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    The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is an international agreement that seeks to protect biological diversity from risks posed by genetically modified organisms. It establishes that products using new technologies like genetic modification must apply the precautionary principle. Under the Protocol, countries can ban imports of GMOs if they believe there is not enough evidence of safety, and shipments of biotech crops must be labeled. After 50 countries ratified it, the Protocol came into force in 2003 and now has 173 parties.

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    The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is an international agreement that seeks to protect biological diversity from risks posed by genetically modified organisms. It establishes that products using new technologies like genetic modification must apply the precautionary principle. Under the Protocol, countries can ban imports of GMOs if they believe there is not enough evidence of safety, and shipments of biotech crops must be labeled. After 50 countries ratified it, the Protocol came into force in 2003 and now has 173 parties.

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    Biosafety Convention On Biological Diversity Biological Diversity Genetically Modified Organisms Biotechnology Precautionary Principle Genetically Modified Organisms

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    The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is an international agreement that seeks to protect biological diversity from risks posed by genetically modified organisms. It establishes that products using new technologies like genetic modification must apply the precautionary principle. Under the Protocol, countries can ban imports of GMOs if they believe there is not enough evidence of safety, and shipments of biotech crops must be labeled. After 50 countries ratified it, the Protocol came into force in 2003 and now has 173 parties.

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    The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity is an

    international agreement on biosafety as a supplement to the Convention on Biological


    Diversity (CBD) effective since 2003. The Biosafety Protocol seeks to protect biological
    diversity from the potential risks posed by genetically modified organisms resulting from
    modern biotechnology.
    The Biosafety Protocol makes clear that products from new technologies must be based on
    the precautionary principle and allow developing nations to balance public health against economic
    benefits. It will for example let countries ban imports of genetically modified organisms if they feel
    there is not enough scientific evidence that the product is safe and requires exporters to label
    shipments containing genetically altered commodities such as corn or cotton.
    The required number of 50 instruments of ratification/accession/approval/acceptance by countries
    was reached in May 2003. In accordance with the provisions of its Article 37, the Protocol entered
    into force on 11 September 2003. As of July 2020, the Protocol had 173 parties, which includes
    170 United Nations member states, the State of Palestine, Niue, and the European Union.[3][4]

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