Biosafety Clearing-House

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The Biosafety Clearing-House is an international information-exchange mechanism that helps countries share and access data on living modified organisms to support safe handling and decision-making under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cartagena Protocol mechanism
biosafety information system
international information-exchange mechanism
online database
accessibleTo Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
general public
non-Party governments
establishedUnder Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety NERFINISHED
fullName Biosafety Clearing-House of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety NERFINISHED
hasFunction data repository
facilitation of compliance with the Cartagena Protocol
information exchange
support for national decision-making
transparency mechanism
hasLanguage Arabic NERFINISHED
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalBasis Article 20 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety NERFINISHED
operatedBy Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity NERFINISHED
operationalStatus active
parentTreaty Convention on Biological Diversity NERFINISHED
provides capacity-building information and opportunities
decisions on the import or release of living modified organisms
information on LMOs for direct use as food, feed or for processing
information on competent national authorities for biosafety
information on illegal transboundary movements of LMOs
information on national biosafety frameworks
information on national focal points for the Cartagena Protocol
information on national laws and regulations related to living modified organisms
information on unintentional transboundary movements of LMOs
risk assessment summaries
risk management measures
purpose to assist Parties in implementing the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
to facilitate the exchange of scientific, technical, environmental and legal information on living modified organisms
to support informed decision-making on living modified organisms
to support safe transfer, handling and use of living modified organisms
relatedTo Nagoya–Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress NERFINISHED
scope global
international
shortName BCH NERFINISHED
subjectOf biosafety
genetically modified organisms
living modified organisms
supports capacity-building in biosafety
implementation of the Cartagena Protocol’s documentation requirements
implementation of the advance informed agreement procedure
public access to biosafety information
transparency in biosafety decision-making

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