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Online discussion of the Liaison Group on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

7 - 21 February 2024, Online

Global risk assessment workshop

30 - 31 October 2023, Montreal, Canada

Twelfth meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House

15 - 16 May 2023, Montreal, Canada

Biosafety Clearing-House Training Workshop

5 - 6 December 2022, Montreal, Canada

Biosafety Law: China’s new, stricter controls

In April 2021 the Biosafety Law came into effect. To highlight its growing importance, the recent 33rd Politburo collective study session of the CPC Central Committee was on the theme of strengthening China’s biosafety.

Return From Extinction

The prospect of "reviving" an extinct species – or a, genetic hybrid version of it – is moving closer to reality thanks to the sophistication of genome engineering technologies coupled with our ability to extract and sequence archaic DNA samples.

NBA notes low biosafety standards in govt labs

The National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has destroyed various food products containing Genetically Modified Organisms seized from Shoprite Stores worth K16,897.

Why Seed Companies Fear México

Last month México’s Supreme Court provided hope for biodiversity, especially in the Global South, while flaming fear for seed companies. In a historic step, it ruled for corn advocates and against genetically modified (GMO) corn. The decision was a momentous act in country where maíz (corn) carr ...

Biosafety Regulation To Boost Nigerians Green Economy

Strong regulatory policy in the Biosafety sector would boost Nigeria’s green economy, Director General, National Biosafety Management Agency, Dr Rufus Ebegba has said.

What is GMO?

Manufacturers of GMO products, including foods, genetically modify organisms to improve the product or gain a commercial advantage. For example, GMO plants may be easier to grow in large quantities, or they may produce more fruit. GMO meat from genetically modified animals may taste better or di ...

The world is too dry and hungry to snub genetically modified crops, tech CEO says

A world without enough food is just around the corner and can only be averted if humans forget their qualms about eating genetically modified crops.

Cuba Bets on GM Corn to Increase Production

An interesting thing that sets the Juan Darian Credit and Services Cooperative (CCS), in the Jarahueca region of the Sancti Spiritus province in the country’s interior, apart from its counterparts across the nation: it is the only one with a biological safety licence to plant GM soy and corn.

Could Ethiopia make or break the future of GM crops in Africa?

I have followed with interest the recent controversy around plantings of transgenic crops in Ethiopia. Until 2015, the country took a vocal stand against genetically modified (GM) crops, underlined by its strict proclamation on biosafety in 2009… Six years later, the country loosened its restric ...

GMO: Lawyers speak on gaps in Nigeria’s biosafety law

Nigeria officially signed the Biosafety Bill into law in 2015, making it eligible to join the league of nations already using genetic engineering (GE) to boost food production.

Cameroon: Senate - Migration, Biosafety Bills Tabled

This was during a plenary sitting chaired by the Senior Vice President of the Senate, Aboubakary Abdoulaye. Three bills have been tabled for scrutiny at the Senate. There were tabled on November 24, 2020 during a plenary sitting chaired by the Senior Vice President of the Senate, Aboubakary Abdo ...

Unlocking the biochemical treasure chest within microbes

A new genetic engineering tool will help open the floodgates of microbial metabolite applications.

Nigeria: Biotechnology, Panacea for Food Security - Govt

The federal government has identified biotechnology as one of the technological tools the government plans to apply to ensure it adequately caters for the food demands of the growing population.

‘Committed to ensuring biosafety’

Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque yesterday said Bangladesh is committed to ensure biosafety as an adaptor of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity. “We have already adapted and enacted the ‘Biosafety Rules of Bangladesh, 2012’ and ‘Biosafety Guidelin ...

How to fight malaria

Combating the life-threatening disease by modifying mosquitoes could save lives

Egypt poised to again lead Africa in agricultural biotechnology innovation

When will Egypt again lead Africa in agricultural biotech innovation? That question kept running through my mind when I visited the North African country late last year to participate in the United Nation’s annual biodiversity conference.

People with the most extreme views on ‘Frankenfoods’ are the least well informed

People who have strong views on ‘Frankenfoods’ know the least about the science behind them.Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are foods produced from plants or animals whose DNA has been altered through genetic engineering.

DBT, ICAR signs MoU for R&D activities in agricultural biotechnology research

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has undertaken several activities and programs to promote Biotechnology Research & Development in the areas of Agriculture Biotechnology.

Establishing the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard. The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Law, passed by Congress in July of 2016, directed USDA to establish this national mandatory standard for disclosing foods that are or may be bioeng ...

