Putting science
at the heart of development
Definitions
- Agri-biotech
- Biodiversity
- Desert science
- Improving early warning of disasters
- Indigenious Knowledge
- Tropical cyclones
List of terms for Indigenious knowledge
Producing enough food for a rapidly growing population, and taking care of our planet are two of the world's biggest challenges.
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Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, the CBD asserts that natural resources belong to the sovereign state in which they exist, an assertion that some see as conflicting directly with commercial patent rights as defined under TRIPS (see below).
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