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February 1-15, 2000
BAR's senior project adviser attends international
meeting
on biosafety
by Emily M. Mateo
Dr. Saturnina C. Halos, Senior Project
Adviser of the Bureau of Agricultural Research, was
invited by the Department of Foreign Affairs to be a
member of the Philippine delegation to the Resumed Session
of the First Extraordinary Meeting of the Conference
of Parties (ExCOPI) to the Convention on Biological
Diversity, held in montreal, Canada on 24-28 January
2000.
The participation of Dr. halos provided
the Philippine negotiating panel the technical backstopping
on the areas of biodiversity, biosafety and biotechnology.
The meeting was important to Philippine agricultural
development. One of the major issues discussed was the
Draft Protocol on Biosafety - a document that will guide
the Department of Agriculture in the formulation of
policies for the entry in commercial quantities of GMOs
and similar biotechnology products as well as their
production and commercialization in the country.
Dr. Halos has been actively involved in
the formulation of the Philippine position on this matter.
She is a member of the DA-BioTAG and the Interagency
Committee on Biological and Genetic Resources. The national
body is in-charge of the proper implementation of Executive
Order 247 - Prescribing Guidelines and Establishing
a Regulatory Framework for the Prospecting of Biological
and Genetic Resources and their By-Products and derivatives
for Scientific, Commercial and other purposes. 
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BAR's senior project adviser attends international meeting
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