Determining indicators,methods and sites for monitoring potential adverse effects of genetically modified plants to the environment: the legal and conceptional framework for implementation |
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Authors: | Wiebke Züghart Armin Benzler Frank Berhorn Ulrich Sukopp Frieder Graef |
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Institution: | (1) Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), Konstantinstr. 110, 53179 Bonn, Germany;(2) Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape- and Land Use Research (ZALF), Eberswalder Str. 84, 15374 Muencheberg, Germany |
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Abstract: | According to Directive 2001/18/EC commercial cultivation of genetically modified plants (GMPs) have to be monitored. The aim
of the monitoring is to identify potential adverse effects of the GMPs and their use on human health and the environment.
There are few concepts showing how GMP monitoring may be implemented. This article indicates monitoring requirements with
a focus on environmental issues. GMP monitoring has to be appropriate to detect direct and indirect, immediate and long-term
as well as unforeseen effects. For choosing suitable monitoring indicators and methods, we propose a case-by-case approach,
which is hypothesis-driven and related to specified protection targets. We present criteria for selecting suitable monitoring
sites and demonstrate possibilities to integrate GMP monitoring with existing environmental monitoring programmes. To ensure
comparability, interpretability and quality of GMP monitoring data a harmonisation on both national and international level
is proposed. |
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Keywords: | GM crops Monitoring Environmental protection Conceptual framework |
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