From the 9th to the 27th of February in Kualu Lumpur, Malaysia, the conservation of our planets biodiversity and the future regulation of the movement of genetically modified organisms will be negociated. Governments, international organisations, transnational corporations, Indigenous Peoples, NGO’s and activists will converge to discuss the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety. While the safeguarding of our planet is supposed to be a common aim of these talks, not much is agreed upon. Many contentious issues are discussed within the Convention on Biological Diversity such as the patenting and sharing of genetic resources, technology transfer and agricultural bio-diversity and the role of protected areas in the preservation of biological diversity. The newly ratified Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety will continue the negociations surrounding the huge disagreements on the issue of genetically modified organisms and the international trade in them.

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