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 »

8 July 2025 (2025-088) Extension of deadline: Submissions of information on synthetic biology to support the preparation of the thematic action plan in the context of synthetic biology and the work of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology. More »
7 July 2025 (2025-087) Composition of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House. More »
27 June 2025 (2025-085) Nomination of experts to the workshop on the detection and identification of living modified organisms and the role of customs officials in implementing the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 22-26 September 2025. More »
27 June 2025 (2025-084) Online Forum on Capacity-building for Biosafety to support the implementation of the capacity-building action plan for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 14 - 18 July 2025. 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 »
22–26 September 2025, Ljubljana, Slovenia Workshop on the detection and identification of living modified organisms and the role of customs officials in implementing the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
9–11 December 2025, Montreal, Canada Thirteenth meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House.