Statement

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Opening of the International Conference on the Implications of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, New Delhi, 20-22 November 2006

In this great megabiodiverse country, home to more than 89,000 animal species and some 47,000 plant species, including some 15,000 medicinal plants, it is pertinent to be addressing you on one of the key and most challenging issues facing the world community today—biosafety, which encompasses measures and procedures for minimizing the potential risks of the products of modern biotechnology on biodiversity and human health.

Publication Date
2006-11-20