title: Brazil and the development of international scientific biosafety testing guidelines for transgenic crops.
abstract: Under the umbrella of the International Organisation of Biological Control (IOBC), an international working group of public sector scientists entitled on "Transgenic Organisms in Integrated Pest Management and Biological Control" has been organized. The group will develop scientific principles and detailed scientific guidelines for biosafety testing of transgenic crops. The key elements of this project are: (1) An international initiative including expert scientists from leading research institutions in developed and developing countries; (2) coordination of the development and implementation of the guidelines as a dynamic process, which will include scientific and technical capacity building and communication among scientists and between scientists and policy makers; (3) rapid serial publication of sections of the guidelines as they are completed; and (4) rapid and timely revision of previously published sections. The guidelines will be constructed on a case-by-case basis and will have no regulatory legitimacy themselves.
authors.affiliation: Embrapa Environment, CP 69, CEP 13820-000, Jaguariúna/SP, Brazil. deise@cnpma.embrapa.br
authors.forename: Deise Maria Fontana
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Capalbo
authors.forename: Angelika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hilbeck
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Andow
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Snow
authors.forename: Bui
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ba Bong
authors.forename: Fang Hao
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Eliana M G
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Fontes
authors.forename: Ellie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Onyango Osir
authors.forename: Gary P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Fitt
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: Josephine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Songa
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Heong
authors.forename: A Nicholas E
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Birch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D018556:Crops, Agricultural; D004777:Environment; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D010572:Pest Control, Biological / Q000592:standards*; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards