Sudan

Ratification

  • CBD – January 1996
  • Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety – September 2005
  • Nagoya Protocol on Benefit Sharing October 2014
  • Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress – Non-Party

Legal Status                      

  • National Biosafety Law No.15 of 2010
  • Amendments Law – (Unification of Environment Councils) of 2020
  • Legislation No.3 of 2020
  • National Biosafety Policy, 2005

Competent Authority   

  • Sudan National Biosafety Council (SNBC)

 National Focal Point

Biosafety Regulations/Guidelines                         

Participating Institutions/Agencies        

  • Ministry of Environment and Physical Development
  • Ministry of Science and Technology
  • Sudan International University (SIU)
  • Sudanese Standards and Metrology Organization
  • Agricultural Research Corporation

Regulatory Review and Approval Process

Confined Field Trial Approvals

  • Herbicide and insect-resistant cotton

 Environmental Approvals

  • Insect-resistance cotton since 2012