BIOSAFETY CLEARING-HOUSE (BCH) is an information-sharing platform in support to the decision-making process on national biosafety issues. The BCH aims to contribute to the realisation of the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 1992, which was ratified by the Italian Government with Law no. 124 on the 14 February 1994. Its role is to facilitate the exchange of scientific, technical, environmental and legal information on, and experience with, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for the benefit of contracting Parties of the Convention, persons involved in the risk assessment and risk management of GMOs, and the general public. The Italian BCH consists of five different section:
The Italian BCH consists of five different sections:
The Italian BCH has been implemented by the Ministry for the Environment and Territory and Sea in partnership with the Biosafety Unit of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
• NAGOYA
– KUALA LUMPUR SUPPLEMENTARY PROTOCOL ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS TO THE
CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY (Cartagena Protocol):
The Supplementary
Protocol was finalized and adopted in Nagoya, Japan, on 15 October
2010 and takes an administrative approach to addressing response measures
in the event of damage or sufficient likelihood of damage to the conservation
and sustainable use of biological diversity resulting from living modified
organisms that fnd their origin in transboundary movements..
• THE
CARTAGENA PROTOCOL AND THE BCH ON BIOSAFETY (Relevant documents
of general importance):
Second
Italian Report on implementation of the Cartagena Protocol (2011)
• LIFE+ OGM PROJECTS (GMO
documents and decisions-Additional instruments):
In 2008, the EU LIFE+ Programme has provided the opportunity to support
specific projects with the aim to develop innovative methodologies for
the monitoring of GMOs. Italy has received funding for the project LIFE
MAN-GMP-ITA, on the validation of risk management tools for genetically
modified plants in protected and sensitive areas in Italy.
Italian Biosafety Clearing House
Via Cristoforo Colombo n. 44, I+00147 Roma
Phone:+39 0657223456
Fax:+39 0657228277
Ministry for Environment and Territory and Sea. Link to Ministry for Environment and Territory and Sea website
Direction for Protection of Nature and Sea . Link to Ministry for Environment and Territory and Sea website - Direction for Nature Protection
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