INTOSAI – Working Group on Environmental Auditing

 

Audits by Issue: Biosafety and genetically modified organisms (GMOs)

 

Types of audits

Main audit objectives

Year Country Title Issue Type Main Audit Objective Report Summary Report Full Text Joint Audit Produced By
2008 Canada CESD - Chapter 14 - Previous Audits of Responses to Environmental Petitions - Genetically Engineered Fish Ecosystems: Biodiversity, Human activities and sectors: Biosafety and genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Human activities and sectors: Environment and human health, Natural resources: Fisheries (freshwater and marine) 3 3 , 4 , 5 English
French
English (160 kB)
French (169 kB)
2008 Poland Proceeding with genetically modified organisms [the GMOs] Human activities and sectors: Biosafety and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) 2 3 Polish Polish
2007 Hungary Audit on the operation of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Chapter Ecosystems: Ecosystem management and ecosystem changes, Governance: Domestic funds and subsidies, Governance: Environmental management system, Governance: International funds and subsidies, such as Global Environmental Facility (GEF), Governance: Sustainable development, Human activities and sectors: Agriculture, Human activities and sectors: Biosafety and genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Human activities and sectors: Chemicals management, Human activities and sectors: Cultural heritage, Human activities and sectors: Environment and human health, Human activities and sectors: Natural disaster management: preparedness responses, Natural resources: Forestry and timber resources, Water: Pollution of water bodies (such as by industry and agriculture), Water: Water quantity management or management of watersheds 1 , 2 , 3 1 , 4 , 5 English (39 kB)
Hungarian
Hungarian
2007 Argentina Environmental Management Audit Report on Production Practices for Soil Conservation (soy) at the National Agricultural Technical Institute Ecosystems: Ecosystem management and ecosystem changes, Governance: Sustainable development, Human activities and sectors: Agriculture, Human activities and sectors: Biosafety and genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Human activities and sectors: Land development, Natural resources: Other natural resources issues, Other: Other issues 3 5 , 6 Spanish Spanish (331 kB)
2007 Iraq Result of audits and specialized audit on environmental activity at medical city hospital for the period January 2006 to August 2007 Governance: Environmental impact assessment, Human activities and sectors: Agriculture, Human activities and sectors: Biosafety and genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Human activities and sectors: Environment and human health, Waste: Contaminated sites and soil pollution, Waste: Municipal, solid, non-hazardous waste, Waste: Radioactive waste, Water: Drinking water - quality and supply 3 3 , 4 , 5 Arabic
2007 Iraq Result of audits and specialized audit on environmental activity at quality control office, central standardization and quality control organization for the period 01/01/2005 to 31/12/2007 Governance: Environmental impact assessment, Human activities and sectors: Biosafety and genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Human activities and sectors: Environment and human health 3 3 , 4 Arabic
2006 El Salvador Environmental Management Audit of the Benjamin Bloom National Children's Hospital Human activities and sectors: Biosafety and genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Waste: General waste, Waste: Hazardous waste, Waste: Radioactive waste 2 , 3 3 , 4 , 5 Spanish Spanish
2006 El Salvador Environmental Management Audit of the Central Military Hospital Human activities and sectors: Biosafety and genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Human activities and sectors: Infrastructure, Waste: General waste, Waste: Hazardous waste, Waste: Radioactive waste 2 , 3 3 , 4 , 5 Spanish Spanish
2006 Sweden Genetically modified organisms – the possible and the reasonable, RiR 2006:31 Ecosystems: Biodiversity, Ecosystems: Ecosystem management and ecosystem changes, Ecosystems: Other ecosystem issues, Ecosystems: Species at risk, Governance: Environmental impact assessment, Governance: Environmental management system, Governance: Government greening operations, Governance: Other governance issues, Governance: Strategic environmental assessment (SEA), Governance: Sustainable development, Human activities and sectors: Agriculture, Human activities and sectors: Biosafety and genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Human activities and sectors: Chemicals management, Human activities and sectors: Cultural heritage, Human activities and sectors: Environment and human health, Human activities and sectors: Land development, Human activities and sectors: Natural disaster management: preparedness responses, Human activities and sectors: Other human activities/sectors, Human activities and sectors: Pesticides, Natural resources: Fisheries (freshwater and marine), Natural resources: Forestry and timber resources, Natural resources: Other natural resources issues, Other: Other issues, Waste: Contaminated sites and soil pollution, Water: Other water issues 2 , 3 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 English (128 kB) Swedish (569 kB)
2004 Canada CESD - Chapter 6 - Environmental Petitions Air: Climate change, Air: Local air quality,such as smog, particulates, SO2, NOx, CO2, Ecosystems: Biodiversity, Ecosystems: Coastal areas, Ecosystems: Protection of marine habitat, Governance: Government greening operations, Human activities and sectors: Biosafety and genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Human activities and sectors: Environment and human health, Human activities and sectors: Transportation, traffic, mobility, Natural resources: Fisheries (freshwater and marine), Other: Other issues, Waste: Hazardous waste, Waste: Other waste issues, Water: Marine pollution 3 3 , 4 , 5 English
French
English (1.1 MB)
French
2004 Saudi Arabia Examining and Evaluating the Animal Sanatorium in the Islamic Port in Jeddah Human activities and sectors: Biosafety and genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Human activities and sectors: Environment and human health 2 , 3 3 , 4 Arabic Arabic