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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has launched a US$38-million scheme to help developing countries protect their interests more effectively in negotiations with agricultural suppliers, the food industry and drug companies.

Advocates of the three-year scheme say it will help to conserve biodiversity and foster economic development. But critics argue that the money will not go very far.

Reference: Nature 415, 353 (2002)

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