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Breakthrough reached on global biodiversity

This content was published on Oct 30, 2010 Environment ministers, including Switzerland’s Moritz Leuenberger, also agreed on rules for sharing the benefits from genetic resources from nature between governments and companies. The two-week meeting in Nagoya, Japan, settled on targets of protecting 17 per cent of the world’s land surface, and 10 per cent of the oceans, by 2020. A key sticking point…