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UN Conference Delegates See Protocol Against Biopiracy Within Reach

By Intellectual Property Watch

NAGOYA, JAPAN - Prospects for completing and approving a protocol protecting natural resources from biopiracy and providing equitable sharing of benefits derived from the commercial use of those resources are promising, according to delegates. But hard negotiations lie ahead if they are to meet a deadline to present an agreed draft protocol to the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) by the end of this week.

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Full post as published by Intellectual Property Watch on October 19, 2010 (boomark / email).