A Very Long Negotiation
After 13 years, there is still no end in sight for negotiations on the protection of genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore.
September 10, 2013
The poolside of the Courtyard Marriott Hotel in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Wednesday last week was full of tourists working on their tans. But at the Palma Ballroom on the ground floor, nobody was relaxing. From September 2-4, the Indonesian Foreign Ministry held a consultative meeting of like-minded countries (LMCs) and other interested countries on the future work of the intergovernmental committee on genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklo
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