NAGOYA — Representatives of over 190 signatories to a United Nations biodiversity pact are set to gather in Nagoya Monday for a two-week marathon conference that some have billed a "Kyoto Protocol for all living things."
The 10th meeting of the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, or COP10, is expected to forge a new agreement that could set aside vast amounts of the world's land and marine areas as sanctuaries.
Delegates are also expected to approve a new protocol on access to genetic resources for commercial use, especially when those resources lie on the lands of indigenous peoples.
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