TANZANIA

Ratification

• CBD – October 1994
• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety – April 2003
• Nagoya Protocol on Benefit Sharing October 2014
• Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress – Non-Party

 Legal Status                      

• Environment Management Act of 2000
• The Environmental Management (Biosafety) Regulations, 2009
• National Biotechnology Policy (2010)

Competent Authority      

• The Environment Division, Office of the Vice-President
• National Biotechnology Advisory Committee (NBAC)
• National Biosafety Committee (NBC)

National Focal Point

• The Environment Division, Office of the Vice-President

 Biosafety Regulations/Guidelines   

• Environmental Management Act (Cap. 191);
• Guidelines for coexistence between GE and conventional crops

Participating Institutions/Agencies

• Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority
• Ministry of Education Science and Technology
• Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology
• Tanzania Bureau of Standards
• Institutional Biosafety Committees (IBC)