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On Saturday morning, the plenary of the Article 8(j) Working Group adopted all outstanding recommendations, including on the voluntary guidelines on prior informed consent (PIC) and benefit-sharing from traditional knowledge use with bracketed references to "free" and "approval and involvement" for COP 13 consideration. Plenary then engaged in an in-depth dialogue on challenges and opportunities for international and regional cooperation in the protection of shared TK across borders for the strengthening of TK and the fulfillment of the three objectives of the Convention, in harmony with nature/Mother Earth. Co-Chair Choe gavelled the meeting to a close at 1:18pm.
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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/.
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