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<br>The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology is an autonomous intergovernmental organisation dedicated to advanced research and training in molecular biology with special regards to the needs of the developing world. In 1997 it has established a Biosafety Unit to provid ...
<p>The Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, in conjunction with the Secretariat to the Convention on Biological Diversity, is in the process of preparing a manual on 'Biosafety for Decision-Makers'. The manual is intended to serve as a practical resource tool for decision-ma ...
<p>This side-event will build on the general issues presented on 25 February and examine in more detail specific cases, either adjudicated by the courts or other cases:</p> <li>Liability and Environmental Damage: The Indian Experience <li>Switzerland: Specificities of the Federal Law relating to ...
<p>The need for consultancy for the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol is extremely high in developing countries. In 2000, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) launched the German Biosafety Capacity Building Initiative for the Implementation of the Cartagena ...
<p>This side event marks the conclusion of the preparation of the Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, already available in English, French and Russian. The Spanish version of the Guide will be available -and launched- at the side event. </p><p>IUCN, FIELD and WRI, partners ...
<p>Ambassador Beat NOBS (SAEFL, Switzerland) will open this side-event with a keynote address. Four short presentations will then take place, covering the following subjects:</p> <li>Specificities of Liability in the Context of Biotechnology <li>Existing Rules on Liability and Identified Gaps ...
<p><b>Location: Bunga Kenanga room, 3rd Floor of the Pan Pacific Hotel</b></p> <p>The U.S. Delegate will be presenting the U.S. Regulatory Agencies Unfied Biotechnology Website, released to the public on Feb 13th, 2004. The centerpiece of this website is a searchable database of genetically e ...
<p>This presentation reveals several ways in which industry and political influences have compromised regulations of genetically modified foods, allowing dangerous products onto the market. Government scientists claimed they were offered bribes or threatened. Evidence was stolen. Government empl ...
<br>The project represents a unique initiative from scientists working in the public sector, who have often been underrepresented in the discussions of international environmental treaties, and in particular scientists from developing countries who have a key role in the development of the metho ...
<p>The side-event will be a panel discussion where the results of the research undertaken under the CDA/FIELD project ‘Building legal and institutional capacity in Chile’, will be presented. Panelists will include CDA and FIELD project staff, a representative of the Chilean government, and a mem ...
<p>The workshop will include an introduction to the approach and activities of the GEF-funded demonstration Projects on Implementation of National Biosafety Frameworks and a discussion of the lessons learnt. Details about the projects implemented through UNEP can be accessed at: <a href=http://w ...
<p>The ICCP process did not provide clear guidance on implementation of Article 18.2(a) of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB); specifically, which shipments of commodities for food, feed, and for processing (FFP) should be accompanied by documentation stating that they "may contain" livin ...
<p>Presented by: Dr Nick Brickle<br> Chemical and GM policy Division<br> UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>The UK GM-crop farm-scale evaluations were a four-year programme of studies aimed at investigating the impact of the management of four types o ...
<p>This event will feature the launch of a new book entitled: <a href=http://www.biodiv.org/doc/publications/bs-brochure-03-en.pdf>The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: A record of the Negotiations </a>, published by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The book presents an ...
<p>The side event will provide an update on the results and activities of the UNEP-GEF Global Project on Development of National Biosafety Frameworks and there will be a discussion of the lessons learnt and news about the new UNEP-GEF project on capactiy building for the BCH. Details about all t ...
Objective: to provide information on growers' practical experience and concerns with respect to growing and handling products of agricultural biotechnology