Nutrient leaching, a major source of nitrate losses to aquatic environments and NO2 (nitrous oxide) losses to the atmosphere, could be reduced by using certain energy crops as buffer to water protection areas and along open streams.

Likewise, vast tracts of the Amazonian and Indonesian rainforests are being torn up to make way for biofuel crops like palm oil and for food crops like soya, releasing millions of tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere and threatening to destroy our global air conditioning system.

(10) "Placing on the market" means making available to third parties, whether in return for payment or free of charge; making available genetically modified micro-organisms for activities regulated under Council Directive 90/219/EEC of 23 April 1990 on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms (1), including culture collections, shall not be regarded as placing on the market;

(10) The making available of genetically modified micro-organisms for activities regulated under Council Directive 90/219/EEC of 23 April 1990 on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms , including culture collections, the making available of GMOs to be used exclusively for activities where appropriate stringent containment measures are used to limit their contact with and to provide a high level of safety for the general population and the environment, and the making available of GMOs to be used exclusively for deliberate releases complying with the requirements referred to in part B of Directive 2001/18/EC ...[+++], are not considered as forms of marketing under the latter Directive.

Making available genetically modified micro-organisms for activities regulated under Council Directive 98/91/EEC amending Directive 20/219/EEC of 23 April 1990 on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms including culture collections.

' If there is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, many scientists have shown that this is quite beneficial to crop growth and may also improve water use efficiency.