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SOCIO-ECONOMIC STUDIES The biosafety protocol: between uncertaintly and ambiguity
Oléagineux, Corps Gras, Lipides. Volume 7, Number 4, 350-2, Juillet - Août 2000, Dossier : "OGM: expertise et décision publique"
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Author(s) : Andrée SONTOT
Summary : The adoption of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on January 29th 2000 closed a long and difficult international negociation on the prevention of biotechnological risks on the environment. If some of the issues opposed developed and developing countries, the main problems were trade-related and opposed the European Union to the "Miami group" lead by the US. The final agreement is a compromise text, whose main interest it to provide a common framework for the international management of biosafety, especially through risks evaluation. Scientific expertise will play an important role in the implementation of the agreement.
Keywords : GMO, biodiversity, environment and trade, expertise, precautionary principle.

SOCIO-ECONOMIC STUDIES The biosafety protocol: between uncertaintly and ambiguity