Mithilfe eines interaktiven Verfahrens zur Technikfolgenabschätzung sind im Elsass Befürworter und Kritiker des Einsatzes von Grüner Gentechnik im Weinbau in einen konstruktiven Dialog gebracht worden.
Citation: The Local Monitoring Committee, Lemaire O, Moneyron A, Masson JE (2010) “Interactive Technology Assessment” and Beyond: the Field Trial of Genetically Modified Grapevines at INRA-Colmar. PLoS Biol 8(11): e1000551. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000551
Academic Editor: Nikolas Rose, London School of Economics and Political Science
Published: November 30, 2010
Copyright: © 2010 LMC et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Funding: This research was funded by the INRA. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
* E-mail: jean.masson@colmar.inra.fr
The Local Monitoring Committee comprises members from the Alsace winegrowing profession, the Association of Alsace Winegrowers, the Institut National des Appellations d'Origine, the Alsace Consumers Association, the Agricultural and Viticultural Training School, an agricultural union (la Confédération Paysanne), a nature preservation society (Alsace Nature), an independent winegrower, a neighbour of the trial site, a representative from the Plant Protection Services (DRAAF), a representative from the Regional Directorate for the Environment (DIREN), an elected representative from the Regional Council, an elected representative from the Town Council, the researcher managing the research programme, and the President of the INRA Centre in Colmar, who acts as moderator.