Central and Eastern European Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms

24 - 28 September 2018, Minsk, Belarus

Latin American Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms

20 - 24 August 2018, Panama City, Panama

Agreements reached on actions to integrate biodiversity in forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and tourism sectors and to achieve the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development

Biosafety Clearing-House Training Workshop

11 December 2016, Cancun, Mexico

Second joint Aarhus Convention/CBD round table on public awareness, access to information and public participation regarding living modified organisms and genetically modified organisms

15 - 17 November 2016, Geneva, Switzerland

GRULAC Workshop on the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

15 - 19 August 2016, Mexico City, Mexico

Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

25 - 29 July 2016, Mexico City, Mexico

Tenth meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House

11 - 12 April 2016, Ispra, Italy

Africa Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Biosafety into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans

9 - 12 February 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology

21 - 25 September 2015, Montreal, Canada

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/12

Possible Gaps and Overlaps with the Applicable Provisions of the Convention, its Protocols and other Relevant Agreements Related to Components, Organisms and Products Resulting from Synthetic Biology Techniques

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/11

Potential Positive and Negative Impacts of Components, Organisms and Products Resulting from Synthetic Biology Techniques on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity, and Associated Social, Economic and Cultural Considerations

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/20

Synthetic Biology: Updated Reports

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/18/INF/4

New and Emerging Issues Relating to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity - Possible Gaps and Overlaps with the Applicable Provisions of the Convention, Its Protocols and Other Relevant Agreements Related to Components, Organisms and Products Resulting from Synthetic Biology Techn ...

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/18/INF/3

New and Emerging Issues Relating to the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity - Potential Positive and Negative Impacts of Components, Organisms and Products Resulting from Synthetic Biology Techniques on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/18/10

New and Emerging Issues: Synthetic Biology

Ninth meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH-IAC)

2 - 4 April 2014, Ispra, Italy

Workshop of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

25 - 27 November 2013, Ispra, Italy

Round table on access to information, public participation and access to justice regarding LMOs/GMOs

16 - 17 October 2013, Geneva, Switzerland

UNEP/CBD/BSRWCB/CAR/1/2

Report of the Workshop

UNEP/CBD/BS/CM-ET/3/INF/2

Biosafety Education Relevant to Genetically-Engineered Crops for Academic and Non-Academic Stakeholders in East Africa

UNEP/CBD/COP/10/INF/32

Other Matters: Report on the activities of the United Nations Environment Programme in the area of biodiversity and biosafety

UNEP/CBD/COP/8/INF/28

Report on the Activities of the United Nations Environment Programme in the Area of Biological Diversity and Biosafety

UNEP/CBD/COP/9/INF/39

Interim Arrangements for the Allocation of Funding for Facilitating Participation of Parties in the Convention Process and Its Biosafty ProtocoL

UNEP/CBD/COP/9/INF/45

Cooperation with Other Organizations, Conventions and Initiatives - Report on the activities of the United Nations Environment Programme in the area of biological diversity and biosafety

6th Ecological Impact of Genetically Modified Organisms Meeting by the IOBC/WPRS Working Group GMOs in Integrated Plant Production

3 - 5 June 2013, Berlin, Germany

The 7th International Conference on Genetically Modified Food

6 - 7 May 2013, Amman, Jordan

Africa Regional Capacity-building Workshop on Public Awareness, Education and Participation concerning the Safe Transfer, Handling and Use of Living Modified Organisms

5 - 9 November 2012, Kampala, Uganda

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary, Convention On Biological Diversity at the Opening of the Sixth Asian Biotechnology and Development Conference, Hyderabad, India, 6 October 2012

Biosafety Clearing-House Training Workshop

28 - 29 September 2012, Hyderabad, India

Second International Biosafety Conference

28 - 29 September 2012, Hyderabad, India

Online Forum on Public Awareness, Education and Participation Concerning the Safe Transfer, Handling and Use of Living Modified Organisms

4 - 18 June 2012, Online

Genetically Engineered Fish and Biodiversity: Risk Assessment Considerations

Eggs from genetically modified Atlantic salmon have already been transported from Canada to Panama for the purposes of research and development. These same GM salmon eggs could soon be approved for commercial production in Canada and shipped for grow-out in Panama. How far should national govern ...

No Geoengineering Experimentation - A Policy dialogue on preventing unjust and risky geoengineering activities

In Nagoya in 2010 parties to COP10 of the CBD enacted the first ever international decision on governance of geoengineering technologies - a de facto moratorium on all geoengineeing activities in an uncontrolled setting. Despite this clear signal there is now increasing industrially-led interes ...

Anglophone Africa Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms

12 - 16 December 2011, Accra, Ghana

Latin American Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms

7 - 11 November 2011, Havana, Cuba

Second World Biodiversity Congress (organized by The Century Foundation Bangalore, India)

8 - 12 September 2011, Kuching, Malaysia

11th International Symposium on the Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms (ISBGMO 11) on the theme: The role of Biosafety Research in the decision-making process

15 - 20 November 2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, TRADE AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION: A SOUTH - SOUTH EXCHANGE

Capitalising on lessons learned from joint African and Latin American initiatives on promoting the pro-poor and pro-biodiversity commercialisation of biological and genetic resources, this session will highlight emerging good practices and pinpoint streams of action as to strengthen mutual suppo ...

