Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

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The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is an international agreement that regulates the transboundary movement, handling, and use of living modified organisms to protect biodiversity and human health.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biosafety protocol ⓘ
international environmental agreement ⓘ
supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ
adoptedAt Montreal, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Montreal
adoptedOn 2000-01-29 ⓘ
adoptionContext extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ
aimsTo ensure an adequate level of protection in the field of the safe transfer, handling and use of living modified organisms ⓘ
protect biological diversity ⓘ
protect human health ⓘ
articleCount 40 ⓘ
basedOnPrinciple precautionary approach ⓘ
containsProvisionOn liability and redress ⓘ
depositary Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn 2003-09-11 ⓘ
establishes Biosafety Clearing-House ⓘ
focusesOn handling of living modified organisms ⓘ
transboundary movement of living modified organisms ⓘ
use of living modified organisms ⓘ
fullName Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ
geographicalScope global ⓘ
hasAnnex Annex I ⓘ
Annex II ⓘ
Annex III ⓘ
Annex IV ⓘ
Annex V ⓘ
Annex VI ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
namedAfter Cartagena, Colombia ⓘ
negotiatedUnder Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ
parentTreaty Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ
policyArea biotechnology regulation ⓘ
environmental protection ⓘ
international trade in living modified organisms ⓘ
providesFor capacity-building in biosafety ⓘ
information sharing through the Biosafety Clearing-House ⓘ
public awareness and participation regarding living modified organisms ⓘ
risk assessment of living modified organisms ⓘ
risk management measures for living modified organisms ⓘ
regulates illegal transboundary movements of living modified organisms ⓘ
transboundary movement of living modified organisms for direct use as food, feed or for processing ⓘ
transboundary movement of living modified organisms for intentional introduction into the environment ⓘ
unintentional transboundary movements of living modified organisms ⓘ
requires advance informed agreement procedure for first intentional transboundary movement of certain living modified organisms ⓘ
shortName Cartagena Protocol ⓘ
subjectOf biosafety ⓘ
genetically modified organisms ⓘ
living modified organisms ⓘ
supplementedBy Nagoya–Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress ⓘ

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Convention on Biological Diversity → hasProtocol → Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety ⓘ
Convention on Biological Diversity → hasProtocol → Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety ⓘ
subject linked to: CBD
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety → fullName → Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ
linked to: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety → shortName → Cartagena Protocol ⓘ
linked to: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Annex II → partOf → Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety ⓘ
Annex II → legalBasisIn → Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety Article 15 ⓘ
linked to: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Annex II → legalBasisIn → Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety Article 16 ⓘ
linked to: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Annex II → entryIntoForceWith → Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety ⓘ
Annex V → partOf → Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety ⓘ
Annex V → legalBasisIn → Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety ⓘ
Biosafety Clearing-House → establishedUnder → Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety ⓘ