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Subject: UNEP-PNUMA Biosafety in use of GMOs for Management of Animal Populations

Recibi esta inbvitación.
Tal vez le interesa  inscribirse tambien en esta conferencia on-line sobre el uso de
OMG  (microorganismos, insectos etc) para el Manejo de Poblaciones Animales
Una aplicacion altamente riesgosa de la manipulacion genética.
Lorna Haynes


Subject: Online conference - Biosafety Considerations in the use of GMOs for
Management of Animal Populations


> UNEP-GEF Biosafety Projects -  biosafety01 listserver
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> Dear All,
>
> We are pleased to forward you the following message from the CBD
> Secretariat, in case it has not already reached you.
>
> The UNEP-GEF Biosafety Unit.
>
>
>
> Dear Madam/Sir,
>
> The Biosafety Clearing-House will be hosting its first online conference
on
> "Biosafety Considerations in the use of Genetically Modified Organisms for
> Management of Animal Populations" from 18 October to 15 November 2004.
>
> This online conference will facilitate exchange of views on a range of
> important issues such as the use of genetically modified microorganisms,
> nematodes and insects for biological control (including those used to
cause
> sterility in pest species for conservation and/or commercial purposes);
the
> use of genetically modified viruses to protect mammal populations against
> disease; and the use of genetically modified insects for reducing disease
> transmission rates.
>
> The conference will be hosted on the Biosafety Clearing-House and I would
> like to invite all interested participants to register for the conference.
> To subscribe, visit <http://bch.biodiv.org/onlineconferences/GMOAM.shtml
or
> send an email to bchlistserv@biodiv.org with the subject line blank and
the
> message "Subscribe GMOAM FirstName LastName" in the message body.
>
> Interested participants with unreliable access to the Internet or email
may
> alternatively wish to provide the Secretariat with a fax  number, in order
> to receive daily digests of the conference by fax.
>
>
> The full-text of the notification is available on the Convention on
> Biological Diversity website at:
> http://www.biodiv.org/doc/notifications/2004/ntf-2004-081-bs-en.pdf
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Hamdallah Zedan
> Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
> United Nations Environment Programme
> 393 Saint-Jacques Street, Suite 300
> Montreal, Quebec, Canada
> H2Y 1N9
>
> Tel: (514) 288-2220
> Fax: (514) 288-6588
> Email: secretariat@biodiv.org
> URL: <http://www.biodiv.org>http://www.biodiv.org;  http://bch.biodiv.org"
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