Biological Diversity conference begins today 09:54
http://internacional.radiobras.gov.br/ingles/materia_i_2004.php?materia=259348&q=1&editoria= Brasília - Some 6,000 representatives from more than 190 countries will begin discussions on alternatives for the protection and conservation of the planet's biodiversity today in Curitiba. Sponosred by the UN and the Brazilian government, the 8th Conference of the Parties to the Biological Diversity Convention (8ª Conferência das Partes da Convenção sobre Diversidade Biológica) (COP 8) will be officially opened this morning by minister of Environment, Marina Silva. During the next twelve days the participants will discuss how to protect traditional knowledge of the use of natural resources, and equitable access to the benefits of biodiversity use and genetic resources. Also on the agenda: biopiracy, protection of fauna and flora, sustainable development strategies, the eradication of poverty and an updated situation report on the enviroment in general. COP meetings take place every two years. The last one was in Kuala Lumpur in 2004. Approval of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity dates from the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Conference on the Environment and Development. It is expected that over 120 ministes of Environment will attend the conference. Translation: Allen Bennett 20/03/2006 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Native News North List info{all lists}: http://nativenewsonline.org/natnews.htm Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NatNews-north/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
