CBD Biosafety Technical Series 02: Summary and Comparative Analysis of Nine National Approaches to Ecological Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Annex III

The Table of Contents is as follows:

Chapter 1. Introduction
I. History of LMOs
II. Benefits and potential costs of agricultural LMOs
III. International agreements pertaining to LMOs
IV. IGERT project
V. Goal and structure of report

Chapter 2. Methods
I. Framing the analysis
II. Selection of countries
III. Sources of information
IV. Primary sources
V. Comparative process
VI. Strengths and limitations of this methodology
VII. Organization of this report

Chapter 3. Australia: Elements of risk assessment for LMOs
I. Abstract
II. Overview of legislative & regulatory framework
III. General principles
IV. Methodology
V. Discussion
APPENDIX

Chapter 4. Brazil: Elements of risk assessment for LMOs
I. Abstract
II. Overview of legislative & regulatory framework
III. General principles
IV. Methodology
V. Discussion

Chapter 5. Canada: Elements of risk assessment for LMOs
I. Abstract
II. Overview of legislative & regulatory framework
III. General principles
IV. Methodology
APPENDIX

Chapter 6. China: Elements of risk assessment for LMOs
I. Abstract
II. Overview of legislative & regulatory framework
III. General principles
IV. Methodology
V. Discussion
APPENDIX

Chapter 7. Cuba: Elements of risk assessment for LMOs
I. Abstract
II. Overview of legislative & regulatory framework
III. General principles
IV. Methodology
V. Discussion

Chapter 8. Germany: Elements of risk assessment for LMOs
I. Abstract
II. Overview of legislative & regulatory framework
III. General principles
IV. Methodology
V. Discussion

Chapter 9. Japan: Elements of risk assessment for LMOs
I. Abstract
II. Overview of legislative & regulatory framework
III. General principles
IV. Methodology
V. Discussion
APPENDIX

Chapter 10. South Africa: Elements of risk assessment for LMOs
I. Abstract
II. Overview of legislative & regulatory framework
III. General principles
IV. Methodology
V. Discussion
APPENDIX

Chapter 11. United States: Elements of risk assessment for LMOs
I. Abstract
II. Overview of legislative & regulatory framework
III. General principles
IV. Methodology
V. Discussion
APPENDIX

Chapter 12. Comparisons among risk assessment frameworks
I. Overview
II. Regulatory landscape
III. General principles
IV. Methodology

Chapter 13. Conclusion
RISK ASSESSMENT

Secretariat of the Convention of Biological Diversity, Montreal

© 2012 by the Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity, S. Flint, T. Heidel, S. Loss, J. Osborne, K. Prescott and D. Smith

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Citation: Biosafety Technical Series No. 2: Summary and comparative analysis of nine national approaches to ecological risk assessment of living modified organisms in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Annex III. 178 pp., http://bch.cbd.int/protocol/cpb_technicalseries/cpb-ts-02-en.pdf, Montreal: SC BD, 2012.