Current developments in the regulation of biotech, particularly in the Cartagena Protocol, represent a serious threat to the efforts of public research to create sustainable solutions for the food ...

The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which is designed to protect biological diversity and human health from the potential risks arising from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) by providing a clear ...

As the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) entered into force in 2003, genetically modified (GM) crops were a mere half-dozen years old, adopted in 18 countries.

On this anniversary, let us reaffirm our commitment to the Protocol, and let us strive even harder to devise the additional measures and initiatives that will be needed to ensure its full ...

Erie Tamale is Environmental Affairs Officer and Ulrika Nilsson is Associate Public Information Officer at the Biosafety Unit in the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal. 1 ...

As part of a continuing program of support for the Cartagena Protocol on BioSafety, worth around $100 million, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP; Nairobi, Kenya) has launched a $38.4 ...

China has ratified the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which regulates international trade in genetically modified organisms, the State Environmental Protection Administration has announced, ...

Last February, negotiators from more than 130 countries met in Cartagena, Colombia, to thrash out rules of conduct for international trade in genetically engineered organisms. Unsuccessful, they ...

The Council today approved conclusions in view of the conference of parties for the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15), the Cartagena Protocol (COP-MOP 10) and the Nagoya ...