Unconventional interference

The United States has decreed that GATT will have the last word on intellectual property rights, thus throwing the Biodiversity Convention to the …

The biotech brigands

Developed nations are interpreting key clauses of the biodiversity treaty with the aim of protecting their own biotechnology industries from …

Just deserts

GREEN GLOBE YEARBOOK 1995 The Fridtjof Nansen Institute

Bickering hinders resolution

A recent meeting on biological diversity failed to establish ground rules for implementation, as the participating nations were totally unwilling …

Unravelling the mysteries of biotechnology

Decrease in the need for chemical inputs will depend on the direction research takes, as private companies are interested only in profits.

US version of biodiversity pact raises fears

Environmental groups are agitated that Washington's controversial interpretation of the Biodiversity Convention distorts the spirit of the treaty.

USA may soften its stand on global warming

The US envoy to the UN has indicated Washington may tone down its opposition to steps taken to reduce emission of greenhouse gases.

South gains words but loses its genes

While the North has made no commitment to reduce its emissions,, the South commits itself to protect the world's biodiversity