The AHTEG Guidance on Risk Assessment of LMOs

This briefing on the AHTEG Guidance of Risk Assessment of LMOs explains the strengths of the Guidance, including that for the monitoring of LMOs released into the environment. […]

Some Key Issues for COP-MOP6

An overview of some of the key issues on the agenda for COP-MOP6 and what steps need to be taken to ensure effective implementation of the Cartagena Protocol. […]

Report of COP-MOP5: Biosafety Protocol Steps Forward

TWN report on the outcomes of COP-MOP5, which met in Nagoya, Japan from 11-15 October 2010. […]

Analysis of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress

This article analyzes the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and highlights the implementation challenges. […]

Biosafety Protocol: A South African Perspective

The Biosafety Protocol lags far behind the biosafety challenges faced by developing countries such as South Africa, argues Mariam Mayet of the ACB. […]

Biosafety Protocol Steps Forward

Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety held their fifth meeting (COP-MOP5) in Nagoya, Japan from 11-15 October 2010. This is a TWN report of the key COP-MOP5 outcomes. […]

New Treaty on Liability for GMO Damage is Born

This TWN paper is a report of the 4th meeting of the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, where a Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress was completed. […]

AHTEG Roadmap for Risk Assessment

This paper highlights the significance and importance of the AHTEG Roadmap for Risk Assessment and its contribution in providing Parties sound guidance to implement Annex III of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety […]

Treaty on Liability for GMO Damage Closer to Completion

A TWN report on the outcomes of the meeting of the Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Bioafety Protocol in Kuala Lumpur in June 2010. […]

Imminent Threat of Damage from GMOs

A TWN briefing on the concept of imminent threat of damage, an issue under negotiations on Liability and Redress in the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. […]