Brazil
Who's Who Top
Government
Governmental actors with a direct or indirect role in biosecurity and scientific oversight are included here. This is not a guide to overall governmental structure. Some departments listed here may have only a marginal interest or role in biosecurity. This is a “living” document and comments about the content or any potential omissions are welcome. Please contact webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
Department / Ministry / Agency:
Science and Technology (MST)
Comment: COMING SOON
Division(s) within MST with a role or interest in biosecurity:
National Academies & Academia
Though research is ongoing, we currently have no information regarding Brazilian universities or national academies actively working on biosecurity. Any information that should be included on this site can be sent to webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
Industry
Though research is ongoing, we currently have no information regarding Brazilian companies actively working on biosecurity. Any information that should be included on this site can be sent to webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
Research Institutes & Non-Profits
Though research is ongoing, we currently have no information regarding Brazilian institutes or organizations actively working on biosecurity. Any information that should be included on this site can be sent to webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
Events Top
This is a list of events relevant to biosecurity. This is a “living” document and comments about the content or any potential omissions are welcome. Please contact webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
2006
Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project Regional Workshop on Dual-Use Research
Date: December 8-10, 2006
Location: Teresopolis, Brazil
Participants: The Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM)
Description: The second Regional Workshop on Dual-Use Research had two primary purposes: to help raise awareness among key stakeholders about the dual-use issue; and to obtain feedback on the governance proposal that we have developed for managing the most consequential areas of dual-use research. Nearly two dozen scientists, academic researchers, government science ministry officials, security experts, and industry representatives participated in the workshop, from 8 Latin American and Caribbean countries.
2005
Brazil's Biosecurity Law Faces Legal Challenge
Date: 21 June, 2005
Participants: Claudio Fonteles (Brazil's attorney-general)
Description: Brazil's attorney-general asked the Brazilian Supreme Court to review the countries four-month old Biosecurity Law. Specifically, Fonteles challenged a section of the law that gives the Brazilian National Biosafety Committee (CTNBio), rather than federal and local governments, the power to decide whether a genetically modified organism (GMO) is environmentally safe.
2003
World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology
Third session of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST)
Date: 1 - 4 December, 2003
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Participants: COMEST and guests
Description: This COMEST session focused for the first time on new themes such as the ethics of nanotechnology, ethics education, and an oath and a code of conduct for scientists.
Legislation Top
Below is a select list of laws in Brazil. As biosecurity is a relatively new and rapidly developing field, many countries have yet to devise or implement laws specific to biosecurity. Since biosecurity has much in common with national security, biosafety, bioterrorism, biological weapons, import / export of dual-use materials, and biodiversity, some countries may develop biosecurity legislation by adapting existing laws within these other areas. Therefore, biosecurity legislation and other laws that could potentially be used as background for biosecurity legislation are included here.
- Biosecurity Law
- Date: 2005
- Comment: This law regulate and monitors research and activities involving genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
Biosecurity Code Examples Top
Though research is ongoing, we currently have no information regarding biosecurity codes in use or development in Brazil. Any information that should be included on this site can be sent to webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
