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CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
FOURTH CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CBD: COP-4 is scheduled for 4-15 May 1998 in Bratislava, Slovakia. SBSTTA-3 is scheduled for September 1997. The venue is to be determined. For more information contact the CBD Secretariat, World Trade Centre, 413 St. Jacques Street, Office 630, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2Y 1N9; tel: +1 (514) 288-2220; fax: +1 (514) 288-6588; e-mail: biodiv@mtl.net.
FIRST MEETING OF EXPERTS ON MARINE AND COASTAL BIODIVERSITY: Indonesia has offered to host the first Meeting of Experts, which is expected to meet in March 1997. The exact date and location is to be determined. For more information, contact Ina Pranoto at the CBD Secretariat.
AD HOC EXPERT GROUP ON BIOSAFETY: The Ad Hoc Expert Group on Biosafety is scheduled to meet from 12-16 May and from 13-17 October 1997. The venue will most likely be Montreal. For more information, contact the CBD Secretariat.
CBD-RELATED EXPERT GROUP MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS: The Netherlands is planning to organize a workshop on the cooperation between the FAO and the Secretariat on agro-biodiversity during the first half of 1997. The Netherlands also plans to host a meeting for representatives of the Secretariat, the RAMSAR Bureau and Wetlands International in order to identify inputs to the Secretariat’s preparations for SBSTTA-3 and COP-4. Uruguay is planning meeting on access to genetic resources in the context of Mercosur. The Secretariat is also planning workshops on the clearing- house mechanism and on Article 8(j). For more information, contact the CBD Secretariat.