Supporting monitoring effects of genetically modified organisms by GIS-technologies and geodata – an overview

By

Schroeder, Winfried
Schmidt, Gunther

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

BioRisk : biodiversity & ecosystem risk assessment

Volume

8

Pages

111-120

Subjects

Environmental monitoring , Genetically modified organisms , geodata

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/biorisk.8.4038

 

Abstract

The approval of genetically modified organisms for deliberate release and placing on the market requires environmental risk assessment and environmental monitoring. Methodological approaches and implementation of both tasks are still controversially discussed. This article analyses principles of environmental monitoring of genetically modified organisms as published in the Guideline 4330 Part 1 of the Association of German Engineers. Thereby, the article concentrates on the characterisation of the receiving environment affected by cultivation of genetically modified organisms and the representativeness of monitoring systems to assess large-scale implications of the cultivation of genetically modified organisms. Based on this, the article introduces statistical and geoinformatic measures as well as relevant geodata to deal with these issues.