 Under the 1993 Convention on Biological Diversity countries have sovereign rights over their genetic resources, such as species collected for potential use in biological control.This convention was put in place because the profits from prospecting biodiversity have disproportionately benefited corporations from developed countries.Because researchers and Western businesses complained that giving developing countries such rights is problematic due to the new difficulties in legally acquiring potentially profitable species in several countries, the Commission on Biological Control and Access and Benefit Sharing was established in 2008 to allow such parties access to these resources, with the supposition that any benefits arising from such access should be shared.