The Verkhovna Rada adopted draft law No. 0204 "On Ratification of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Additional Protocol on Liability and Compensation to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety."
This will allow acting according to international rules and procedures to compensate for the damage to biodiversity and human health caused by the negative impact of GMOs (genetically modified organisms), the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources reports on Facebook.
The corresponding decision was supported by 273 people's deputies.
It is noted that Ukraine signed the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Additional Protocol back in 2011. Ratification is necessary for the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety thereto.
The message explained that the Protocol is applied in the event of damages:
- as a result of transboundary movement of GMOs intended for use as food products or feed;
- in closed systems and deliberate release into the environment;
- as a result of unintentional and illegal transboundary movement of GMOs;
- does not apply to damages incurred before the entry into force of the protocol.
"Undoubtedly, this is an extremely important decision of the Parliament, which will help Ukraine to restore lost biodiversity due to the terrorist actions of Russia. War continues to deal more and more devastating blows to our nature. So we need to model and plan its restoration," said the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine Ruslan Strilets.
According to him, the ratification of the Protocol now allows Ukraine to act according to international rules and procedures to compensate for the damage to biodiversity and human health caused by the negative impact of GMOs.
As EcoPolitic previously reported, the Verkhovna Rada adopted draft law No. 0199 "On the accession of Ukraine to the Minamata Convention on mercury" as a basis and as a whole, which introduces international rules for dealing with this poisonous metal.
