The Program for Biosafety Systems (PBS) participated in the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP-4), in Bonn , Germany from May 12-16.
PBS team members involved in the Public Research and Regulation Initiative (PRRI) made statements during plenary and working group sessions on topics such as socioeconomic considerations, risk assessment, and liability and redress. IFPRI and PBS also hosted three side events, together with partners such as PRRI, IOBC, and Oxfam America, and provided project and research materials at an information booth at the meeting’s Plaza of Diversity.
All PBS materials distributed at the meetings are available on the COP/MOP’s
Virtual Display Table. The PBS Blog features the PowerPoint presentations from the PBS-sponsored side events, as well as other PBS news related to COP/MOP-4:
http://pbs.ifpriblog.org/New Publications
Ensuring Biosafety at the National Level: Suggestions to Improve the Operation of the South African Biosafety Regulatory System
By Greg Jaffe,
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Establishing National Biosafety Regulatory Systems: Key Outstanding Issues Under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
By Greg Jaffe,
Center for Science in the Public Interest
April 2008.
PBS Policy Brief #12
http://www.ifpri.org/pbs/pbspubs.asp
The following IFPRI discussion paper may also be of interest:
Introducing a Genetically Modified Banana in Uganda: Social Benefits, Costs, and Consumer Perceptions
