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**

Highlights for Thursday, 5 November 2015

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	L-R: CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias; Endang Sukara, Rapporteur; SBSTTA Chair Andrew Bignell; and David Cooper, CBD Secretariat. The meeting was gaveled to a close by SBSTTA Chair Bignell at 5:22 pm.


	On Thursday morning, the Working Group on Article 8(j) continued consideration of the draft guidelines on PIC or approval and involvement, and on benefit-sharing from traditional knowledge use; and addressed repatriation of traditional knowledge related to biodiversity conservation and sustainable use, and UNPFII recommendations. In the afternoon, SBSTTA 19 discussed a draft recommendation on biodiversity and health, and adopted all remaining recommendations. A contact group on the guidelines on PIC and benefit-sharing from traditional knowledge use met in the evening.
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	L-R: Co-Chair Jae Choe (Republic of Korea), on behalf of the COP 12 Presidency; Co-Chair Onel Masardule (Latin America); and CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias


	Co-Chair Jae Choe (Republic of Korea), on behalf of the COP 12 Presidency


	Co-Chair Onel Masardule (Latin America)



	L-R: Ilham Atho Mohamed and Lisama Sabry, Maldives


	Héctor Conde, Cuba


	Hiba Obaid Darwish Alsheihi, United Arab Emirates


	Victor Canton, Uruguay


	N. K. G. K. Nemmawatta, Sri Lanka


	Leina Al Awadhi, Kuwait


	Henry Adornado, the Philippines

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	L-R: CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias; SBSTTA Chair Andrew Bignell; David Cooper, CBD Secretariat; and Simone Schiele, CBD Secretariat


	Jean-Patrick Le Duc, France


	Tone Solhaug, Norway


	Moustafa Mokhtar Ali Fouda, Egypt


	Snezana Prokic, Serbia


	Youngbae Suh, Republic of Korea


	Malta Qwathekana, South Africa


	CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias


	SBSTTA Chair Andrew Bignell



	L-R: Sorka Copa and Danitza Mariaca, Bolivia



	L-R: Lily Rodriguez, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - University of Bonn, consulting with Ione Anderson, Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research



	L-R: Dao Nguyen, WWF and Daniela Diz, IISD Reporting Services discussing biodiversity and health



	L-R: Ntakadzeni Tshidada and Thumeka Ntloko, South Africa

SBSTTA Snapshots:



	CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias with Issa Bado, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)



	Delegates from ASEAN



	Lahcene Rekik, CBD Secretariat



	Yoko Watanabe, Global Environment Facility (GEF) in consultation with participants from Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities



	Delegates from Japan


	L-R: Catherine Machalaba, Ecohealth Alliance; SBSTTA Chair Andrew Bignell; Cristina Romanelli, CBD Secretariat; and David Cooper, CBD Secretariat


	L-R: Andreas Obrecht, Switzerland; Carolina Hazin, BirdLife International; Sonia Peña Moreno, IUCN; and Hendrik Segers, Belgium



	Delegates from the Republic of Korea


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