Countries must put aside cynicism and differing opinions to make the Nagoya protocol a success, say Suneetha Subramanian and Govindan Parayil.

With traditional food production under threat from climate change, we should switch from agriculture to cell culture, says Lucía Atehortúa.

What are the main issues that African nations face in forthcoming negotiations on biotechnology and biosafety?

A growing number of critics of 'bioprospecting' complain that companies often fail to adequately compensate holders of traditional knowledge, and that patents on products developed in this way are actually a form of intellectual piracy.