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Negotiators Persist On Biodiversity Benefit-Sharing Treaty Despite Slipping Deadlines

By Intellectual Property Watch

NAGOYA, JAPAN - The monumental statue in the courtyard of the Nagoya Congress Center, featuring a warrior on his horse, could be an illustration of the work of the group of officials charged with negotiating a much-anticipated international treaty to protect genetic resources from misappropriation and justly reward provider countries. Meeting over the weekend, they could not find consensus on the text and will have to request another deadline from the United Nations meeting on biodiversity on Monday.

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• Hopes Fading For Concluding Biodiversity Access And Benefit Sharing Negotiations?

Full post as published by Intellectual Property Watch on October 24, 2010 (boomark / email).