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Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing

… the field of safe transfer, handling and use of any Living Modified Organisms (“LMOs”) resulting from biotechnology that …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Introduction to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… in recent years because they often occur one-sidedly from genetically rich countries in the South to industrialized … offspring. ‘Units of heredity’ are those parts of a living organism that possess the quality to pass traits, such as DNA … all varieties of maize. They discovered that all maize was genetically most similar to a teosinte type from the tropical …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), IPPC Procedure Manual for Standard Setting

… (2008) (Paragraph 89.3 and Appendix 8 to the CPM-3 report) modified procedures and criteria for identifying topics for … as diagnostics, seed pathology, specific pest free areas, organism or commodity specific standards or treatments. When … of the laboratory colony. Because thermotolerance can be genetically selected, it may be possible that different …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… design by: IUCN Publications Services Unit Cover photo: Genetically modified pollen – conceptual composite image of a coloured … GEF Global Environment Facility GMO Genetically Modified Organism ICCP Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Policy Brief - Bioscience at a Crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific Technological and Industry Chang

… to treat prostate problems. Photograph: Rachel Wynberg Genetically modifi ed vegetable in a fl ask. Copyright: … refl ected in the fi rst commercial plantings of genetically modifi ed crops in 1996 and a move towards … once considered to be products of a plant or marine organism have been shown to be produced in conjunction with …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Major Components of the Cartagena Protocol - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… http://www.informea.org/terms/living-modified-organism 2. Advance Informed Agreement Procedure Central to … documentation requirements for certain categories of genetically modified micro-organisms. 7. Confidential …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

What is Agrodiversity

… have left their multiple local varieties and landraces for genetically uniform, high-yielding varieties. * 30 percent of … fisheries and aquaculture. Some production systems use genetically modified varieties and breeds. Moreover, relatively few crop …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Strengthening the implementation of Farmers' Right in Guatemala

… through participatory plant breeding, the community has modified maize varieties to make corn grains uniform and …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Fact sheet - The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… to ensure the safe transport, handling and use of living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology … involves modifying the genetic material of an organism with the aim of developing or improving one or more … to sustainable development, there are concerns that living modified organisms resulting from biotechnology may have …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

… in pharmaceutical utilization) The function of an organism or its parts serve as a model (e.g., mimics in … (metabolite) produced as a result of the expression of an organism’s genetic makeup. ! A chemical compound produced by … Figure 4: Understanding Genetic Resources A biological organism – e.g. plant, animal, microbe or other unit …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity