19th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
and 9th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j)
and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

**2-5 and 4-7 November 2015 | Headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Montreal, Canada**

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	Otsi.tsa.ken:RA (Charles Patton) of the Mohawk Nation opened the meeting of the Article 8(j) Working Group and welcomed delegates to Mohawk traditional territory.


	The ninth meeting of the CBD Working Group on Article 8(j) opened on Wednesday morning, and started consideration of draft guidelines on prior informed consent or approval and involvement, and on benefit-sharing in relation to traditional knowledge. SBSTTA 19 resumed consideration of revised recommendations in the afternoon and continued into the night.
	IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the 19th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and 9th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). In addition, IISD Rerporting Services will provide a summary and analysis, available in HTML and PDF formats. Available in ENB Mobile at:http://enb.iisd.mobi/biodiv-sbstta19-wg8j9/.



	L-R: Natalya Minchenko, Rapporteur; John Scott, CBD Secretariat; Amy Ann Fraenkel, CBD Secretariat; Co-Chair Tia Stevens (Australia); Co-Chair Onel Masardule (Latin America); and CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias


	Balakrishna Pisupati, UNEP, speaking on behalf of Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director


	Co-Chair Tia Stevens


	Natalya Minchenko, Rapporteur


	CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias


	Peter Bligh, Australia


	Senka Barudanovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina


	Carlo Krieger, Luxembourg, speaking on behalf of the EU


	Samuel Dieme, Senegal


	Ana Morales, Guatemala, speaking on behalf of the Like-Minded Megadiverse Countries (LMMCs)


	T. Rabikumar, India


	Aslak Holmberg, IIFB


	Tui Shortland, IIFB



	L-R: Fumiko Nakao and Aya Kasahara, Japan


	Rodrigo de la Cruz, IIFB


	Linda Lund, Norway


	Syafran Haris, Indonesia


	Jennifer Tauli Corpuz, the Philippines


	Maria Luisa Angelica Del Rio Mispireta, Peru


	Elleli Huerta Ocampo, Mexico



	Mike Ipanga Mwaku, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in a discussion with Hendrik Segers, Belgium



	L-R: SBSTTA Chair Andrew Bignell; David Cooper, CBD Secretriat; and Robert Höft, CBD Secretariat


	Matilde Lopes, Guinea Bissau


	Gemedo Dalle Tussie, Ethiopia


	Anne Teller, EU



	David Reidmiller and Barbara De Rosa-Joynt, US


	Delegates from Switzerland, UK, Mexico and Brazil in informal consultations on SBSTTA recommendations


	Delegates from Africa, the EU and Norway, drafting language for a SBSTTA recommendation

SBSTTA Snapshots:



	L-R: Florina Lopez, IIFB; CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias; Maria Eugenia Choque Quispe, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII); Co-Chair Onel Masardule Arias; and Maria Yolanda Teran Maigua, IIFB



	L-R: Mohammad Al-Toraif and Yousef Al-Hafedh, Saudi Arabia



	L-R: Anne Teller and Karin Zaunberger, EU



	L-R: Sheila Vergara, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB); Patama Domrongphol, Thailand; and Clarissa Arida, ACB



	Rosa Ortiz Quijano (center) accompanied by her graduate students from the University of Sherbrooke, Canada


	Yoko Watanabe, Global Environment Facility (GEF), with participants from the UNPFII and IIFB


	Delegates from Indonesia


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