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.pubresreg.org/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">http://www.pubresreg.org/</a>> ...</font></dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Best regards,</font></dd></dl><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. Klaus Ammann, Chairman of the EFB Section on Biodiversity & Moderator of the EFB Ask-Force Forum</font></dd></dl><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Science4BioReg"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Science4BioReg</font></span></h3><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Both PRRI and PRRI's EU Commission-funded project&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php?title=Science4BioReg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Science4BioReg (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Science4BioReg</a>&nbsp;are located at Delft University of Technology. Science4BioReg funded PRRI to the tune of USD 800,000 from November 2006–November 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[5]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">PRRI describes the aim of Science4BioReg as being to "inform and involve the public research sector in discussions on international agreements and regulations on biotechnology" and to "inform policy makers, regulators and the general public about the objectives and progress in public research in agricultural biotechnology".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[6]</a></sup></font></p><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-style: none; width: auto; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Ask_Force"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ask Force</font></span></h3><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Since 2006 Ammann has been chair and coordinator of the Science4BioReg's listserv and website, Ask Force.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[7]</a></sup>&nbsp;Ask Force is a collaborative initiative by PRRI and the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/European_Federation_of_Biotechnology" title="European Federation of Biotechnology" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">European Federation of Biotechnology</a>&nbsp;(EFB).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[8]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">This is how PRRI describes the role of Ask Force on its website:</font></p><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-right: 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On this 'ASK-FORCE' page, PRRI discusses publications about biosafety and biotechnology that have gained much public attention but which are not supported by peer reviewed scientific research.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[9]</a></sup></font></dd></dl><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Oddly enough, however, many of the examples quoted on the Ask Force page of publications which are supposedly "not supported by peer reviewed scientific research" are, in fact, supported by such research and in some cases&nbsp;<i>are</i>&nbsp;peer reviewed scientific research. References are given at the end of each of Ammann's examples.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Examples listed by Ask Force include:</font></p><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Do GM crops fail to produce more yields? (New)<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[10]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Do GM crops pose a health risk to humans as Dona claims? (New)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[11]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Do GM potatoes with lectins harm rat organs as&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Arpad_Pusztai" title="Arpad Pusztai" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Pusztai</a>&nbsp;claims?<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[12]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Are rat organs damaged after feeding on GM soybeans as [Irina] Ermakova claims?<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[13]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Did Monsanto transgenic hybrid maize lower the fertility of mice in a multi generational feeding experiment?<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[14]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Is the impact of Bt maize on non-target insects really significantly negative? (New)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[15]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Do aquatic organisms suffer from residues and protein of Bt maize?<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[16]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Is Bt maize harmful to a larvae of the monarch butterfly?<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[17]</a></sup></font></li></ul><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The facts yielded by these papers and more, which show worrying effects of GM crops for farmers, the environment, and consumers, are summarised with full references in the GMWatch publication "Genetically Modified Foods: Renewed Threat to Europe".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[18]</a></sup></font></p><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Membership_of_commissions_and_working_groups"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Membership of commissions and working groups</font></span></h2><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">1995-2007: Biosafety Committee of the Government of Switzerland<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[19]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">GMO Expert Group European Commission Directorate General JRC - IPTS<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[20]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2002: Steering Committee of PLANTA EUROPA<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[21]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">former member of the Federal Expert Commission for Biosafety, Switzerland</font></li></ul><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">As of June 2009:</font></p><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Chairman European Group of Plant Specialists, IUCN<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[22]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">member of the Schweizer National Fond</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">member of the Commission on Green Genetic Engineering of the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities (Kommission Grüne Gentechnik der Union der deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften)<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-22" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[23]</a></sup></font></li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Participation_in_research_projects"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Participation in research projects</font></span></h2><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">1999-2004: member of the steering committee of AIGM - Assessment of the Impacts of Genetically Modified Plants<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-23" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[24]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2004-08: EU project SIGMEA: Gene flow of maize in Europe</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2006-09: Ask Force and coordination of a scientific database.