Biosafety in Lesotho

28/07/2022

14/12/2021

TRAINING OF BORDER OFFICERS AND FIELD INSPECTORS ON BULK SAMPLING, HANDLING AND DOCUMENTATION IN THE CONTEXT OF TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENT OF LIVING MODIFIED ORGANISMS: 30 November – 02 December 2021, The Stone Guest House, Berea. The Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture, through Multi Country to Strengthen Institutional Capacities on LMO Testing in Support of National Decision Making, funded by United Nations Environment Programme – Global Environment Facility (UNEP/GEF), under the guidance of Regional Agricultural and Environmental Innovation Network for Africa (RAEIN-Africa) held a training on bulk sampling, handling and documentation in the context of transboundary movement of living modified organisms, with the aim to train staff involved in the regulatory process on sampling. The participants were from two institutions; Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Department of Livestock border control officials and Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture field inspectors.

11/12/2021

Webinar recording on the new -Clearing-House platform is now available - https://youtube.com/watch?v=WH1wlFkm5Oc

The webinar introduced the platform and demonstrated its main features.

01/08/2021

Issue 15 of the Biosafety Protocol News, the biosafety newsletter, is now available, including quotes from Austria, Republic of Moldova, Mexico, the Philippines, Tunisia and Burkina Faso - https://bch.cbd.int/protocol/bpn-15.shtml

16/05/2021

Biodiversity Day 2021 is being celebrated under the slogan: "We're part of the solution ".

14/05/2021

Training of National Scientists on Living Modified Organism Detection

14/05/2021

07/05/2021

TRAINING OF NATIONAL SCIENTISTS ON REAL TIME PCR LMO DETECTION METHODS (QUALITATIVE): 03 – 07 May 2021, National University of Lesotho, Roma. The Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture, through Multi Country to Strengthen Institutional Capacities on LMO Testing in Support of National Decision Making, funded by United Nations Environment Programme – Global Environment Facility (UNEP/GEF), under the guidance of Regional Agricultural and Environmental Innovation Network for Africa (RAEIN-Africa) held a training on sampling preparation and LMO detection, with the aim to strengthen LMO testing capacity for adequate conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. The participants were from two institutions; Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (Department of Agricultural Research) and National University of Lesotho (Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Biology and Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Crops). The training was graced by the visit of the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology and the Head of Department, of the Department of Biology.