Side Event

Risk assessment for nontarget arthropods: principles and practice

Organizer
International Food Policy Research Institute's Program for Biosafety Systems and the International Organisation for Biological and Integrated Control of Noxious Animals and Plants

Date and Time
14 May 2008 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (BS COP MOP 4)

PBS and IOBC/WPRS will lead a discussion on a tiered approach to non-target testing, including issues such as problem formulation, species selection, experimental design and testing protocols. Risk assessment research will be presented from PBS's Biotechnology-Biodiversity Interface (BBI) grants facility and from IOBC/WPRS.