to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB)

This list, updated weekly, includes Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points (CPB-NFPs), Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points (BCH-NFPs) and National contact points for unintentional trasboundary movements and emergency measures (Art17-CPs).

on “Unintentional transboundary movements and emergency measures” (Art17-CPs)

Prepared by the Treaty Section of the Office of Legal Affairs

of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with the Depositary (Annexes 4 and 5 of the Treaty Handbook)

for experts to be nominated to the roster of experts (Annex I to Decision BS-IV/4)

for the roster of experts (Annex II to Decision BS-IV/4)

(Annex III to Decision BS-IV/4)

(Appendix C to Decision BS-I/4)

on Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

i.e. living modified organisms for contained use

i.e. living modified organisms for intentional introduction into the environment of the Party of import.

for monitoring implementation of the action plan for building capacities for the effective implementation of the protocol (Decision BS-IV/3)

for building capacities for the effective implementation of the biosafety protocol (Decision BS-III/3)

Adopted in Montreal on 29 January 2000

IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 46. Published by: IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK in collaboration with FIELD and WRI, 2003

An introduction to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Published by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal 2003

Published by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal 2003

Updated to include the outcomes of the 7th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and the 1st meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Published by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal 2005

Published by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal 2008

Decisions from the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 23-27 February 2004. Published by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal 2004.

Decisions of the Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. 30 May to 3 June 2005 Montreal, Canada. Published by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal 2005.

Decisions of the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. 13 to 17 March 2006, Curitiba, Brazil. Published by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal 2007.