The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety entered into force on 11 September 2003. This legally binding international instrument obliges its Parties to support the Biosafety Clearing-House established under Article 20 of the Protocol. This project is intended to help countries with assistance on how to enter the required data into the BCH, set-up their national BCH system, and use the BCH; and to train stakeholders who will be either required to use the BCH to enter country information or to search information on the BCH to make decisions.(Original source: http://www.unep.ch/biosafety/BCH/BCHDocuments/Handbook%20FINAL%20ver1.0…)
