11.   Iranian officials participated for the first time Saturday in an international commission responsible for preserving the rich biological resources of the Caspian Sea.

12.   It will include strategies to conserve biological diversity and the sustainable use of biological resources.

13.   Lack of data impedes the country from utilising its rich biological resources.

14.   The Act also does not offer protection for many biological resources in the country.

15.   The implications Nijhar speaks of lie in how we manage biological resources.

16.   The original plan to amend the Patent Act was opposed by non-governmental organisations, academics and the Ministry of Science, which is in charge of biological resource protection.

17.   The policy also comprises strategies to conserve biological diversity and the sustainable use of biological resources.

18.   There are economic benefits that can be derived from the diversity of biological resources.

19.   This is because a diversity of biological resources provides direct economic benefits.

20.   Among the issues the delegates have debated are methods to balance between rich and poor countries the rewards gained from exploitation of biological resources.