Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Code of ethics for research on biodiversity and genetic resoruces of Sri Lanka

CODE OF ETHICS for Research on Biological Diversity involving access to Genetic Resources of Sri Lanka has been published by Biodiversity Secretariat, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Sri Lanka.

This was compiled by a team of biodiversity experts in Sri Lanka. This gives some guidelines for researchers engaged in research on the biological diversity of Sri Lanka that will involve the transfer of genetic material or metabolites and other extracts of organisms out of the country.

Full document can be found in EnvironmentLanka web site.

Dr Hiran Amarasekera