ECOLOGICAL RISK ANALYSIS OF TRANSGENIC PLANTS

The regulation of the release of transgenic organisms has been one of the most controversial issues of the past few years. At last month's A NZAAS Congress, Paul Barnes and Kees Hulsman sought to develop greater confidence in the present system when they outlined a new framework f or analysing proposals for field trials of transgenic organisms. In a detailed example they find shortcomings in the Genetic Manipulation Ad visory Committee's assessment of a proposal to release transgenic cott on.