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[25]</a></sup>&nbsp;Ask Force moderator for the PRRI and the EFB.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-25" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[26]</a></sup></font></li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Participation_in_lobby_organisations"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Participation in lobby organisations</font></span></h2><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">1998: founder of a German pro-GM lobbying organisation of scientists,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php?title=Wissenschaftlerkreis_Gr%C3%BCne_Gentechnik&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wissenschaftlerkreis Grüne Gentechnik (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Wissenschaftlerkreis Grüne Gentechnik</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-26" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[27]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">member of the executive board of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/European_Federation_of_Biotechnology" title="European Federation of Biotechnology" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">European Federation of Biotechnology</a>&nbsp;(EFB),<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-27" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[28]</a></sup>&nbsp;chair of the EFB section on biodiversity, and member of the editorial board of the journal Environmental Biosafety Research of the EFB.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-28" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[29]</a></sup>&nbsp;EFB is an organisation of scientists wishing to promote biotechnology. It has an extensive corporate membership<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-29" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[30]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">member of the steering committee of the PRRI,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-30" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[31]</a></sup>&nbsp;as well as member of its working group<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-31" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[32]</a></sup>&nbsp;and in the former working group “Future Issues”.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-32" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[33]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">founder and member of the Publications Committee of the International Society for Biosafety Research (ISBR)<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-33" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[34]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">member of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/European_Science_Foundation" title="European Science Foundation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">European Science Foundation</a>&nbsp;(ESF) and steering committee member of the project Assessment of Genetically Modified Plants (AIGM)<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-34" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[35]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">board member of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php?title=Gensuisse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gensuisse (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Gensuisse</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-35" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[36]</a></sup>&nbsp;a lobby organisation founded by the pharmaceutical industry to promote genetic engineering, together with representatives of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Monsanto" title="Monsanto" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Monsanto</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Syngenta" title="Syngenta" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Syngenta</a>, among others.</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">member of the advisory board of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php?title=InterNutrition&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="InterNutrition (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">InterNutrition</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-36" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[37]</a></sup>&nbsp;a Swiss body which promotes genetic engineering. Among others the following companies and organisations are given as members of InterNutrition:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php?title=F%C3%B6deration_der_Schweiz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Föderation der Schweiz (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Föderation der Schweiz</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php?title=Nahrungsmittel-Industrien&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nahrungsmittel-Industrien (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Nahrungsmittel-Industrien</a>&nbsp;(FIAL),&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Hoffmann-La_Roche" title="Hoffmann-La Roche" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Hoffmann-La Roche</a>&nbsp;AG,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Monsanto" title="Monsanto" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Monsanto</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Nestl%C3%A9" title="Nestlé" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Nestlé</a>&nbsp;Suisse S.A.,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Novartis" title="Novartis" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Novartis</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php?title=Novo_Nordisk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Novo Nordisk (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Novo Nordisk</a>&nbsp;Ferment Ltd. and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Unilever" title="Unilever" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Unilever</a>-Lipton Sais.</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2004-06: board member of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Africa_Harvest" title="Africa Harvest" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Africa Harvest</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-37" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[38]</a></sup>&nbsp;a US-funded lobby organisation to promote the introduction of GM crops in Africa, founded by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Florence_Wambugu" title="Florence Wambugu" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Florence Wambugu</a>. On 6 July 2006 Ammann sent an email to his listserv about Africa Harvest's new project "on SuperSorghum, a biofortified new Sorghum for Africa". Ammann wrote: "I have the privilege to collaborate with Africa Harvest on the new Biofortification Programme, financed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Here a snapshot on the Africa Harvest activities taken from their website:&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.ahbfi.org/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">http://www.ahbfi.org/</a>. Inside you will find more information about the SuperSorghum project, which makes good progress in its first year."</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">advisory board member of the African Technology Development Forum.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-38" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[39]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">expert for&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/AgBioWorld" title="AgBioWorld" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">AgBioWorld</a>&nbsp;for Risk Assessment and Public Perception of Biotechnology.