Canada: Canada Rejects Indigenous Rights In ABS Protocol

Canada: Canada Rejects Indigenous Rights In ABS Protocol   During small group negotiations on Wednesday night, Canada stood alone in their shameful opposition to preambular text noting the significant of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in the proposed ABS Protocol. Reminding parties that they did not endorse the UNDRIP, Canada insisted that the reference to the UNDRIP be both bracketed AND deleted. Indigenous Peoples insist the ABS Protocol must...

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