Biotechnology and Biosafety in the Biodiversity Convention and its Protocols

Biotechnology and Biosafety in the Biodiversity Convention and its Protocols

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GeneConvene Global Collaborative,  2022.

Dr. Piet van der Meer provides a clear exposition of the history of the Convention on Biological Diversity and puts in the the broader context of the development of biotechnology beginning with the first recombinant DNA containing organisms in 1972. He also describes and explains how the CBD is governed, its procedures and its relationship to current biosafety frameworks.