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incredulousTopic: Politics
Recently in a city called Nagoya, Japan
..countries with representatives from around the world gathered..
..and were meeting with each other to engage,share,talk and reach agreement through a treaty to reduce a rapid loss of plant, animal and species in the world
...
it was here that our representative delegation
..refused to sign on a declaration of a guarantee of the rights of indigenous people and local communities here in Canada
called 'access and benefit' sharing (ABS)
the Canadian government position is that there can be no reference to the rights of indigenous people in the final ABS protocol..
There are few indigenous representatives are in attendance since Canada and many other governments do not provide financial assistance so that they can attend the conference as observers.
Canada Seeks to Drop Native Peoples from New Biodiversity Pact
