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Biodiversity Negotiators Move Treaty Text Forward; Deadline Pushed To Monday

By Intellectual Property Watch

NAGOYA, JAPAN ? Officials negotiating this week on an international agreement to stop misuse of genetic resources appear to have reached minimal consensus on additional articles of the draft text under negotiation, though many specific areas of disagreement were resolved, they said. A Friday deadline for completion was pushed to Monday in the hope they can resolve deeper differences on fundamental issues such as traditional knowledge and compliance.

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Full post as published by Intellectual Property Watch on October 22, 2010 (boomark / email).