Ratification

• Party to the CBD – Aug. 1997
• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety – May 2005
• Nagoya Protocol on Benefit Sharing – Oct. 2014
• Nagoya -Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress – Non-party

 Legal Status                      

• Research, Science and Technology Act, 2004
• Biosafety Act, 2006

 Competent Authority   

• National Commission on Research, Science and Technology
• Biosafety Council
• Ministry of Environment

 

National Focal Point

Biosafety Regulations/Guidelines

• Biosafety Regulations (2016) to the Biosafety Act, 2006
• Contained use guidelines Dec 2016
• Environmental Release

Participating Institutions/Agencies