CPB and its key provisions

The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and its key provisions
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) governs transboundary movement (i.e. across national boundaries) of LMOs derived from modern biotechnology that may have adverse effects on conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. The CPB was adopted on 29 January 2000 and opened for signature in May 2000 in Nairobi. It entered into force on 11 September 2003, ninety days after the 50^th signature of ratification. A useful reference is An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

• Objective of the Protocol 
• Scope of the Protocol
• The AIA procedure in detail
• The Advance Informed Agreement Procedure

• Decision making and Risk Assessment
• Socio-Economic Considerations
• Liability and Redress for damage