19.03.2021 "For Nature" - UN convention on biological diversity announces new global meetings for October 2021 in China
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has announced the much anticipated dates for the COP15 meeting on the CBD, and COP-MOP10 on the Cartagena Biosafety Protocol.
Today, the International Grain Trade Coalition (IGTC)'s global Policy Team on the Cartagena Biosafety Protocol meets to discuss what's at stake in October for the continued safe movement of food and agricultural products for the benefit of global food security.
The IGTC's Policy Team is led by APPAMEX, the Agricultural Product Providers Association of Mexico, and includes grain trade representatives from around the world, importers and exporters alike.
Grain trade representatives wishing to know more about the IGTC's activities can contact secretariat@igtcglobal.org
10.03.2021 Grain trade participation in governmental meetings on the Cartagena Biosafety Protocol (CBP)
IGTC delegates from Argentina, Europe, South Africa and USA attended the “informal” Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) that took place virtually on 18 and 19 February.
The informal meeting was framed by CBD Executive Secretary Elizabeth Maruma Mrema as an “important step in implementing the work of the Convention”, including the formulation of a post-2020 global biodiversity framework.
The SBSTTA-specific agenda tackled the issues of digital sequencing information; risk assessment and risk management of living modified organisms (LMOs) with engineered gene drives; as well as the concept of synthetic biology. Read more here.
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