`Sustainable bioprospecting' in biodiverse developing countries subject of expert panel at headquarters, 19 April.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-15 April 2005-UN: `Sustainable bioprospecting' in biodiverse developing countries subject of expert panel at headquarters, 19 April(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:14042005 NEW YORK - More than a decade after the coming into force of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, "biodiverse" developing countries are yet to cash in on their "green gold".

Most of the innovative bioprospecting partnerships set up in the wake of the Convention, such as the much publicized Merck-INBio collaboration in Costa Rica, and several initiatives coordinated by the International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG) Programme, have come to an end without achieving tangible results. With more pharmaceutical companies turning to exploring...