The Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) is a mechanism set up by the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to facilitate the exchange of information on Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) and assist the Parties of the protocol to better comply with their obligations under the Protocol. In Namibia the legal instrument through which the Protocol is to be implemented is the Biosafety Act, 2006 (Act No 7, 2006). The custodian of this Act is the National Commission of Research Science & Technology, which is the competent authority and the National focal point for the Cartagena Protocol.