Korean Effort to Ensure Biosafety 1999. 9. 1 Ho-Min, Jang K R I B B

BEYOND THE LIMITS : Confronting Global Collapse, Envisioning a Sustainable Future - Donella H. Meadows, et, 1992

Biotechnology Applications for Sustainable Development Fields Application by Biotech Related World Organizations Environment Threaten the Earth - Perseveration of the Earth & Biodiversity - Contribution to making a clean environment UN, CBD, WTO, OECD, ISO Increase in Pollution - Development of bioprocesses and environmental sound industrial processes - Improvement of the environment Resource & Energy Decrease in resource and energy - Development of alternative energy - Development of resource recycling technologies - Development of desulfurized petroleum UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Health & Welfare Fatal disease - Treatment of fatal diseases - Reduce the negative effects of aging WHO Agriculture & Food Food shortage - Increasing Food Product from LMOs Biosafety Protocol

A. Wilkinson(`83) Source : A. Wilkinson, The Technology- An Increasingly Dominant Factor in Corporate Strategy, R&D Management, 1983

Biotechnology and Biosafety  The best alternative to the global crisis - However, bring with the problem or biosafety or bioethics. <Biosafety>  Possible hazards to the environment and human health - The foremost sector is plants

Production of GM Plants in the US (Unit : %) 29.3 26.2 11.1 10.5 id Herbicide-tolerant cotton 19.4 18.4 3.9 4.3 3.1 3.0 corn 23.5 16.8 18.3 15.0 19.0 14.6 Bt cotton 44.8 44.2 17.5 17.0 7.2 7.4 soybeans Acre 1996 Product 1998 1997 20.7 7.8 1.5 19.1 7.6 1.4 Bt corn Technology http://www.econ.ag.gov

Production of GM Plants by Monsanto (Unit: Thousand acre) Biotechnology Crops USA Canada Mexico Aust. China S.Afr. Argentina Roundup Ready Soybeans 25,000 100 2.5 Bollgard/Ingard Cotton (Bt) 200 130 30 20 Roundup Ready Cotton 950 BXN Cotton (herbicide-resistant) 1,000 Bollgard/RR Cotton Stacked Gene 2 Roundup Ready Corn YieldGard Corn(Bt) 11,000 300 42 Roundup Ready Canola 2,000 Laurate Canola (oil modification) 50 NewLeaf Potatoes (Bt) 10 39,000 2,410 104.5 62 Source : Monsanto Today Newsletter, 23 February 1999

GM Plants imported by Korea in 1998 from the USA (estimated) LMOs ratio In the USA Imported LMOs M/T(B) B/A Soybeans Total import(A) 1.413 43.0% USA 1.357 44.8% 0.607 Corn 7.119 23.8% 4.222 40.1% 1.693

The Korean government's concern in Biosafety  To ensure the protection or human health and the environment  To establish rigorous procedures, reflecting the precautionary nature and openess - Ministry of Science and Technology - Ministry of Health and Welfare - Ministry of Environment - Ministry of Commerce Industry and Energy  To label on GM Products

Biosafety Protocol and It’s Operational Framework Implementation of the Protocol’s Obligations (Article 2) Taking legal, administrative measures Technic development • Risk Assessment(Article 12), • Risk Management(Article 13) • BCH (Article 17): LMOs trade statistics and information sharing • Public Awareness and Participation (Article 20) • Reporting(Article 32) • Development of Human Resources • National management of LMOs trade • Promotion of LMOs industry Strengthening of Capacity Building(Article 2)

MOCIE’s project for the Biosafety Protocol Chief Director KRIBB Ho-Min, Jang Experts Pool Biosafety Web Site, LMOs D/B Holding a seminary Publishing Advertising and Education ”LMOs Safety Management and Trade Procedure Law” Study on the relation between Protocol and WTO National Implementation System Protocol Implementation • BCH • LMOs trade and safety management mechanism Int’l cooperation A group of Evaluation

Conclusion  The first concern in regulation biotechnology is to ensure the protection of human health and the environment The regulatory system should not place unnecessary burden on the industry or barriers to its development  A system that provides sound advice and proportionate regulation and has the flexibility to respond to the fast moving development in the technology and to public concerns

 Suggestion to the cooperation between the Asian countries and Korea