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Protocol on ABS Could Further Impoverish Indigenous Peoples, Groups Claim

By Intellectual Property Watch

Indigenous peoples today walked out of the ongoing negotiations at the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan, according to an indigenous representative. Indigenous Peoples are being left with a bitter taste from the draft text of a protocol intended to protect against misappropriation of genetic resources and ensure the sharing of the benefits which arise from use of those resources under discussion by negotiators who may not hold the views of those peoples. The latest version of the draft protocol was issued today

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Full post as published by Intellectual Property Watch on October 26, 2010 (boomark / email).