BRAZILIAN GMO REGULATION: DOES IT HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACH?

Denise Gallo Pizella () and Marcelo Pereira de Souza
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Denise Gallo Pizella: Universidade de São Paulo, Itirapina, São Paulo, Brazil
Marcelo Pereira de Souza: Universidade de São Paulo, Itirapina, São Paulo, Brazil

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 2012, vol. 14, issue 02, 1-16

Abstract: Brazil is the second largest producer of genetically modified crops (GM crops) and the National Technical Commission on Biosafety (CTNBio) the decision making agency on this matter. The country uses Risk Analysis (RA) and project EIA as tools for biosafety evaluation. This paper aims to review the appropriateness of these tools for evaluating the environmental impacts of GM crops, also considering institutional aspects. An overview of the process of release of GM crops in Brazil along with important operational and institutional aspects is provided. The results indicate that project EIA could be applied to GM crops in specific sites and RA could give support to the evaluation of GM crop itself. Regarding institutional issues, it is concluded that decisions should be made by the environmental bodies, and not by the CTNBio.

Keywords: Brazilian GMO regulation; environmental prediction tools; Risk Analysis; EIA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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