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Transcending beyond borders, the Department of Science and Technology-National Committee  on Biosafety of the Philippines (DOST-NCBP)  took part in  the Engagement Workshop for the Development of Post 2020 Biosafety Project back to back with the Biosafety Clearing House (BCH) Training Workshop  from 4-7 February 2020 at New Delhi, India and the 9th International Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology Conference  on 8-10 February 2020 at University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

 

 

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The National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines is spearheading the development of a multi-year regional proposal on biosafety on the sustainable implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The country will focus on the two thematic areas: 1) Handling, Transport, Packaging, and Identification of LMOs; and 2) Information Sharing and Strategic Knowledge Management & Sustaining Regional Cooperation and Coordination. 

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As part of compliance to the Article 33 – Monitoring and Reporting of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines, in cooperation with the Competent National Authorities invited the stakeholders to a   Public Consultation on the Fourth National Report on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety held on August 23, 2019 at the Biodiversity Management Bureau, Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife, Quezon City.

We are pleased to inform you of the country’s Fourth National Report on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The report embodies the activities undertaken by the Competent National Authorities (CNA’s) in support of the effective implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety during the last four years (2015-2019). As prescribed by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), a participatory approach was adopted in coming up with the said report. One round of multi-stakeholder consultation was conducted in Quezon City last 23 August 2019.

Click here to view the 4th National Report

The draft fourth National Report on the country’s implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was presented, through a public consultation with stakeholders on August 23, 2019, at the Biodiversity Management Bureau, Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife, Quezon City. As an offshoot of the said activity, we are providing you the revised version of the report, incorporating the comments/suggestions raised during the consultation process. For the purpose of finalizing the report, we encourage you to go over it once more and send in your comments and/or clarifications, if any, not later than 05 September 2019 to :This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Non receipt of feedback on the matter will be considered nonetheless as final. Thank you for your cooperation.

Please click here to download the revised Fourth National Report as of 30 August 2019.