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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.

GM animal

The Department of Agriculture – Biotech Program Office (DA-BPO) organized a 3-days training-workshop on GM Animals for the regulators from various government offices on April 11-13, 2018 at Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) Muñoz, Nueva Ecija. Representatives from Department of Health-Food and Drug Administration (DOH-FDA), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry and Department of Science and Technology-Biosafety Committee (DOST-BC) Secretariat were present during the training-workshop.

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In connection with the ongoing global discussion on the regulation of New Breeding Techniques (NBT, the Department of Agriculture, Biotech Program Office (DABPO) is spearheading a series of presentations of findings of the study group commissioned to review the developments in plant breeding innovations in foreign countries, including trade partners of the Philippines, as well as its research and development prospects in the Philippines.

The presentation of initial findings of the study on NBT was conducted last 27 February and 27 March 2018, respectively at the DA, New Building, Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City.