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This paper discusses how ‘science informs policy’ in the context of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), their potential environmental impact as well as regulations. It focuses, in particular, on how scientific information used in environmental risk assessment is shared amongst countries thus informing policy and decision-making. Risk/safety assessment depends on science-based information and requires significant resources for individual authorities; this is a particular challenge for developing countries. International collaboration is essential for ensuring mutual benefits, while limiting duplication of effort. This paper addresses, in particular, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) efforts in this area; OECD has been undertaking work relevant to the environmental risk/safety assessment of transgenic organisms since 1986.
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Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.
Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon, China, India, Indonesia, Latvia, Moldova, Philippines, Russian Federation, South Africa, Thailand.
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Conference Proceedings “Science into Policy, improving uptake and adoption of research conference” 11th to 13th November 2013 in Brisbane, Australia, a conference sponsored by the OECD Co-operative Research Programme on Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems.
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Kearns, P., Suwabe, K., Dagallier, B. et al. Genetically modified organisms, environmental risk assessment and regulations. J. Verbr. Lebensm. 9 (Suppl 1), 25–29 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00003-014-0890-z
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