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CropLife International offers online Biotech Benefits Database

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Brussels, Beligum
May 13, 2008

CropLife International announced today that its Biotech Benefits Database now contains over 80 published papers and reviews that demonstrate the benefits associated with the use of agricultural biotechnology products. The Biotech Benefits Database is an online, searchable collection of papers that CropLife International has also shared through the Biosafety Information Resource Center of the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH), an information exchange mechanism established by the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to assist Parties with the implementation of the treaty’s provisions to facilitate sharing of information on, and experiences with biotechnology.

“CropLife International is committed to supporting the Biosafety Clearing-House and identifying scientifically sound and reputable studies on plant biotechnology,” said Denise Dewar, Executive Director, Plant Biotechnology at CropLife International. “By sharing these resources with the Parties to the Biosafety Protocol, governments will have access to accurate and comprehensive information needed to develop science-based procedures for the procedures for the international trade of living modified organisms.”

The Biotech Benefits Database is an online collection of papers that can be searched by crop type, biotech trait, country or region, or by a particular impact. All papers included in the database have either been published in peer-reviewed journals or have been prepared by organizations that have summarized peer-reviewed studies. The Biotech Benefits Database can be accessed through CropLife’s Web site at http://www.croplife.org or http://croplife.intraspin.com/BioTech/indesx.asp

The Biosafety Clearing-House is a Web site database designed to provide information on national regulatory requirements, facilitate information exchange, and to assist governments as they make decisions about the importation or release of living modified organisms (LMOs) in their jurisdictions. CropLife’s Biotech Benefits Database provides rapid access to scientifically-credible research that can be used within the BCH. The BCH is available on the Web at http://bch.biodiv.org/

 

 

 

 

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