The consultative meeting on the national report regarding the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) will be held on April 29 at the Apacible Conference Room, Department of Agriculture, Quezon City.

The meeting aims to solicit comments, suggestions, recommendations, or approval on the contents of the draft national report. The First Philippine Cartagena Report will then be submitted through the Department of Foreign Affairs for the forthcoming 4th Meeting of the Conference of Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties (COP-MOP IV) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety which is scheduled on May 12-16, in Bonn, Germany.

The consultative meeting is jointly organized by the Departments of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Environment and Natural Resources, Health, and the National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines.

The Philippines which became a party to the CPB on January 3, 2007 will participate for the first time in the COP-MOP IV meeting.

For more information, please contact:

Ms. Sonny P. Tababa
Network Administrator
Biotechnology Information Center
SEAMEO SEARCA
College, Laguna 4031
Email: spt at agri.searca.org
Tel: (63-49)536-7163
Tele/Fax: (63-49)536-7162
URL: www.bic.searca.org