05.10.2012 | permalink
The five-day Meeting of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety concluded here on Friday with a call to nations to involve local communities in policy decisions on adapting genetically modified organisms. The MoP-6 also decided to set up an international ad hoc expert committee to decide on economic considerations of the people involved. It called for giving utmost importance to the wishes of the indigenous and local people before a country decides on new genetically modified crops. India as the new Chair of the Convention on Biological Diversity played a key role in pushing the agenda on socio-economic considerations.