Participation at the 5th Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol (MOP5) in Nagoya, Japan, and co-organization of the side events Key decisions for adoption in Nagoya (Third World Network) and Advancing the Understanding of Biosafety (ENSSER), as well as editing the daily Civil Society newsletter ECO (CvW, FM, AL, RS, HM, HP)

Japan Tour in preparation of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity in October 2010 in Nagoya (COP-MOP 5 und COP10). At the invitation of Japanese civil society, Christine von Weizsäcker met with parliamentarians of GLOBE, academics, civil society organizations and representatives of industry. She participated in the GLOBE Symposium on Biodiversity, Crop Diversity and COP10, gave the keynote speech at a public event by the Nagoya Univ/Asahi Forum at Asahi Hall, and held a seminar for graduate Students at Depanrtment for Environmental Studies.

Planet Diversity public event and anti-GMO demonstration in Nagoya Central Park, with a presentation “Greetings from civil society’s 'Planet Diversity' at COP-MOP 4 in Bonn to 'Planet Diversitys at COP-MOP 5 in Nagoya. Organized by the Japanese MOP5 Alliance

Joint Aarhus Convention/Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety workshop on public awareness, access to information and public participation regarding living modified organisms/genetically modified organisms (RS, AL, CvW)

The scientific conference Advancing the Understanding of Biosafety Social Sustainability and Biological Safety took place in Nagoya, Japan on the eve of MOP5 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. (HM, CvW, RS, AL).

Participation in the Second Meeting Group of Friends of the Co-Chairs on Liability and Redress under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (CvW).