GENEVA – The fight against biopiracy — plundering genetic resources and the traditional knowledge surrounding them — could soon be based on an international treaty, which is being finalized at negotiations that began on Monday.

"Let me be candid — negotiations will not be easy," warned Daren Tang, head of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), as the diplomatic conference in Geneva got underway.

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