Which one of the following cities is associated with Biosafety Protoco

Which one of the following cities is associated with Biosafety Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity (2000) ?

[amp_mcq option1=”Geneva” option2=”Nairobi” option3=”Cartagena” option4=”Rio de Janeiro” correct=”option3″]

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The correct answer is C) Cartagena.

The Biosafety Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity is officially known as the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. It was adopted in Montreal on January 29, 2000, and entered into force on September 11, 2003.

The protocol is named after Cartagena, Colombia, where an extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity was held in February 1999 with the aim of finalizing the text of the Protocol. Although the final agreement was reached later in Montreal, the name “Cartagena” was retained. Rio de Janeiro hosted the Earth Summit in 1992 where the Convention on Biological Diversity itself was adopted.

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