Workshops
Workshops organised within the framework of the AIGM Programme:
- The wider environmental implications of genetically modified plants, Cambridge, UK, 20 – 21 January 2000. This workshop examined the consequences for agriculture of the commercialisation of GM crops and the environmental impacts that may result.
- Environmental implications of genetically modified plants with insect resistance genes, Berne, Switzerland, 29-30 September 2000. This workshop examined the consequences for agriculture and the environment of transgenic insect protected crops and the future requirements for risk assessments and monitoring.
- Environmental implications of genetically modified plants with fungal disease resistance, Roskilde, Denmark, 10-11 November 2000. The workshop considered population biology of host-pathogen interactions in agro- and natural ecosystems as an approach to risk assessment and sustainable deployment of novel resistances.
- Environmental implications of gene flow from genetically modified sugarbeet to seabeet (Venice, Italy, 17-20 May 2001)
- Potential environmental impacts associated with virus-resistant transgenic plants, Versailles, France, 5-6 June 2001
- Interspecific gene flow from oilseed rape to weedy species (Rennes, France, 11-13 June 2001)
- Risk assessment methods for genetically modified plants - current trends and new developments (Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, 13-15 September 2001)
- Genetic Interactions
(Lisbon, Portugal, 19-23 September 2001) - Working group meeting on Estimating and managing gene flow and dispersal in GM crops
(Lille, FR, 2-3 July 2002) - Decision making processes in plant biotechnology
(Rome, IT, 27-28 September 2002) - Ecological concepts and techniques to assess the impact of genetically modified plants in natural and crop ecosystems
(Korsør, DK, 1-2 November 2002) - New science for increasing biosafety of genetically modified plants
(Braunschweig, DE, March 2003) - The impact of genetically modified plants on microbial communities in agricultural soils
(Tromso, NO, June 2003) - Risk Assessment of transgenic long-lived plants: ecology and social aspects
(Umea, Sweden, 19-22 February 2004) - Measuring and monitoring the impact of GMOs
(Cambridge, UK, 31 March and 1 April 2004) - Conference on Introgression from genetically modified plants (GMP) to wild relatives and its consequences
(University of Amsterdam, NL, 21-24 January 2003)
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