What security does biosafety belong to?

Biosafety belongs to non-traditional security.

Biosafety is a safety problem that may endanger biodiversity, environment and human health during the research and application of biotechnology and the research, development and commercial production of biotechnology products. It also refers to the genetic pollution of wild plants caused by the escape of cultivated plants and the genetic pollution or extinction of local species caused by exotic species.

Biosafety is everywhere and is closely related to everyone's survival and development. Biosafety in agriculture refers to the safety problems caused by genetically modified organisms (such as genetically modified crops) to human body and ecosystem.

In the ecological field, it refers to the introduction and spread of exotic pests, various infectious diseases, pests, fungi, bacteria, nematodes, viruses and weeds. In addition, biosafety also includes the loss of biological genetic resources, laboratory biosafety, microbial drug resistance, bioterrorism attacks and so on. Biosafety is a unified concept of human health, animal and plant health and ecological environment health.

Sources of biosafety risks:

In recent years, with the exploitation and utilization of biological resources and the development of cutting-edge biotechnology, the loss of genetic resources of animals and plants and microorganisms, invasion of alien species, safety risks of genetically modified organisms, laboratory biosafety and other biosafety-related issues have become increasingly prominent, posing a major threat to biodiversity protection, ecological security and biosafety in China.