...the safe transfer, handling and use of Living Modified Organisms resulting from biotechnology which may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. The role of intellectual property rights in respect of biological and genetic resource issues,...

...nations (but not US), requiring nations to ensure safe handling and control the use and transfer of organisms that may have " 'adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity'". However, the world has not yet agreed on guidelines for the research and marketing of...

...(Biosafety Protocol) covering the "transboundry movement, transit, handling and use of all living modified organisms that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity" (UNEP, 2000).68 The Biosafety Protocol— which strictly speaking is an environmental agreement,...

...nations (but not US), requiring nations to ensure safe handling and control the use and transfer of organisms that may have " 'adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity' ". However, the world has not yet agreed on guidelines for the research and marketing of...

...'control protocol' relating to the safety of 'any living modified organism resulting from biotechnology that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity'. The definition of the issue-area and the development of a protocol were carried forward...

...biological diversity. movement, of any living modified organism resulting from modern biotechnology that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity" (UN Environment Programme, 1995: 46). The decision also made it clear that the United Nations...

...for example, applies to "the transboundary movement, transit, handling and use of all living modified organisms that may have adverse effects on the conservation...diversity, taking also into account risks to human health". This intemational treaty, opened for signature in May 2000. has now been signed by over 100...

...Protocol, which applies to the transboundary movement, transit, handling and use of all living modified organisms that may have adverse effects on the conservation...and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking into account risks to human health, implements Article 19 of the Biodiversity Convention.34 It is not...

...Diversity. The protocol applies to the transboundary movement, transit, handling, and use of living modified organisms that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. The protocol will go into effect after it has been ratified by 50 countries, which is expected...

...with respect to the transboundary transfer (and associated handling and use) of genetically modified organisms that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity (CBD 2000). Rightly or wrongly, as Frances Smith (2000) has noted, the Cartagena Protocol...