Loading...
You are viewing a DELETED record.
This record information is displayed for reference purpose only and should be not used.
This document has been updated. This is not the latest published version. Click here to view the latest version of the record.
Biosafety Organization
(ORG)
last updated: 24 Nov 2010
African Centre for Biosafety (ACB)
EN
EN
-
Person:Ms. Mariam MayetLawyer,Suite 3, Clamart Road RichmondJohannesburg,
2092, South AfricaPhone: +27 (0)11 482 8915,Fax: +27 (0)11 482 8915,Email: mariammayet@mweb.co.za,Website: http://www.biosafetyafrica.net/portal/,Related OrganizationAfrican Centre for Biosafety (ACB)Suite 3, Clamart Road RichmondJohannesburg,
2092, South AfricaPhone: +27 (0)11 482 8915,Fax: +27 (0)11 482 8915,Email: mariammayet@mweb.co.za,Website: http://www.biosafetyafrica.net/portal/,
Suite 3, Clamard Road
Richmond
Johannesburg,
2092, South Africa
- +27 (0)11 482 8915
- +27 (0)11 482 8915
Non-governmental organization (NGO)
-
Biotechnology, trade and the environmentEN
Environmental, food and feed safety
- Biosafety and Biotechnology
- Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
The African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) is a non profit organisation, based in Johannesburg South Africa. It provides authorative, credible, relevant and current information, research and policy analysis on issues pertaining to genetic engineering , biosafety and biopiracy in Africa.
EN
The ACB is active in playing an effective role in protecting Africa's biodiversity, traditional knowledge, food production systems, culture and diversity, from the threats posed by genetic engineering and biopiracy.
The African Centre for Biosafety aspires to contribute towards the building of a vibrant, mature, capacitated social movement in Africa to:
(a) protect Africa’s biodiversity, traditional knowledge, food production systems, culture and diversity from the threats and risks posed by genetic engineering and biopiracy.
(b) to work with a range of partners on the African continent and elsewhere towards social justice, equity, food sovereignty, and’
(c) the empowerment of society to make informed choices about how resources are to be used, managed and conserved by focussing principally on the promotion of biosafety: a holistic approach to the assessment and regulation of GM and GMOs, based on the precautionary principle.
EN
The African Centre for Biosafety aspires to contribute towards the building of a vibrant, mature, capacitated social movement in Africa to:
(a) protect Africa’s biodiversity, traditional knowledge, food production systems, culture and diversity from the threats and risks posed by genetic engineering and biopiracy.
(b) to work with a range of partners on the African continent and elsewhere towards social justice, equity, food sovereignty, and’
(c) the empowerment of society to make informed choices about how resources are to be used, managed and conserved by focussing principally on the promotion of biosafety: a holistic approach to the assessment and regulation of GM and GMOs, based on the precautionary principle.
| Record type | Field | Record(s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||
