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Jul 10, 2024 · The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is a legally binding international agreement that aims to ensure the safe transport, handling, and use of living-modified organisms (LMOs) generated by contemporary biotechnology.
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity is an international agreement which aims to ensure the safe handling, transport and use of living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology that may have adverse effects on biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health.
The Cartagena Protocol on Biodiversity seeks to protect biodiversity from the potential risks caused by LMOs arising from modern technology. The protocol was adopted because of the tremendous advancements in biotechnology and the associated concerns about its safety and usage with respect to biodiversity.
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity is an international agreement on biosafety as a supplement to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) effective since 2003.
After several years of negotiations, the Protocol, known as the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity, was finalized and adopted in Montreal on 29 January 2000 at an extraordinary meeting of the
It was adopted on 29 January 2000 as a protocol2 to the CBD and entered into force on 11 September 2003. The Protocol is called the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety after the city in Colombia where it was originally scheduled to be concluded and adopted.
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity is an international treaty governing the movements of living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology from one country to another. It was adopted on 29 January 2000 as a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity and entered ...
Information required concerning living modified organisms intended for direct use as food or feed, or for processing under article 11. Annex III.
Apr 24, 2024 · Please visit the Cartagena Protocol website for more information on the JBF supported project, Integrated implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress and the Convention on Biological Diversity.
The entry into force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on 11 September 2003 marked the beginning of a new phase in the history of the Protocol; a turning point from negotiation to implementation.
