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The Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) is an information exchange mechanism established by the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to assist Parties to implement its provisions and to facilitate sharing of information on, and experience with, living modified organisms (LMOs).  Learn more...

FINDING INFORMATION
The BCH provides access to information relevant to the Biosafety Protocol. Users can search the BCH databases for information in the following categories:

National Contacts
Laws and Regulations
Decisions and Declarations
Organisms
Capacity-Building
Roster of Experts
Information-sharing
   
REGISTERING INFORMATION
The BCH website has been created to assist governments and other users to fulfill their information-sharing obligations under the Biosafety Protocol. Authorized users can register information with the BCH databases through the Management Centre.

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You may also wish to subscribe to the BCH current awareness service to receive regular updates by email.
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BCH User Guide / Help
The UNEP-GEF Training Modules include five tutorials that explain how to use the BCH website, and two interactive modules for hands-on learning. FAQs are also available for further assistance.

FAQ:
Frequently Asked Questions

TRAINING MODULES:
BCH Training modules developed under the UNEP-GEF Biosafety Clearing-House project (PDF and Flash).

SEARCH FEATURES:
How to use the BCH Search Features.

BCH TRAINING SITE:
Registered users can access the BCH Training Site to practice registering information with the BCH databases.
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