About EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency is the leading public agency for ensuring that the environment is clean, safe and healthy in Liberia.
Our Head Office
EPA Headquarters
P.O. Box 4024
4th Street Sinkor, Tubman Blvd
1000 Monrovia 10, Liberia
Email:
enquiries@epa.gov.lr
Phones:
+231-770-XXX-XXX
+231-886-XXX-XXX
P.O. Box 4024
4th Street Sinkor, Tubman Blvd
1000 Monrovia 10, Liberia
Email:
enquiries@epa.gov.lr
Phones:
+231-770-XXX-XXX
+231-886-XXX-XXX
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity is an international agreement which aims to ensure the safe handling, transport and use of living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology that may have adverse effects on biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health. It was adopted on 29 January 2000 and entered into force on 11 September 2003.
Date Liberia Became a Party
February 16, 2000
National Focal Point
Liberia's Progress
As part of Liberia’s ratification of this protocol, a National Biosafety Framework project was launched by the EPA to enhance Liberia’s capacity in dealing with Living Modified Organisms and Genetically Modified Organisms. As a country, and through the project, Liberia now has in a place a risk assessment and risk management guideline and regulation on Biosafety, a GMO detection laboratory at National Standard, a Biosafety policy and draft legislation on Biosafety prepared, as well as a communication strategy and BCH.
Follow- up Activities
1. Completion of on-going public awareness, education and information dissemination programmes in secondary and tertiary institution across Monrovia. And finally, the preparation terminal report to end said project. 2. TEEB Pilot Project (an ecosystem-based project, concentrating on mangrove ecosystem. When completed, it will inform decisions on coastal and marine ecosystem with specific focus on mangrove ecosystems to address issues of Marine Protected Areas and sustainable livelihood for those in the fisheries sub-sector. 3. Host donor round table conference to raise money for the implementation of the Revised NBSAP somewhere here in Liberia and abroad in March 2017.