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ABLE-AG will present the views of farmers using ag biotech products in India.
Operational Objective 1.7. of the Strategic Plan is “To, on the basis of research and information exchange, provide relevant guidance on socio-economic considerations that may be taken into account in reaching decisions on the import of living modified organisms”. A Workshop on capacity-buildin ...
DISPLAY OF THE ABUNDANCE OF BIODIVERSITY WITHIN MEME RIVER FOREST RESERVE AND THE WEALTH THAT LIE WITHIN WHILE MANY GO HUNGRY AND POOR DAILY.
The side events is proposed to be organised to showcase the Biodiversity conservation which has led to the enhanced livelihoods from the host state of Andhra pradesh.The case studies will be presented by the grass root level workers and thus an oppertunity to interact with the honorary Biodivers ...
The main objective is to conceptualize "BCH2 Project towards Biosafety Capacity Building Sustainability" that is: 1) current BCH2 main pillars to success; 2) Innovative aspects of the project in order to foster biosafety capacity building sustainability e.g. global role of RA e-learning approach.
In 2008, APAARI published a compilation of biosafety regulations of 39 Asia-Pacific countries (available at: www.apcoab.org). This publication is currently being revised and updated. In this event, it is proposed to discuss with BCH Nationa Focal Points of Asian and Pacific countries the organiz ...
This event will focus on the issue of accountability in the context of biosafety. As new technologies are being rapidly deployed in food and farms, the law and policy regimes to regulate them are still not fully in place. Domestic biosafety regimes have to deal with actual and potential threats ...
This event celebrates the publication of a new book which examines key legal aspects of implementing the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety at national and international levels. The book provides a serious contribution to the current legal and political academic debates on biosafety by discussing k ...
As part of its outreach activities under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Republic of Croatia would like to present a new national biosafety portal. The main purpose of this new portal is to increase awareness on the Protocol, biosafety and GMO issues in general. Further this portal will ...
Wild-growing genetically modified (GM) canola (rapeseed) plants have been found at many locations around Japan on numerous occasions, even though GM crops are not grown on a commercial scale in Japan. It was spilled from trucks near the importing harbors along the coast and GM pollution started ...
GMO databases - access, scopes and perspectives. Several GMO databases are available on the internet, others are in preparation. Although divergent in scope and thus designed for different audiences, they share a common core of information. In this side event, major publically available and an u ...
The Global Industry Coalition (GIC) will share information about the implementation guide to the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol that we developed, and will provide an update on the status of the Compact.
The growing populations in most developing countries are creating high demands for more nutritious food, and industrial raw materials. In most cases, the additional food needs to come from increasing productivity levels with only moderate external inputs rather than by increasing area under cult ...
Describes the challenges of proper implementation of Cartagena Protocol in African countries, with regards to adequate food supply, and effect on environment.
A panel of government, NGO and scientific experts will discuss the key issues that COPMOP6 can decide on to effectively implement the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The focus will be on risk assessment and socio-economic considerations.
The Model Act was originally published in 2002, and updated in 2004 and 2006. This event will describe the key elements of a newly revised version of the Model Act including issues associated with liability and redress. The Model Act is an independent undertaking, unrelated to any other product ...
The rapid depletion of agrodiversity with Green Revolution has become much more severe after the advent of Genetic Engineering. India which is a home of cotton lost all its desi cotton varieties as they got relaced by inter specific and intra specific hybrids. After the release of Bt cotton, a ...
A special issue of ABDR is being launched focusing on socio-economic considerations for GM crops (Article 26) followed by a panel discussion.
Themes: • The importance or significance of ratifying or acceding to the Supplementary Protocol • Steps that may facilitate national ratification or accession processes
Background: The world is facing very daunting challenges. Over 1 billion people are malnourished, often resulting in chronic diseases and premature deaths. Agriculture burdens the environment through pesticides, fertilizers, irrigation, ploughing and conversion of natural habitats. This situatio ...
The International Food Policy Research Institute Program for Biosafety Systems (IFPRI-PBS) proposes the following side event to the Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (MOP 6) as a discussion mechanism that ...
The scientifically meaningful planning and conduct of Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) and Health Risk Assessment (HRA) of genetically engineered organisms has been a matter of dispute since the first deliberate releases and commercialisation of genetically engineered organisms. ERA and HRA h ...
The lunch-time meeting will focus on the prerequisites for the effective regulation and sustainable utilisation of GMOs in a developing country. It will consist of three short (10min each) presentations covering aspects of a workable regulatory framework, sustainable GMO utilisation and South Af ...
Unexpected and unwanted transgene outcrossing and spreading in native and indigenous crops has been observed in several cases during the last years. Indigenous organisations, conservationists and regulators have been working on options to prevent such transgene spread. One example is the ban of ...