Synthetic Biology and next generation biofuels

As artificial life forms are being created in laboratories for various industrial uses, the whole concept of biological diversity and its protection is being challenged. The large-scale implementation of the manipulation of the fundamental building blocks of life will present new challenges for ...

An Introduction to the Risk Analysis of Current Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and their Products, and to Possible Issues Raised by Novel GMOs in the Future

27 September - 1 October 2010, Trieste, Italy

Asian Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms

12 - 16 July 2010, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Pacific Sub-regional Workshop on Capacity-building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms

5 - 7 July 2010, Nadi, Fiji

ISTA Workshop on GMO Testing

8 - 12 June 2010, Oberschleissheim, Germany

Biosafety Course: "Introduction to Risk Analysis of GMO"

25 - 29 April 2010, Safat, Kuwait

Second Meeting of the Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

19 - 23 April 2010, Ljubljana, Slovenia

The Second International Conference on Implications of GM Crop Cultivation at Large Spatial Scales

25 - 26 March 2010, Bremen, Germany

Biosafety Workshop on: Theoretical Approaches and their Practical Applications in the Risk Assessment for the Deliberate Release of Genetically Modified Plants”in Hermanus, South Africa

22 - 26 March 2010, Hermanus, South Africa

International Conference on Agro-biotechnology, Biosafety and Seed Systems in Developing Countries: AGBIOSAFESEED 2010

8 - 12 March 2010, Entebbe, Uganda

Agricultural biotechnologies in developing countries (ABDC-10) conference

1 - 4 March 2010, Guadalajara, Mexico

Seventh Meeting of the Liaison Group on Capacity-building for Biosafety

4 - 5 February 2010, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Sixth Coordination Meeting for Governments and Organizations Implementing or Funding Biosafety Capacity-building Activities

1 - 3 February 2010, Siem Reap, Cambodia

First Latin American Biosafety training course in relation to genetically modified vectors for disease control

23 November - 4 December 2009, Medellin, Colombia

Fourth International Conference on coexistence between genetically modified (GM) and non-GM based agricultural supply chains

10 - 11 November 2009, Melbourne, Australia

Meeting of the COP-MOP Bureau

8 November 2009, Montreal, Canada

Sixth meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

4 - 6 November 2009, Montreal, Canada

Workshop on "Theoretical Approaches and their Practical Application in the Risk Assessment for the Deliberate Release of Genetically Modified Plants"

5 - 15 October 2009, Ca'Tron di Roncade, Italy

Royal Society of Canada (RSC) Symposium: Genetically Modified Organisms

22 - 23 September 2009, Ottawa, Canada

Africa Regional Training of Trainers’ Workshop on the Identification and Documentation of Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

14 - 18 September 2009, Bamako, Mali

Gateways Partners Symposia on Biosafety: Hazard ID and Risk Assessment of (Trans)gene Flow

23 - 26 August 2009, Tromso, Norway

Theoretical and Practical Course on "Developments in Biosciences for Enhanced Food and Environmental Biosafety"

18 - 30 August 2009, Dar Es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

Biosafety Course: Hazard ID and Risk Assessment of (Trans)gene Flow

17 - 21 August 2009, Tromso, Norway

First Latin American Biosafety Congres (ASDMAS)

1 August 2009, Lima, Peru

BIOSAFENET Conference

29 - 30 June 2009, Berlin, Germany

Learning from the past: Successes and failures with agricultural biotechnologies in developing countries over the last 20 years

8 June - 5 July 2009, Online

Ecological Impact of Genetically Modified Organisms (EIGMO)

14 - 16 May 2009, Rostock, Germany

Training Course on "The Analysis of Agricultural Products for the Presence of Genetically Modified Organisms"

10 - 12 May 2009, Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

20 - 24 April 2009, Montreal, Canada

First meeting of the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs Concerning Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

23 - 27 February 2009, Mexico City, Mexico

Berkeley Biosafety and Biodiversity Workshop

11 - 12 December 2008, Berkeley, California, United States of America

International Symposium on "Regulatory and Safety Issues in Commercialization of Biotechnology Research in Developing Countries"

2 - 4 December 2008, Dhaka, Bangladesh

First Bio-Earn/ Vicres Scientific Conference: Harnessing Bio-resources for Socio-economic Transformation for Eastern Africa

24 - 27 November 2008, Entebbe, Uganda

Fifth meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

19 - 21 November 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Third International Genetically Modified Food Conference - Biofuels

18 - 19 November 2008, Amman, Jordan

10th International Symposium on the Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)

16 - 21 November 2008, Wellington, New Zealand

Training Course on Biosafety and GMO Detection

9 - 20 November 2008, Giza, Egypt

First All Africa Congress on Biotechnology: Harnessing the Potential of Agricultural Biotechnology for Food Security and Socio-Economic Development in Africa

22 - 26 September 2008, Nairobi, Kenya