"Considering this, a certain amount of progress was made, and the outcomes and key decisions which will put at the table at COP13 this coming December in Cancun include a potential "UN-level" internationally-agreed "operational" definition;

'Synthetic biology is a further development and new dimension of modern biotechnology that combines science, technology and engineering to facilitate and accelerate the understanding, design, redesign, manufacture and/or modification of genetic materials, living organisms and biological systems' "
https://www.synenergene.eu/blog/glo...ology-un-convention-biological-diversity