The question of how best to share revenues from products developed using genetic data from plants and animals has emerged as a make or break issue at COP15
Environment
15 December 2022
Nearly all the countries in the world are meeting in Montreal for the COP15 biodiversity summit CHRISTINNE MUSCHI/Reuters
Countries at the COP15 biodiversity summit in Montreal are moving closer to an agreement on how to share profits from products developed using genetic data collected from Earth’s biodiversity. It is a make-or-break issue for countries to reach a wider deal on protecting nature.
The goal of the summit is to agree on a global plan to halt and reverse biodiversity loss over the next decade. But that agreement hinges on several parallel …
