Question

The Cartagena Protocol is regarding safe use, transfer and handling of:

• A. Nuclear waste
• B. Invasive Alien Species
• C. Living Modified Organisms(LMOs)
• D. Toxic bye-products and industrial effluents

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Living Modified Organisms(LMOs)

The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity was adopted on 29 January 2000 as a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity and entered into force on 11 September 2003. It is an international treaty governing the movements of living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology from one country to another.