Pat Mooney

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When the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was adopted at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, we coined the term ‘biopiracy’ to argue that the treaty signaled the biggest grab of indigenous knowledge and sovereign resources in 500 years.

The UN General Assembly is preparing for a head of state summit on environmental issues in Brazil in June 2012.