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The Cartagena Protocol
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
The
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity
is an international agreement which aims to ensure the safe handling, transport and use of living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology that may have adverse effects on biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health. It was adopted on 29 January 2000 and entered into force on 11 September 2003.
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Number of Parties: 173
Latest Ratifications:
Sierra Leone
(June 15 2020)
Uzbekistan
(October 25 2019)
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What's new
7 March 2025
Videos demonstrating how to submit and publish Fifth National Report in the BCH are now available.
21 October 2024
New booklet: A joint CBD/Aarhus Convention pocket guide on access to information and public participation regarding LMOs is now available
10 October 2024
A joint CBD/Aarhus Convention video on the pocket guide on access to information and public participation regarding LMOs is now available.
10 October 2024
The Biosafety Technical Series Issue 6: Legislative Study on Biosafety Mainstreaming is now available.
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27 February 2025
Governments agree on the way forward to mobilise the resources needed to protect biodiversity for people and planet
27 November 2024
Countries to resume crucial biodiversity discussions in Rome, 25-27 February 2025
Executive Secretary's Statements
27 February 2025
Closing speech by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Astrid Schomaker, at the Second resumed sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol and fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol
25 February 2025
Opening speech by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Astrid Schomaker, at the second resumed sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol and fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol
21 October 2024
Opening speech by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Astrid Schomaker, for the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 21 October 2024
6 May 2025
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2025-063
Follow-up to decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety at its eleventh meeting: Overview of requests for action and planned activities for the biennium 2025-2026
16 April 2025
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2025-051
Nomination of experts to participate in the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment
7 March 2025
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2025-029
Nomination of experts to participate in the Open-ended Online Forum on Risk Assessment and Risk Management
25 February 2025
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2025-022
Nomination of experts to the International Training Course on Risk Assessments of Living Modified Organisms, 2-6 June 2025 - Brasilia, Brazil
17 February 2025
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2025-019
Extension of deadline: Invitation to governments and organizations to submit information on implementing or funding biosafety capacity-building activities, and request to Parties to review national records published in BCH
17 February 2025
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2025-020
On-site registration for the resumed sessions of the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, and fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol
14 February 2025
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2025-018
Call for nominations for the Informal Advisory Group on Technical and Scientific Cooperation
12 February 2025
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2025-017
Submission of information on Parties’ needs and priorities related to risk assessment of living modified organisms under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
21 April–9 May 2025, Online
Open-ended Online Forum on Risk Assessment and Risk Management
27–29 May 2025, Montreal, Canada
Twentieth meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
2–6 June 2025, Brasilia, Brazil
International training course on risk assessments of living modified organisms
8–11 July 2025, Montreal, Canada
Meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment
15–17 July 2025, Apia, Samoa
(Tentative)
Training course for Pacific small island developing States on invasive alien species
9–11 December 2025, Montreal, Canada
Thirteenth meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House
Fourth National Report
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