The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

3 December 2025 The moderator's summary of the Online Forum on Capacity-building for Biosafety is now available. More »
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 »

23 January 2026 (2026-012) Accommodation Arrangements for Large Delegations for the 2026 UN Biodiversity Conference in Yerevan, Armenia. More »
23 January 2026 (2026-010) Submission of information related to the detection and identification of living modified organisms in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. More »
14 January 2026 (2026-005) Call for contributions of complementary views for the survey of the independent, scientific study on synthetic biology. More »
5 January 2026 (2026-002) Reminder: Submission of the fifth national report on the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. More »

10–12 June 2026, Montreal, Canada Twenty-first meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. More »
16–18 June 2026, Montreal, Canada Fifteenth meeting of the Liaison Group on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
19–30 October 2026, Yerevan, Armenia Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. More »