...management for the transfer, handling and use of any LMO resulting from modern biotechnology that may have adverse environmental impacts that could affect...and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking into account the risks to human health, and taking also into account Articles 8(g) and 19, paragraph...

...import may, at any time, in light of new scientific information on potential adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity,...taking also into account the risks to human health, review and change a decision regarding an intentional transboundary movement. In such case, the Party...

...on Biological Diversity exhorts its contracting parties, "as far as possible and as appropriate," to "[p]revent the introduction of, control or eradicate...alien species which threaten ecosystems, habitats or species."61 Persistent US refusal to sign the convention,6 however, effectively short-circuits international...

...relatives of domesticated or cultivated species." Additionally, the Convention mandates prevention of the "introduction of, control or eradicate those alien...species which threaten ecosystems, habitats, or species (Art. 8d)...." lf treaty protection of biological diversity is to carry any legal force, two minimal...

...of Biological Diversity tCBD) 1Neville & Murphy. 2001 ). The CBD calls on all contracting parties to prevent the introduction of. control or eradicate...alien species which threaten ecosystems. habitats and species. Therefore where introductions have occurred alien invasive species need to be controlled...

...manage or control the risks associated with the use and release of living modified organisms resulting from biotechnology which are likely to have adverse...which threaten ecosystems, habitats or species; (i) Endeavour to provide the conditions needed for compatibility between present uses and the conservation...

...manage or control the risks associated with the use and release of living modified organisms resulting from biotechnology which are likely to have adverse...taking also into account the risks to human health;". The provisions of the Cartagena Protocol extend only to those organisms resulting from modem biotechnology...

...associated with the use and release of living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from biotechnology likely to have adverse environmental impacts that...the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. Risks to human health are also to be taken into account but it is unclear in what context....

...indicates, the Cartagena Protocol associates "biosafety" with concern over potential "adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity,...taking also into account the risks to human health" that may result from transboundary movement, handling and use of "living modified organisms resulting...

...and direct injection) and "fusion of cells beyond the taxonomic family." (Article 3(g), (h) and (i)). of biological diversity, taking also into account the risks to human health. Other key issues remain open, including liability for GMO-engendered damage or injury to people, animals...