The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is an international treaty governing the movements of living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology from one country to another. It was adopted in 2000 and entered into force in 2003. Its main objective is to ensure an adequate level of protection in the field of the safe transfer, handling, and use of LMOs resulting from modern biotechnology that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health.
Which of the following Protocols/ Conventions is for protecting biological diversity from the risks posed by genetically modified organism?
Asked in APSC CCE Prelims Exam 2022 · Topic: Biodiversity (Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and its Protocols (Cartagena, Nagoya))
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