The 4th meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 4) will be held in Bonn, Germany, from 12 to 16 May 2008.

Briefings:

• Report of Liability WG 5: No Agreement Yet, Another Meeting Planned
» Liability WG 5 (English-doc-64Kb)


• Some Issues for the Implementation of Article 26 on Socio-economic Considerations
» Implementation of Article 26 (English-doc-54Kb)


• Assessing the socio-economic, cultural and ethical impacts of GMOs
» socio-economic (English-doc-59Kb)


• Genetic engineering & omitted health research
» Genetic engineering (English-doc-73Kb)


• IAASTD: Overhaul of agriculture systems needed, GM crops not the solution
» IAASTD (English-doc-51Kb)


• Special threats to the agroecosystem from the combination of GE crops & glyphosate
» agroecosystem (English-doc-142Kb)

• Progress after tough talks on liability regime for GMOs
» regime for GMOs (English-doc-37Kb)