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ICGEB's Role for Information Sharing and Capacity Building in Biosafety

<br>The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology is an autonomous intergovernmental organisation dedicated to advanced research and training in molecular biology with special regards to the needs of the developing world. In 1997 it has established a Biosafety Unit to provid ...

Safety First Approach to Capacity Building: Science, Training, Deliberation

Biosafety for Decision-Makers: Overview of a New Manual

<p>The Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, in conjunction with the Secretariat to the Convention on Biological Diversity, is in the process of preparing a manual on 'Biosafety for Decision-Makers'. The manual is intended to serve as a practical resource tool for decision-ma ...

Existing Liability Regimes and Biosafety

<p>This side-event will build on the general issues presented on 25 February and examine in more detail specific cases, either adjudicated by the courts or other cases:</p> <li>Liability and Environmental Damage: The Indian Experience <li>Switzerland: Specificities of the Federal Law relating to ...

Liability & Redress: Issues, Modalities & Elements

Article 18.2(a) / Liability and Redress

Biosafety Capacity Building

<p>The need for consultancy for the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol is extremely high in developing countries. In 2000, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) launched the German Biosafety Capacity Building Initiative for the Implementation of the Cartagena ...

An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

<p>This side event marks the conclusion of the preparation of the Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, already available in English, French and Russian. The Spanish version of the Guide will be available -and launched- at the side event. </p><p>IUCN, FIELD and WRI, partners ...

Why do we need an international liability regime for biotechnology?

<p>Ambassador Beat NOBS (SAEFL, Switzerland) will open this side-event with a keynote address. Four short presentations will then take place, covering the following subjects:</p> <li>Specificities of Liability in the Context of Biotechnology <li>Existing Rules on Liability and Identified Gaps ...

Nanobiotechnology in Agriculture and New Biosafety Risks

Implementing Article 18.2

U.S. Presentation of Biotechnology Regulatory Website

<p><b>Location: Bunga Kenanga room, 3rd Floor of the Pan Pacific Hotel</b></p> <p>The U.S. Delegate will be presenting the U.S. Regulatory Agencies Unfied Biotechnology Website, released to the public on Feb 13th, 2004. The centerpiece of this website is a searchable database of genetically e ...

Health Dangers of Genetically Modified Foods: New Information

<p>This presentation reveals several ways in which industry and political influences have compromised regulations of genetically modified foods, allowing dangerous products onto the market. Government scientists claimed they were offered bribes or threatened. Evidence was stolen. Government empl ...

Implementing the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Critical Issues in Implementing the Cartagena Protocol

Using Arbitration and Conciliation in the Coming Liability and Redress Regime

Scientific Tools and Capacity Building for Risk Assessment of Transgenic Plants

<br>The project represents a unique initiative from scientists working in the public sector, who have often been underrepresented in the discussions of international environmental treaties, and in particular scientists from developing countries who have a key role in the development of the metho ...

Proposals for a Legal Biosafety Framework in Chile

<p>The side-event will be a panel discussion where the results of the research undertaken under the CDA/FIELD project ‘Building legal and institutional capacity in Chile’, will be presented. Panelists will include CDA and FIELD project staff, a representative of the Chilean government, and a mem ...

UNDP-GEF, WB-GEF and UNEP-GEF Projects on Implementation of National Biosafety Frameworks

<p>The workshop will include an introduction to the approach and activities of the GEF-funded demonstration Projects on Implementation of National Biosafety Frameworks and a discussion of the lessons learnt. Details about the projects implemented through UNEP can be accessed at: <a href=http://w ...

U.S. Views on Handling, Transport, Packaging, and Identification of LMOs

<p>The ICCP process did not provide clear guidance on implementation of Article 18.2(a) of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB); specifically, which shipments of commodities for food, feed, and for processing (FFP) should be accompanied by documentation stating that they "may contain" livin ...

The UK GM Crop Farm-Scale Evaluations

<p>Presented by: Dr Nick Brickle<br> Chemical and GM policy Division<br> UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>The UK GM-crop farm-scale evaluations were a four-year programme of studies aimed at investigating the impact of the management of four types o ...

Press briefing and launch of the book: The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: A Record of the Negotiations

<p>This event will feature the launch of a new book entitled: <a href=http://www.biodiv.org/doc/publications/bs-brochure-03-en.pdf>The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: A record of the Negotiations </a>, published by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The book presents an ...

Contamination of Crops with Transgenic Varieties

UNEP-GEF Global Project on Development of National Biosafety Frameworks

<p>The side event will provide an update on the results and activities of the UNEP-GEF Global Project on Development of National Biosafety Frameworks and there will be a discussion of the lessons learnt and news about the new UNEP-GEF project on capactiy building for the BCH. Details about all t ...

Biotechnology, Trade and Sustainable Development

Biosafety Capacity Building: Holistic Framework Approach for Assessment and Regulation

Agricultural Producer Perspectives on Biosafety

Objective: to provide information on growers' practical experience and concerns with respect to growing and handling products of agricultural biotechnology

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