Cartagena Protocol Notifications

Extension of deadline: Submission of views on the modalities for a possible Party-driven process to further improve the effectiveness of the processes and meetings under the Convention and its Protocols

Information on side-events, exhibition and pavilion spaces and country offices at COP 17 and the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, 19 to 30 October 2026 – Yerevan, Armenia

Registration for the Seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, 19 to 30 October 2026 - Yerevan, Armenia

Submissions of information on experiences and assessment of applicability of the additional voluntary guidance materials to support case-by-case risk assessment of living modified organisms containing engineered gene drives

Submission of views on the modalities for a possible Party-driven process to further improve the effectiveness of the processes and meetings under the Convention and its Protocols

Peer review of the independent scientific study on synthetic biology

Update: Release of the new CBD website after further testing

Release of the new CBD website on 15 March 2026

Accommodation Arrangements for Large Delegations for the 2026 UN Biodiversity Conference in Yerevan, Armenia

Submission of information related to the detection and identification of living modified organisms in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety