The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

17 June 2025 Malta accedes to the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress, 16 June 2025. More »
7 March 2025 Videos demonstrating how to submit and publish Fifth National Report in the BCH are now available. More »
21 October 2024 New booklet: A joint CBD/Aarhus Convention pocket guide on access to information and public participation regarding LMOs is now available. More »
10 October 2024 The Biosafety Technical Series Issue 6: Legislative Study on Biosafety Mainstreaming is now available. More »

20 June 2025 (2025-081) Composition of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment. More »
16 May 2025 (2025-070) Call for expression of interest for the independent, scientific study on synthetic biology and informal explanatory webinar. More »
6 May 2025 (2025-063) Follow-up to decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety at its eleventh meeting: Overview of requests for action and planned activities for the biennium 2025-2026. More »
16 April 2025 (2025-051) Nomination of experts to participate in the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment. More »

8–11 July 2025, Montreal, Canada Meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment. More »
14–18 July 2025, Online Online Forum on Capacity-building for Biosafety. More »
15–17 July 2025, Apia, Samoa Training course for Pacific small island developing States on invasive alien species. More »
9–11 December 2025, Montreal, Canada Thirteenth meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House.