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Online Forum on Public Awareness, Education and Participation Concerning the Safe Transfer, Handling and Use of Living Modified Organisms (4 - 18 June 2012)




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Launch of the COP-MOP 6 Website




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The Information Note for Participants for COP-MOP 6 is now available.




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Media accreditation form, with instructions and FAQs, is now available.




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The calendar for the fair on national experiences with the national implementation of the Biosafety Protocol during MOP 6 is now available.




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The live webcast is now available




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10th Issue of the Biosafety Protocol News is now available entitled: The role of media in promoting biosafety awareness




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The photo gallery for the COP-MOP 6 is now available




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Report of the 6th Meeting of the COP-MOP




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56th edition of the Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (January to March 2012)




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




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57th, 58th and 59th edition of the Quarterly Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (April to June 2012) (July to December 2012) is now available.




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The Youth Guide to Biodiversity (1st edition), including a biosafety and agriculture part, is now available (page 122-123)




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The Report of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on the Work of Its Tenth Meeting is now available.




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Report of the Asia-Pacific regional training workshop on public awareness, education and participation concerning the safe transfer, handling and use of LMOs is now available.




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Germany ratified the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress on 27 August 2013.




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Round table on access to information, public participation and access to justice regarding LMOs/GMOs, 16-17 October 2013, Geneva, Switzerland.




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11 September 2013 marks the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The theme for the anniversary is: "10 Years of Promoting Safety in the Use of Biotechnology.




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The Biannual Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity for January to June 2013 is now available (page 27).




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New publication: Framework and Action Plan for Capacity-Building for the Effective Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety




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The Report of the Joint Aarhus Convention/CBD round table on access to information, public participation and access to justice regarding LMOs/GMOs is now available.




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The Report of the Workshop of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of LMOs is now available.




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The Report of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Socioeconomic Considerations is now available.




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The Biannual Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity for July to December 2013 is now available (page 36).




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The report of the tenth meeting of the Liaison Group on Capacity-building for Biosafety is now available.




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The summary outcomes of of the ninth meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House is now available.




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The report of the meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management is now available.




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New Factsheet: Strategic Plan for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety




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The report of the twelfth meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is now available.




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The report of the workshop of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms is now available.




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The report of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology is now available.




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A CBD/Aarhus Convention checklist and summary of tools and resources are now available.




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The report of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management is now available.




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The report of the eleventh meeting of the Liaison Group on Capacity-building for Biosafety is now available.




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The twelfth issue of the biosafety newsletter - the Biosafety Protocol News - is now available.




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The results of the Survey on the Programme of Work on Public Awareness, Education and Participation Concerning LMOs are now available.




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A webinar entitled "Integrating Biosafety into NBSAPs and Other Conservation Planning Tools" took place on 25 October 2016 at 9:00 EDT




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The report of the GRULAC Workshop on the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms is available.




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The report of the workshop on developing capacity for national border controls on living modified organisms in small island developing States in the Caribbean is available.




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Two new biosafety self-paced learning modules on public access to biosafety information and public participation in decision-making regarding LMOs are available in the new e-Learning Platform




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The report of the second joint Aarhus Convention/CBD round table on public awareness, access to information and public participation regarding living modified organisms (LMOs)/genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is available.




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Kuwait acceded to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on 1 June 2017.




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The report of the workshop on developing capacity for national border controls on living modified organisms in Pacific small island developing States is now available.




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The report of the fourteenth meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is now available.




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Issue 13 of the Biosafety Protocol News, biosafety newsletter, entitled "Joint Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety/Aarhus Convention Cooperation Public Access to Information and Public Participation" is now available




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A downloadable/printable poster and a new factsheet are now available for the celebration of the entry into force of the Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress, 5 March 2018




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The 15th anniversary of the entry into force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 11 September 2018, webpage is now available




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A webinar for the 15th anniversary of the entry into force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was held on 11 September 2018. The recording is now available.




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Democratic People's Republic of Korea acceded to the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on 1 October 2019.




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Uzbekistan acceded to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on 25 October 2019.