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-39" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[40]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">maintainer of the former website Bio-Scope, financed by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/EuropaBio" title="EuropaBio" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">EuropaBio</a>. As of April 2008 the website had been defunct for an unknown period</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2004: member of steering committee of the ABIC2004<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-40" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[41]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 2003, Ammann spent a sabbatical at the Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG) in the USA with&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Peter_Raven" title="Peter Raven" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Peter Raven</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-41" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[42]</a></sup>&nbsp;MBG is sponsored by Monsanto and acts as a collector for Monsanto's bioprospecting activities.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-42" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[43]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2004: Ammann published a report, "The impact of agricultural biotechnology on biodiversity", which was financed by Monsanto.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-43" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[44]</a></sup>&nbsp;The report, perhaps unsurprisingly, came up with the conclusion that GM will help protect biodiversity: "Habitat loss and fragmentation represent the greatest threats to natural genetic diversity. Practices that increase the productivity of existing agricultural lands will help to limit these effects. (UNDP, 2001). GM crops can be useful in this respect."<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-44" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[45]</a></sup>&nbsp;Besides several Monsanto employees,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Detlef_Bartsch" title="Detlef Bartsch" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Detlef Bartsch</a>&nbsp;of the German authority for consumer protection (BVL) and the European Food Safety Authority (which rubber-stamps GM foods) is also listed as a reviewer.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-45" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[46]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2006: Monsanto published a video (podcast) on their website with Klaus Ammann as biotechnology expert.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-46" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[47]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ammann, together with&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Channapatna_S.Prakash" title="Channapatna S. Prakash" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">C.S. Prakash</a>, played an important role in the attacks on David Quist and Ignacio Chapela after their scientific publication of GM maize contamination in Mexico.</font></li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Teaching"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Teaching</font></span></h2><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lectures in Biosafety and Corporate Ethics at Delft University of Technology 2006-2007</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lectures in Plant Systematics and Evolution, Biogeography University of Bern&nbsp;<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-47" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[48]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Lectures on Air Pollution Biomonitoring at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, soon to be established&nbsp;<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-48" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[49]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Numerous lectures in national and international conferences on biodiversity and biotechnology</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization): Member of Teaching faculty, Global Initiative on Education in Biotechnology<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-49" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[50]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Science and the Courts: Occasional participation in teaching<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-50" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[51]</a></sup></font></li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Appeals_and_petitions"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Appeals and petitions</font></span></h2><p style="margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Among other appeals and petitions, Amman signed:</font></p><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php?title=Center_for_Global_Food_Issues&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Center for Global Food Issues (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Center for Global Food Issues</a>' "Declaration in support of protecting nature with high yielding farming and forestry"<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-51" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[52]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">the position paper of the International Workshops on Green Biotechnology of the Akademienunion (2006)<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-52" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[53]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">the "Petition in support of Indian farmers' right to grow biotech crops and scientific field testing"<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-53" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[54]</a></sup>. This petition is sponsored by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/C.S.Prakash" title="C.S. Prakash" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">C.S. Prakash</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/AgBioWorld" title="AgBioWorld" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">AgBioWorld</a>&nbsp;Foundation.</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">the "Joint Statement in Support of Scientific Discourse in Mexican GM Maize Scandal" (2002)<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-54" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[55]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">the ABIC 2004 "Manifesto: Science helps to improve Agricultural Systems" (2004)<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-55" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[56]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">an Open Letter to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (2000) in which the signatories protest against a "needless over-regulation" of GMOs because of the "very real threat that an over-strict adherence to precautionary regulation could pose to both the environment and the well being of human populations around the world."