Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety means the document adopted in Montreal, Canada, on January 29, 2000, as a Protocol to the 1992 Nairobi Convention on Biological Diversity, the objective of which is to contribute to ensuring an adequate level of protection in the field of the safe transfer, handling and use of genetically modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnologies that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health, and specifically focusing on transboundary movements.
Examples of Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in a sentence
The Recipient shall carry out Parts 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 2, 3.1(b), 3.2, 3.3 and 4(ii) of the Project pursuant to its obligations under, and in accordance with environmental safeguards and international good practice and standards consistent with those of, the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
Biosafety Requirements The Recipient shall carry out Parts 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 2, 3.1(b), 3.2, 3.3 and 4(ii) of the Project pursuant to its obligations under, and in accordance with environmental safeguards and international good practice and standards consistent with those of, the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.