Curitiba, Brazil — Indigenous peoples and peasant farmers who have helped develop the
world's plant genetic resources through their traditional knowledge say
negotiations aimed at the commercial exploitation of plants must
involve them from the very start.
But their demands have turned into a long-running dispute over
sovereignty, national boundaries and ownership of knowledge. As the
Curitiba meeting of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
draws to a close, the men and women who nurture the world's
biodiversity have struggled to make their voices heard.
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