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Record information and status
Record ID
101359
Status
Published
Date of creation
2010-09-02 16:41 UTC (andrew.bowers@cbd.int)
Date of last update
2015-03-10 15:00 UTC (andrew.bowers@cbd.int)
Date of publication
2015-03-10 15:00 UTC (andrew.bowers@cbd.int)

General Information
Title
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on  Biological Diversity - Text and Annexes
Author
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Author’s contact information
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD)
World Trade Centre
413 St-Jacques, Suite 800
Montreal, Quebec, H2Y 1N9
Canada
Phone : 1 (514) 288 2220
Fax: 1 (514) 288 6588
e-mail: secretariat@cbd.int
Website: http://www.cbd.int
Organization(s) involved in the publication of this resource
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
World Trade Centre, 413 St. Jacques, Suite 800
Montreal, Quebec
Canada, H2Y 1N9
Phone:+ 1 514 288 2220
Fax:+ 1 514 288 6588
Email:secretariat@cbd.int
Url:Convention on Biological Diversity
Language(s)
  • Arabic
  • French
  • Chinese
  • Russian
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Malay
  • Portuguese
  • German
  • Italian
  • Estonian
  • Hungarian
  • Latvian, Lettish
  • Lithuanian
  • Polish
  • Slovak
  • Slovenian
  • Dutch
  • Danish
  • Japanese
  • Vietnamese
  • Bulgarian
  • Czech
  • Finnish
  • Romanian
  • Persian
  • Korean
  • Laothian
  • Croatian
  • Khmer
  • Swedish
  • Hindi
Publication date
2000
Subject
Summary, abstract or table of contents
The Biosafety Protocol provides an international regulatory framework to reconcile the respective needs of trade and environmental protection with respect to a rapidly growing global industry, the biotechnology industry. The Protocol creates an enabling environment for the environmentally sound application of biotechnology, making it possible to derive maximum benefit from the potential that biotechnology has to offer, while minimizing the possible risks to the environment and to human health.
Thematic areas
  • Biosafety policy and regulation
Additional Information
Type of resource
  • Convention Protocol
Identifier
ISBN: 92-807-1924-6 (6 official languages of the United Nations: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish); ISBN: 978-967-10117-2-0 (unofficial Malay courtesy translation)
Publisher and its location
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal
Rights
Copyright © 2000, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Format
19-page PDF file
Access to the resource
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