Latest News-Convention On Bio Diversity Negotiations

The UN Convention on Biological Diversity is meeting 18-29 October in Nagoya, Japan. This Conference of the Parties to the CBD is the deadline for a negotiation of an international regime on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing.

29 October: Compromise UN Protocol Treaty Against Biopiracy Adopted In Japan

28 October: Bell Tolls For Biodiversity Benefit-Sharing Treaty

27 October: Ministers Arrive To Help Reach Outcome At UN Convention On Biodiversity

26 October: Biodiversity Benefit-Sharing Treaty Negotiators Tackle New Text As Clock Ticks

26 October: Protocol on ABS Could Further Impoverish Indigenous Peoples, Groups Claim

26 October: Climate-Ready Crop Patents Present Danger For Biodiversity, Group Says

24 October: Negotiators Persist On Biodiversity Benefit-Sharing Treaty Despite Slipping Deadlines

23 October: New Draft Biodiversity Treaty Text Shows Much Work Remains; Co-Chairs Hopeful

22 October: Biodiversity Negotiators Move Treaty Text Forward; Deadline Pushed To Monday

21 October: Indigenous Groups Allege Canadian Obstructionism To Biodiversity ABS Protocol

21 October: Stakeholders Restless About Biodiversity Benefit Sharing Protocol

21 October: NGOs: Biopiracy Ongoing As Governments Slowly Negotiate International Instrument

20 October: Study Touts Economic Benefits Of Biodiversity

19 October: UN Conference Delegates See Protocol Against Biopiracy Within Reach

16 October: As Negotiators Launch Talks On Biodiversity, Industry Requests IP Protection

14 October: Patents In Cosmetics: Disclosure Of Origin Arduous, Report Says

8 October: Inside Views: A Rights-Poor Protocol For Biodiversity Access & Benefit-Sharing

28 September: Burdened With Brackets, Biodiversity ABS Protocol Needs Political Will To Survive

20 July: Consensus On Binding Biodiversity Agreement Elusive, To Reconvene in September

6 April: UN Claims Victory In Biodiversity Talks, But Outcome Not Certain