The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity is an international agreement which aims to ensure the safe handling, transport and use of living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology that may have adverse effects on biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health. It was adopted on 29 January 2000 and entered into force on 11 September 2003. Turkey became a State Party to the Protocol in 2004.
The Cartagena Protocol aims, in line with the precaution language in Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, to contribute to ensuring safe handling, transport and use of living modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology that may have adverse effects on biological diversity and sustainable use, taking also into account risks to human health and particularly focusing on cross-border movements.
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