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Genetically modified organisms and synthetic biology products have a potential negative effect on biodiversity. The transfer of genetic material to wild populations is a major risk. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, the second largest country in Africa, has also the largest African biodiversity which is governed by a number of legal texts. Some of these legal texts prove to be ineffective; others are anachronistic in relation to the provisions of the international legal instruments to which DRC is a Party. DRC is bound by the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which is an international agreement on biosafety and a supplement to the Convention the United Nations on biological diversity. But, there is still no specific law or regulation in force concerning biosafety, the lack of adequate legislation to regulate the import and monitor the introduction of GMOs and synthetic biology products. DRC proposes the revision or strengthening the legislative and regulatory on Biodiversity, in particular, updating the National Biosafety Framework and Biosafety Bill. |
