IRRO Databases on Environmental Releases

IRRO is an information network, run on a non-profit basis, which aims to provide access to all types of information relevant to the release of animals, plants and microorganisms into the environment. IRRO is an acronym for the Information Resource for the Release of Organisms to the Environment. For more information about IRRO click here.

IRRO Databases include:

Directory to Resources on Environmental Release of Organisms
BIOCAT Database on Insect Control by Release of Natural Enemies
OECD BIOTRACK Database on Environmental Release of GMOs
OECD Compendium of Methods for Monitoring Organisms in the Environment
UNIDO Code of Conduct for Environmental Release of GMOs

IRRO also has a discussion list, irro-L, which aims to discuss any topic of interest to the development of the IRRO.

IRRO's secretariat is located in Sheffield at the MSDN, Microbial Strain Data Network (msdn@sheffield.ac.uk), and the host of IRRO's on-line system is located at BDT (Base de Dados Tropical), in Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.