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Host Japan hails UN biodiversity accord

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Tokyo (AFP) Oct 30, 2010
Host Japan on Saturday hailed a UN treaty aimed at protecting the world's threatened ecosystems, vowing to help "positively" member countries achieve the stated goals.

After nearly two weeks of intense diplomacy at a summit in the central Japanese city of Nagoya, rich and poor countries agreed Saturday to 20 key targets over the next decade on curbing the destruction of nature.

"As the chair, our country welcomes the achievement," Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara said in a statement.

"From now on, our country will contribute to the protection of biodiversity and positively support developing countries' efforts to implement the Nagoya protocol, with technologies and knowledge our country has," he said.



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Nagoya, Japan (AFP) Oct 29, 2010
Rich and poor nations were poised to forge an ambitious pact to protect threatened ecosystems Friday after breaking a deadlock over genetic treasures derived from places such as the Amazon. The meeting in the central Japanese city of Nagoya aims to produce a roadmap of 20 goals to be achieved over the next decade to contain man's destruction of nature and save the world's rapidly diminishing ... read more







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