Biosafety
Information Centre
The
Biosafety Information Centre is a website
set up and managed
by Third World Network. The Biosafety
Information Service is an electronic
mailing that covers topics listed in
the Menu of our website. It provides
a wide range of information related
to biosafety; shares developments and
experiences on biosafety policies,
laws and practices as they evolve at
the international, regional and national
levels; and promotes the implementation
of sustainable systems for agriculture,
health and ecological integrity... Ver
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Secretariat
of the Convention on Biological
Diversity
Booklets and Brochures
The
publication and dissemination of information
are the most important functions of the
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological
Diversity. Booklets and Brochures are
organized into the following groups:
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
- Global Biodiversity Outlook
- Thematic Areas
- Cross-Cutting Issues
Rules,
procedures and mechanisms applicable
to processes under the Cartagena
Protocol on Biosafety
This
document contains the rules
of procedure for meetings of the Conference
of the Parties serving
as the meeting of the Parties to the
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety; the
financial rules for the administration
of the Trust
Fund for the Convention
on Biological Diversity (Annex I to Decision
I/6, as amended by Decision III/1)...
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Impact of Genetically
Modified Crops and Their Management on
Soil Microbially Mediated Plant Nutrient
Transformations
One
of the potential environmental effects
of the recent rapid
increase in the global agricultural area
cultivated with transgenic crops is a
change in soil microbially mediated processes
and functions. Among the many essential
functions of soil biota are soil organic
matter decomposition, nutrient mineralization
and immobilization, oxidation–reduction
reactions, biological N fixation, and
solubilization. However, relatively little
research has examined the direct and
indirect effects of transgenic crops
and their management on microbially mediated
nutrient transformations in soils... Más
información
September
11, 2008 will mark the fifth anniversary
of the entry into force of the Cartagena
Protocol on Biosafety. Over the past
five years, more than 140 countries have
ratified the Protocol and many of them
have embarked on developing legal, administrative
and other measures to facilitate the
implementation of the Protocol. 
