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Highlights
for Monday 15 April 2002 Delegates
met in two Working Groups and contact groups. Working Group I (WG-I)
discussed: the ecosystem approach, sustainable use and incentive measures;
liability and redress; and Conference Room Papers (CRPs) on dry and
sub-humid lands, the Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI), agricultural
biodiversity and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources For
Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), inland waters, and identification,
monitoring, indicatorsand assessments.
Working Group II (WG-II) discussed Article 8(j) and CRPs on: scientific
and technical cooperation and the Clearing-House Mechanism (CHM);
implementation and operations of the Convention; national reports; and
cooperation with other conventions, international organizations and
initiatives. Contact groups on invasive alien species, forest
biodiversity, access and benefit-sharing (ABS) and the strategic plan also
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WORKING
GROUP I: ECOSYSTEM
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 ETHIOPIA, on behalf of the AFRICAN GROUP, emphasized rural tourism, a broader scope to include natural sites and elements, and public awareness and private sector involvement. |
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 ARGENTINA, supported workshops to finalize guidelines and principles before COP-7. |
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Ecosystem
Approach: INDONESIA proposed synthesizing case studies and preparing guidelines for COP-7. |
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Incentive
Measures: The RUSSIAN FEDERATION highlighted the importance of work on perverse incentives for economies in transition. |
| LIABILITY AND REDRESS: |
 JAPAN said it was premature to consider proposing elements on damage to biodiversity into existing liability and redress regimes, given current lack of information. |
| WORKING GROUP II: ARTICLE 8(j) |
 The INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS FORUM ON BIODIVERSITY (IIFB) called for support of internationally recognized indigenous rights, including land rights, prior informed consent (PIC), effective participation and protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) according to indigenous laws. |
 The PHILIPPINES supported work on approaches and methodologies to develop and maintain registries of traditional knowledge. Several delegates cautioned against developing databases without appropriate protection of traditional knowledge. Many prioritized work on sui generis systems. |
 Mexico, on behalf of the GROUP OF LIKE-MINDED MEGADIVERSE COUNTRIES, stated that IPR systems should consider traditional knowledge in evaluating patent applications, including determination of origin. |
| COOPERATION WITH OTHER CONVENTIONS, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND INITIATIVES: |
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| SIDE EVENTS: THIRD WORLD NETWORK SEMINAR: BIODIVERSITY IN CRISIS |
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| The Third World Network convened a seminar "Biodiversity in Crisis" on 14 April as a side event to the CBD COP6. A number of biodiversity experts, scientists, negotiators and activists presented critical issues in biodiversity such as genetic engineering, biosafety, access and benefit-sharing, forests, tourism, intellectual property rights, mining, and the use of biological weapons. The seminar gave the participants an in depth account on how the above issues are presently being tackled or ignored. For more information please visit the Third World Network website. |
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