Biological threats such as invasive species or plant pests pose major challenges for global sustainable development. Different methods of genetic engineering are increasingly being explored as potential response options. Such methods may serve to control biological threats by releasing into the environment organisms with specific inheritable characteristics. This text outlines the emergence of such genetic biocontrol as a complex and contested new issue area in sustainability politics.
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