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Scotch: Species
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These cases discussed here are related to both major aspects of the Scotch case study. The first four cases, PISCO, CASSIS, GERMBEER, and MEXBREW deal specifically with alcohol issues, while the FETA case is more specific to intellectual ownership of a product named for a culture or geographic area in which it is produced. The PISCO case concerns an ancient Peruvian beverage called Pisco that was being cheaply reproduced and marketed in another country under the same name. The GERMBEER case ... resembles this one in that it involves issues about Germany refusing certain types of beer importation with regards to German beer purity standards, an import law in Germany called the Rheinheitsgebot. The MEXBREW case also follows the lines of Mexican beer and standards for exportation and marketing abroad. Finally, the FETA case concerns the intellectual property rights of Greece with respect to the selling of feta cheese that is produced in countries other than Greece.
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As a Christmas tree Scotch pine is probably the most commonly used species in the United States. Because of its ease of planting, generally high planting survival and favorable response to plantation culture it has been widely planted throughout much of the eastern United States and Canada. For several years it was the favorite species of large eastern wholesale growers because of its excellent harvesting and shipping qualities. It is ... a preferred species for many choose and cut growers in much of the eastern and central United States.
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As previously mentioned in category 14 of this case study, the current environmental problem associated with the Scotch industry is the lack of continued peat growth in the bogs in the Scottish Highlands. For reasons like agricultural reclamation, drainage, and pollution, peat growth in the Scottish Highlands is currently not at the same rate as it has been in previous years. Source 5 The problem is not necessarily as pressing as species extinction or enormous resource extraction as can be found in other case studies, but the end result is increased deforestation, and interruption of plant decomposition cycles in these moors.
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Scotch broom has been reported by Europeans to be toxic to livestock (livestock loss is rare in the U.S.). Scotch broom contains small amounts of the toxic quinolizidine alkaloids sparteine and isosparteine. These toxins probably are found in all parts of the plant. Children develop nausea and vomiting from sucking on the flowers of French broom, a related species.
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