Germany
July 16, 2008
Source:
GMO Compass
Whoever
wants to know exactly where GM crops are grown in Germany need
only take a look at the internet.
Since the beginning of July, the Federal Office of Consumer
Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has complemented its public
register of commercially-grown or trial-released genetically
modified organisms with an interactive map.
While allowing easy orientation in the geographical distribution of GM
crops country-wide, the resolution also may be sharpened even to
the community level. Cultivation areas are listed separately on
additional spreadsheets and users may choose between the
read-out of commercial or trial fields.
Detailed information on individual fields are given via links to
a data base that begins the first introduction of the official
register in 2005. The new map also features the possibility of
checking for GM cultivation in a given community by entering its
postal code.
Official index map on GM
cultivation in Germany
http://194.95.226.237/stareg_visual_web/data.do?cachefoi=yes
(Legend in German only)
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