<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-56" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[57]</a></sup></font></li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Quotes"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Quotes</font></span></h2><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"Biotechnology will help to lower the negative impact of agriculture on biodiversity – that’s for sure." – Klaus Ammann, statement on the Monsanto website<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-57" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[58]</a></sup></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Genetic engineering will enable us in future to take another step away from the current monocultures, in which very many pesticides and herbicides in a complicated system have to be applied.” (Translated from the German: "Die Gentechnologie ermöglicht es in Zukunft auch, noch einen weiteren Schritt weg von der bisherigen Monokultur zu gehen, bei der sehr viele Pestizide und Herbizide in einem komplizierten Spritzkalender verabreicht werden müssen."<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-58" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[59]</a></sup>) - Klaus Ammann, 1997, Information Soyabean website (supported by Monsanto, the BLL and the Association of German Oil Mills<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_note-59" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[60]</a></sup></font></li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="CVs"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">CVs</font></span></h2><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.efbweb.org/who/ammann.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">http://www.efbweb.org/who/ammann.htm</font></a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://binas.unido.org/wiki/index.php/Klaus_Ammann" style="text-decoration: none; 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color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">http://www.academia-engelberg.ch/klaus_ammann_en.php5</font></a></li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); width: auto; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Notes"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Notes</font></span></h2><ol class="references" style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li id="cite_note-0" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">AgBioWorld 24th April 2000&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.agbioworld.org/biotech-info/pr/uncom.htmlm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">An Open Letter to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development</a>&nbsp;accessed 16 June 2007</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.europabio.org/articles/Scientistsaction/Klaus%20Ammann%20profile.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF/+17Es/QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI+Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f/l8V12Ti7uhFFgDj19b58EwXuqkAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Profile of Prof Klaus Ammann</a>, EuropaBio website, accessed June 9 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">The PRRI committee members are listed on the PRRI website&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pubresreg.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=51" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">here</a>, accessed 29 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pubresreg.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=70&Itemid=71" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Ask Force</a>", PRRI website, accessed 9 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pubresreg.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=29" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Funding</a>, PRRI website, accessed June 29 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pubresreg.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=62&Itemid=62" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Science4BioReg</a>", PRRI website, accessed 9 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pubresreg.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=62&Itemid=62" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Science4BioReg</a>", PRRI website, accessed 9 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pubresreg.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=70&Itemid=71" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Ask Force</a>", PRRI website, accessed 9 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pubresreg.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=70&Itemid=71" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Ask Force</a>", PRRI website, accessed 9 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">GM crops have not been found to increase yield potential and in some cases they have been found to decrease yield. 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(2009),&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/10408390701855993" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Health Risks of Genetically Modified Foods</a>. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 49, 2, pp 164-175</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-11" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Effects of diets containing genetically modified potatoes expressing Galanthus nivalis lectin on rat small intestine. Ewen S.W. and Pusztai A. The Lancet, 354: 1353-1354, 1999; Pusztai A. and Bardocz S. GMO in animal nutrition: potential benefits and risks. In: Biology of Nutrition in Growing Animals, eds. R. Mosenthin, J. Zentek and T. Zebrowska, Elsevier Limited, pp. 513-540, 2006</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-12" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Genetically modified soya leads to the decrease of weight and high mortality rate of rat pups of the first generation. Ermakova I.V. EcosInform, 1: 4-9, 2006</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Biological effects of transgenic maize NK603xMON810 fed in long term reproduction studies in mice. Velimirov A et al. 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Science, 316: 1475-1477, 2007.</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-15" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Toxins in transgenic crop byproducts may affect headwater stream ecosystems. Rosi-Marshall E.J. et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 104: 16204-16208, 2007</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-16" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Transgenic pollen harms monarch larvae. Losey J.E. et al. Nature, 399: 214, 1999; Field deposition of Bt transgenic corn pollen: lethal effects on the monarch butterfly. Hansen L. C. and J. Obrycki J. Oecologia, 125: 241-245, 2000</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-17" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Genetically_Modified%28GM%29_Foods-Renewed_Threat_to_Europe" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Genetically Modified (GM) Foods: Renewed Threat to Europe</a>, GMWatch, 2008, accessed 9 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-18" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.efbweb.org/who/ammann.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Prof. Dr. Klaus Ammann</a>", European Federation of Biotechnology website, accessed 10 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-19" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.efbweb.org/who/ammann.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Prof. Dr. Klaus Ammann</a>", European Federation of Biotechnology website, accessed 10 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-20" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-20" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.efbweb.org/who/ammann.