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 Saturday, 7 November 2015

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	Co-Chair Jae Choe (Republic of Korea), on behalf of the COP 12 Presidency, gaveled the meeting to a close at 1:18 pm.


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


	Contact Group Co-Chair Johan Bodegård (Sweden)


	Contact Group Co-Chair Christine Teresa Grant (Western Europe and Other Group)


	Carlo Krieger, Luxembourg for the EU


	Emine Isciel, Norway


	Juan Pablo Gudiño, Mexico


	Lara Samaha, Lebanon


	Marcal Gusmao, Timor Leste


	Melissa Cotterill, Australia



	L-R: Marina von Weissenberg, Finland, in a conversation with Gemedo Dalle Tussie, Ethiopia



	Delegates from Brazil, Colombia, EU, India, Norway and IIFB consult on the topic for the next in-depth dialogue


	Delegates from the Philippines and Norway consulting


	Delegates from Morocco and Switzerland in informal consultations



	David Ainsworth, CBD Secretariat, moderated the in-depth dialogue on challenges and opportunities for international and regional cooperation in the protection of shared traditional knowledge across borders.


	Tui Shortland, IIFB


	Begoña Venero Aguirre, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)


	Ruth Spencer, IIFB


	Preston Hardison, Tulalip Tribes


	Lucy Mulenkei, IIFB


	Natalya Minchenko, Rapporteur


	CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias


	Co-Chair Jae Choe


	Co-Chair Onel Masardule



	Co-Chair Jae Choe, gaveled the meeting to a close at 1:18 pm.


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