NILU
Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Core research areas of NILU:
atmospheric composition,
climate change, air quality,
and environmental contaminants.
NILU
Global data
on levels of contamintants
in the environment
and human tisues
GENASIS information system was established at Masaryk University
through cooperation between Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX)
and the Institute of Biostatistics and Analysis (IBA MU).
GENASIS provides a comprehensive information on contamination of the environment by chemicals.
Features of GENASIS
- Enables unified presentation and interpretation of data produced in various monitoring programs from many partner institutions
- Provides support for harmonized validation and import of data
- Provides safe storage and backup of imported data and its visualization in cooperation with its producers and owners
- Contains an interactive online data browser which enables sorting, filtering, visualization, analysis and interpretation of data
- Jointly provides data for both environmental and health risk analyses which are relevant both for public and state administration and for the private and industrial sectors; processing of the outputs is fast and efficient
The most important partners who share data in the GENASIS database
UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme
UNEP has carried out
the Global Monitoring Plan (GMP) project,
in order to evaluate
the effectiveness of the Stockholm Convention.
UNEP
Aims and Visions
- To contribute to creating an interface for efficient communication between science and legislation
- The data accumulated in various projects to serve to public
- To eliminate duplication so that public resources are used efficiently
- The data to be treated in an efficient way and to increase awareness and transparency
- To support national and international cooperation
- To provide a system for users to find reliable information sources
- To enable sharing and joint use of information
Significant projects
MONET Africa
Wide range of compounds (POPs) analyzed in air-passive and soil samples collected since 2008 in 17 countries of Africa.
MONET Europe
Passive ambient air and soil samples have been collected in Europe since 2006 and analyzed for basic POPs (PAHs, PCBs, OCPs).
MONET CZ
Passive ambient air and soil samples have been collected since 2003 in the Czech Republic and analyzed for basic POPs (PAHs, PCBs, OCPs). The network consists of more than 220 sites; long-term time series are taken at 31 of them.
Kosetice
Integrated monitoring (ambient air, atmospheric deposition, surface water, sediment, soil, needles, moss) at the Kosetice observatory. Sites with a long-term environmental monitoring. Sampling of a wide range of matrices started in 1988.
GAPS
The GAPS Network is a key program for producing comparable global-scale data for persistent organic pollutants (POPs). This program was initiated in December 2004. The network consists more than 50 sites on seven continents.
MONET Aqua
The latest MONET monitoring network, which is focused on monitoring the concentration of POPs, especially PFC in water. Sampling began in 2016, is ongoing in all UN regions, and samples were taken in 16 countries.
Users of the systems
- International organizations (UNEP, WHO)
- Public administration of the Czech Republic (government, ministry of environment and associated organizations)
- Institutions responsible for environmental monitoring
- Scientific research institutions
- Scientists and the public
- Industrial companies assessing impacts of their technologies on the environment
- Companies dealing with waste disposal and revitalisation of contaminated sites
Data Services
The facility develops the system, environment and support for the operation of the RECETOX research infrastructure and the centre's research groups, and ensure comprehensive management of research data and their interoperability. It also provides access to databases and information systems, such as GENASIS, and provides users with specific services and biostatistic and bioinformatics analyzes of data from existing databases, but also from new experiments or users' own data.
GENASIS as an Infrastructure
The RECETOX Research Infrastructure, including its facilities and services, is available to both internal users and the broad scientific community (external users). Users from academia and research can apply for access to the infrastructure under the “Open Access” project, which covers most of the related costs and provides access through a competitive selection process.