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Prof. Dr. Klaus Ammann</a>", European Federation of Biotechnology website, accessed 10 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-21" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-21" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.efbweb.org/who/ammann.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Prof. Dr. Klaus Ammann</a>", European Federation of Biotechnology website, accessed 10 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-22" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-22" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.akademienunion.de/pressemitteilungen/2006-06/index.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Actuelles</a>", Union der deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften website, accessed 10 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-23" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-23" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.esf.org/activities/research-networking-programmes/life-earth-and-environmental-sciences-lesc/completed-esf-research-networking-programmes-in-life-earth-and-environmental-sciences/assessment-of-the-impacts-of-genetically-modified-plants-aigm/steering-committee.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Assessment of the Impacts of Genetically Modified Plants (AIGM) Steering Committee</a>", European Science Foundation website, accessed 16 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-24" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-24" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pubresreg.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=62&Itemid=62" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Science4BioReg</a>", PRRI website, accessed16 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-25" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-25" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.efb-central.org/index.php/forums/viewthread/17/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Launch of a new EFB-Forum: ASK-FORCE: Klaus Amman, Moderator</a>", European Federation of Biotechnology website, accessed 16 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-26" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-26" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">The website of this organisation is at&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.wgg-ev.de/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">http://www.wgg-ev.de</a>, accessed 16 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-27" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-27" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.efbweb.org/who/exbo.htm" style="text-decoration: none; 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color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">European Federation of Biotechnology Website&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.efbweb.org/who/organi1.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">About Us: Members</a>, Accessed June 16th 2007</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-30" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-30" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pubresreg.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=51" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">steering committee</a>, PRRI website, accessed 17 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-31" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-31" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pubresreg.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=24&Itemid=35" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Working Group Public Sector Research in Modern Biotechnology</a>, PRRI website, accessed 17 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-32" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-32" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Antje Lorch and Christoph Then,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.boelw.de/uploads/media/pdf/Themen/Gentechnik/Studie_Agrogentechniknetz.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF/+17Es/QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI+Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f/l8V12Ti7uhFFgDj19b58EwXuqkAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Kontrolle oder Kollaboration? 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color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.esf.org/activities/research-networking-programmes/life-earth-and-environmental-sciences-lesc/completed-esf-research-networking-programmes-in-life-earth-and-environmental-sciences/assessment-of-the-impacts-of-genetically-modified-plants-aigm/steering-committee.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Assessment of the Impacts of Genetically Modified Plants (AIGM) Steering Committee</a>, European Science Foundation website, accessed 17 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-35" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-35" style="text-decoration: none; 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color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Expertenbeirat</a>, InterNutrition website, accessed 28 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-37" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-37" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.monsanto.com/biotech-gmo/asp/experts.asp?id=KlausAmmann" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Conversations about plant biotechnology: Dr. Klaus Ammann</a>, Monsanto website, accessed 28 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-38" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-38" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.atdforum.org/spip.php?page=atdf_advisors" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">ATDF advisory panel</a>, ADTF website, accessed 28 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-39" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-39" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.agbioworld.org/experts/index.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Ag-Biotech Experts and Media Contacts</a>, AgBioWorld website, accessed 28 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-40" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-40" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.abic2004.org/htdocs/about_02.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Steering Committee</a>, ABIC 2004 website, accessed 28 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-41" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-41" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_academies/acdscien/2009/booklet_transgenic_34.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF/+17Es/QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI+Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f/l8V12Ti7uhFFgDj19b58EwXuqkAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Biographies of Participants</a>, Study Week: Transgenic Plants for Food Security in the Context of Development, Pontifical Academy of Science, 15-19 May 2009, Rome, p.21, accessed 28 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-42" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-42" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mobot.org/mobot/webmo/2001/ecobot.shtml" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Economic Botany at the Missouri Botanical Garden</a>, Missouri Botanical Garden website, accessed 28 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-43" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-43" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Klaus Ammann,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.botanischergarten.ch/Biotech-Biodiv/Report-Biodiv-Biotech12.