Summit approves fund to share benefits of genetic data as talks grind on
Saturday, 2 November 2024 ()
Cali, Colombia (AFP) Nov 2, 2024
A UN nature summit agreed in Colombia Saturday on the creation of a fund to share the profits of digitally sequenced genetic data taken from animals and plants with the communities they come from. Such data, much of it from species found in poor countries, is notably used in medicines and cosmetics that can make their developers billions. Few, if any, benefits of the data - often downlo
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