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Launch of the new Biosafety Clearing-House platform

On 29 November 2021, the new Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) platform was launched. The BCH is a mechanism established in Article 20 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to facilitate the exchange of information on living modified organisms (LMOs) and to assist Parties in complying with their obligations under the Protocol. The BCH functions as a central information marketplace where the providers and users interact and exchange information on biosafety. All interested users can freely search and retrieve information through the BCH website. The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity that provides international rules that seek to ensure an adequate level of protection to biodiversity and human health, focusing on transboundary movements of LMOs. See https://bch.cbd.int/ or contact [email protected] for more information. 

07/03/2022