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF/+17Es/QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI+Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f/l8V12Ti7uhFFgDj19b58EwXuqkAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg") 100% 50% no-repeat;">The impact of agricultural biotechnology on biodiversity</a>, August 2004, p. 4</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-44" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-44" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Klaus Ammann,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.botanischergarten.ch/Biotech-Biodiv/Report-Biodiv-Biotech12.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF/+17Es/QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI+Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f/l8V12Ti7uhFFgDj19b58EwXuqkAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg") 100% 50% no-repeat;">The impact of agricultural biotechnology on biodiversity</a>, August 2004, p. 68</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-45" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-45" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Klaus Ammann,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.botanischergarten.ch/Biotech-Biodiv/Report-Biodiv-Biotech12.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF/+17Es/QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI+Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f/l8V12Ti7uhFFgDj19b58EwXuqkAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg") 100% 50% no-repeat;">The impact of agricultural biotechnology on biodiversity</a>, August 2004, p. 4</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-46" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-46" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.monsanto.com/biotech-gmo/asp/experts.asp?id=KlausAmmann" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Conversations about plant biotechnology: Dr. Klaus Ammann</a>, Monsanto website, accessed 28 June 2008</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-47" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-47" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.botanischergarten.ch/Curriculum/Lectures-Klaus-Ammann-Univ-Bern-2005-6.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF/+17Es/QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI+Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f/l8V12Ti7uhFFgDj19b58EwXuqkAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg") 100% 50% no-repeat;">A summary link to many of Ammann's biodiversity lectures at the University of Bern</a></span></font></li><li id="cite_note-48" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-48" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">See presentation by Ammann&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.botanischergarten.ch/Flechten/Flechten2.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">here</a></span></font></li><li id="cite_note-49" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-49" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://binas.unido.org/wiki/index.php?title=Klaus_Ammann&redirect=no" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Klaus Amman</a>, UNIDO BINAS website, accessed 28 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-50" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-50" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.botanischergarten.ch/Curriculum/Curriculum-20070412.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF/+17Es/QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI+Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f/l8V12Ti7uhFFgDj19b58EwXuqkAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Klaus Ammann curriculum vitae</a>, University of Bern Botanic Garden website, accessed 28 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-51" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-51" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.highyieldconservation.org/declaration.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Declaration in support of protecting nature with high yielding farming and forestry</a>, Center for Global Food Issues website, accessed June 28 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-52" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-52" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.akademienunion.de/pressemitteilungen/2006-06/index.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">position paper of the International Workshops on Green Bitoechnology der Akademienunion</a>, 2006, accessed 28 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-53" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-53" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/390950497" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Petition in support of Indian farmers' right to grow biotech crops and scientific field testing</a>, Care2 petitionsite, accessed 28 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-54" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-54" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.agbioworld.org/jointstatement.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Joint Statement in Support of Scientific Discourse in Mexican GM Maize Scandal</a>, AgBioWorld website, accessed 28 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-55" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-55" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.abic2004.org/manifesto/index.php" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">ABIC2004 Manifesto: Science helps to improve Agricultural Systems</a>, ABIC 2004 website, accessed 28 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-56" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-56" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.agbioworld.org/biotech-info/pr/uncom.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Open Letter to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development</a>, AgBioWorld, 24 April 2000, accessed 28 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-57" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-57" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text">Klaus Ammann,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.monsanto.com/biotech-gmo/asp/experts.asp?id=KlausAmmann" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Conversations about plant biotechnology: Dr. Klaus Ammann</a>, Monsanto website, accessed 28 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-58" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-58" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.archive.org/web/19970112014130/www.sojabohne.de/hintergr/state-ka.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 100% 50% no-repeat;">Dr. Klaus Ammann: Statement/Thesen: Reduzierter Einsatz von Herbiziden, Abbaubarkeit im Boden, Genfluss</a>, Information Sojabohne/Information Soyabean website, accessed in web archive 28 June 2009</span></font></li><li id="cite_note-59" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Klaus_Ammann#cite_ref-59" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">↑</a>&nbsp;<span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.archive.org/web/19970112012648/www.sojabohne.de/english/indexeng.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); 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