BIODIVERSITY: 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OPENS IN THE HAGUE.(conference details) From: European Report | Date: April 10, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Europe Information Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Ministers, senior officials and experts from 182 Governments and the European Union, gathered in The Hague, will begin by reviewing work over the past two years on four priority subjects and will seek on each issue to reach agreement on principles in certain cases, and on more operational details in others. These four areas of action are forests, combating invasive species, access to genetic resources and benefit sharing, and a strategic plan for the next ten years. Besides these fo...

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