Precautionary principle under the cartagena protocol on transboundary movement of LMOs
The Cartagena Protocol, made under the Convention on Biological Diversity, aims at protecting the ‘human, animal and plant life and health’ by prescribing a high standard of precautionary principle. This has to be based on risk assessment. Thus, the importing countries of GMOs/LMOs have the right...
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American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information
2013
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/31444/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/31444/1/AEB-13-1.pdf |
| Summary: | The Cartagena Protocol, made under the Convention on Biological Diversity, aims at protecting the
‘human, animal and plant life and health’ by prescribing a high standard of precautionary principle. This has to
be based on risk assessment. Thus, the importing countries of GMOs/LMOs have the right to invoke the
precautionary principle provisions enshrined in the Cartagena Protocol and the exporting countries have to
provide required relevant information. This is working well. However, there are certain controversial legal and
ethical aspects that require to be revisited and have to be amicably settled so that there could be wider
acceptability of the precautionary principle. It has been observed that a large number of states prefer
international trade in GMOs/LMOs over protection of human health and the environment, some countries for a
short-term economic gain ignore this aspect. Likewise, some scientists for the sake of name and fame or quick
hauling of money, wish to introduce GMOs produced by them. The paper thoroughly discusses these and offers
certain amicable solutions to them. |
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