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Important links

 

http://www.biodiv.org/biosafety
Convention on Biological Diversity main site.


http://bch.biodiv.org
Pilot phase of the Biosafety Clearing House.


http://www.unep.org
United Nations Environment Programme.


http://www.unep.ch/biosafety
Biosafety project of UNEP-GEF (United Nations Environment Programme-Global Environment Facility).


http://gefweb.org
Global Environment Facility site.


www.env.cz
Web pages of the Ministry of the Environment of the CR, which comprises official data concerning the use of GMO in CR.


http://www.biotrin.cz
Non-profit organization for dissemination of information on modern biotechnology. Many information in Czech and in English.




Monitoring and Enforcement Authorities for Genetically Modified Organisms and Genetic Products in the Czech Republic

 

http://www.cizp.cz
Czech Environmental Inspection - the main competent authority regarding supervision and control of GMOs.


http://www.szpi.gov.cz
Czech Agricultural and Food Inspection Authority.


http://www.zeus.cz/en/index.php
Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture.


http://tesnov.srs.cz
State Phytosanitary Administration.


http://www.svscr.cz/hlavni_gb.php
State Veterinary Administration of the Czech Republic.


http://www.uskvbl.cz/main.php3
Institute for the State Control of Veterinary Biologicals and Medicaments.


http://www.szu.cz/English/english.htm
National Institute of Public Health.


http://www.sukl.cz/enindex.htm
State Institute of Drug Control.


http://www.cs.mfcr.cz
Customs Administration of the Czech Republic.




Agriculture

 

http://www.agroweb.cz
Internet agricultural portal.


http://www.agronavigator.cz
Agricultural information, including GMO.


http://www.agris.cz
Agricultural information in Czech and in English.


http://www.nbiap.vt.edu
Financed by USDA (United States Department of agriculture). Database of american and internation field trials with GMO, the list of commercialized GMOs, very large link list of Agrobiotech Web Sites.


http://www.iia.msu.edu/absp
The Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project (ended on June 30, 2003).


http://www.agbiotechnet.com
Online service for agricultural biotechnology.


http://www.fao.org
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) . Working Group on Biotechnology is building up a database, called FAO-BioDec (FAO-BioDec).


http://www.nal.usda.gov
United States National Agricultural Library.




Non-profit organizations

 

http://bioagrocontact.com
A non-profit organization committed to the development of business networks among players in technology, industry, finance and expert-consulting in the agri-food sector.


http://www.cgiar.org
Site of Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research (concentrated particularly on Third World issues).


http://www.ucsusa.org
Nonprofit alliance Citizens and Scientists for Environmental Solutions. Surveys and analysis.


http://www.biointegrity.org
Site of Alliance for Bio-Integrity, dedicated to advancement of human and environmental health through safe technologies.


http://www.organicconsumers.org/gelink.html
Genetically engineered food part of the site of Organic Consumers Association.


http://www.efbweb.org
Site of European Federation of Biotechnology, association interested in promotion of biotechnology throughout Europe.




Safety and legislation in biotechnology

 

http://www.efsa.eu.int
European Food Safety Authority.


http://www.absa.org
American Biological Safety Association.


http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/index_en.htm
Food Safety pages of European Commission.


http://gmoinfo.jrc.it/
Web pages concerning placing of GMOs on EU markets (Directive EU 2001/18/EC)


http://www.icgeb.org/~bsafesrv/
Biosafety Web Pages of The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.


http://www.oecd.org/biotrack
Information related to biotechnology regulations in OECD members,OECD database of biotechnological products, field trials etc.


http://binas.unido.org/binas
The Biosafety Information Network and Advisory Service of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). BINAS monitors global developments in regulatory issues in biotechnology.


http://www.cogem.net
Danish Commision of Genetic Modification (COGEM).


http://www.orcbs.msu.edu/
Office of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Safety, Michigan State University, USA (information and resources on Biological Safety in USA).


http://www.isb.vt.edu/cfdocs/globalfieldtests.cfm
International field test database.


http://biosafety.abc.hu/biosafe_eng.html
Hungarian Biosafety Homepage.


http://www.bch.bf.uni-lj.si/en_index.htm
Slovenian Biosafety Clearing House.


http://biosafety.ihe.be/
Belgian Biosafety Clearing House.




Transgenic plants and animals

 

http://www.vurv.cz
Web pages of Research Institute of Crop Production in Prague.


http://www.umbr.cas.cz/ktr/
Czech Comittee for Plant Transgenosis.


http://www.gmissues.org
Site of John Innes Institute. Information on genetically modified crops.


http://www.roslin.ac.uk/research/transgenics.html
Roslin Institute - information on transgenics and biotechnology.


http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org/index.htm
Site of International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), devoted to study and promotion of agricultural biodiversity.




General and educational sites

 

http://www.chm.nature.cz
CBD Clearing House Mechanism of the Czech Republic


http://www.vupp.cz
Food research institute Prague.


http://www.oecd.org/sti/biotechnology
Scientific, Industrial and Health Applications of Biotechnology pages of Organisation for Economic co-operation and Development (OECD).


http://www.european-biotechnology-news.com
European Biotechnology Science and Industry News Magazine.


http://www.twnside.org.sg/bio.htm
Biotechnology/Biosafety on Third World Network.


http://biotech.jrc.it/deliberate/gmo.asp
GMO in EU, links to the database of EU members.


http://www.europabio.org
The EuropaBio Association.


http://www.worldfoodscience.org
Journal of the IUFOST (International Union of Food Science and Technology).


http://www.iufost.org
Web pages of IUFOST.


http://www.rki.de/GENTEC/GENENG/GENTEC_E.HTM
Center for Gene Technology of Robert Koch Institute. Many information, protocols, manuals (mostly in German language only).


http://www.biocom.de
Biocom AG - expert information in the field of biotechnology.


http://efbweb.org
Web pages of European Federation of Biotechnology.


http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/backfiles/collections/biochemistry/index.shtml
Index of electronically available Elsevier journals in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.


http://www.bio.org
Biotechnology Industry Organisation, branch association defending the interests of the biotech industry.


http://www.biofind.com
Biotechnology industry information site.


http://www.ncbe.reading.ac.uk
Site of National Centre for Biotechnology Education. Excellent information source for teachers.




Overview of national biotechnology sites

 

www.africabio.com
Information on African biotechnologies.


http://www.biotechwithitaly.com/companies.asp
Database of Italian Biotechnology.


http://www.bestofbiotech.at/BOB/
Database of Austrian Biotechnology.


http://www.biotechnologyireland.com
Information centre of biotechnology in Ireland


http://www.france-biotech.org
Biotechnologies in France


http://www.assobiotec.it
National association for the Development of biotechnology in Italy.

 

 

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