Biodiversity
- Mon Jan 30 2006
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Convention on Biological Diversity
Officials from the 188 members of the Convention on Biological Diversity will gather in the historic city of Grenada, Spain from 30 January to 3 February 2006.
Officials from the 188 members of the Convention on Biological Diversity will gather in the historic city of Grenada, Spain from 30 January to 3 February 2006 to make progress on one of the three pillars of the Convention on Biological Diversity, aimed at promoting access to genetic resources and ensuring fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the use of genetic resources of this planet.
Successful achievement of this fundamental objective of the Convention of life on Earth will result in a powerful instrument for the promotion of peace, the realization achievement of shared prosperity on our planet, and the elevation of biodiversity as the engine of sustainable development and a key resource in the fight against hunger and poverty.
The meeting of the Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing has been given the mandate to translate into reality the commitment taken by the 110 Heads of State and Government at the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg, South Africa in September 2002 for the adoption of an international regime on access to genetic resources and the sharing of benefits.
The talks are based upon the notion that by granting a company or organization access to its genetic resources (such as plants that can be used to produce new pharmaceuticals or fragrances), a country or indigenous or local community will in return receive a fair share of the profits or other benefits.
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