RI'S EXPERIENCE IN BIOSECURITY MANAGEMENT BECOMES INTL REFERENCE

RI'S EXPERIENCE IN BIOSECURITY MANAGEMENT BECOMES INTL REFERENCE

London, April 13 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's experience in managing biosecurity has become a reference of the community of international experts, First Secretary of the Indonesian Permanent Representative in Geneva Yasmi Adriansyah to ANTAARA's London correspondent Tuesday.

Indonesia's molecular biologist from the Eikjman Institute Dr. Herawati Sudoyo was penalist in an international workshop themed "The Global Challenge of Biological Controls" at the United National Headquarters in Geneva recently, Yasmi said.

Yasmi said that Herawati, along with the United States, the UK, Germany and Argentina, gave her presentation entitled "Indonesia and the Global Challenge of Biological Controls".

Indonesia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, WTO and other organisations in Geneva Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani conveyed his highest appreciation for the contribution of Dr. Herawati to the international workshop.

He said it was also a recognition of the international community for the skills of Indonesian experts in biosecurity, and also served as a means of dissemination of Indonesia's efforts and achievements in the field.

In her presentation, Dr. Herawati said that Indonesia as the biggest archipelagic country is facing complex biosecurity challenges, one of which is the management of tropical diseases, especially those influenced by genetic background of the migration of the population in the region.

Herawati also said that the management of tropical diseases in Indonesia is far from simple, and needs tight supervision and fundamental study.

In this case, science and technology are playing a very important role, especially in readiness to face pandemy. Indonesia is constantly developing bioscience amidst challenges from the spread of various infectious diseases, she said.

With the increasing birdflu cases and the building of a number of biosecurity laboratories in Indonesia, caused an increase in the awareness of the public and scientific communities of the biological risk of pathogen.

Dr. Herawati said the management of biosecurity in Indonesia is carried out in many ways.

Among other by the issuance of regulations on many relevant issues, Indonesia by way of the Indonesian Sciences Association (AIPI) is building a national Code of Conduct on biosecurity
The Code of Conduct covers a number of programs like increasing understanding, research, supervision, and other relevant polcies.

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