Resolution No. 30/2005 implementing the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety within the National territory. Country/Territory Guinea-Bissau Document type Regulation Date 2005 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Boletim Oficial, Parte I, No. 18. Subject Environment gen., Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants Keyword Biotechnology Biosafety Biosecurity Environmental standards Transport/storage Standards Protection of environment Hygiene/sanitary procedures Aquatic animals Food quality control/food safety Geographical area Africa, Least Developed Countries, North Atlantic, Sahel, Small Island Developing States, Western Africa Entry into force notes This Decree enters into force on 2 June 2005. Abstract This Resolution approves the implementation in Guinea Bissau of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety through the Convention on Biological Diversity, which aims to contribute to ensuring an adequate level of protection in the field of safe transfer, handling and use of living modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health, and specifically focusing on transboundary movements, done at Montreal (Canada), on January 29, 2000. Full text Portuguese Website www.legis-palop.org