This Search Engine allows users to perform a search for any of the following
decisions made by the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the
Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP).
The criteria which may be used for searches include: controlled subject search (Subject),
keywords (Keyword) or words found in the title of a
decision/recommendation (Title contains).
A Subject search should be used to retrieve decisions or recommendations
pertaining to a specific topic, drawn from the list of CBD Programmes and
themes. For example, using Invasive Alien Species as the Subject or programme
area search term will retrieve all decisions/recommendations on that topic
only.
A Keyword search should be used to conduct a search of the full text of a
decision or recommendation. For example, searching the keyword alien will
search for and highlight every occurrence of that keyword throughout the
decisions or recommendations of CBD bodies.
A Title Contains search should be used to retrieve decisions or
recommendations containing a specific word in the title. For example, searching
Title Contains with the word alien will retrieve those recommendations that
contain alien in the title but not any and all reference to alien in the body
of the text.
Users can choose two options to Group results of the search: either by
the Meeting date for the adoption of the decisions or recommendations
(in descending order, from most recent date), or by Meeting Group (beginning
with COP decisions, proceeding to SBSTTA and then ICCP recommendations).
