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Fourth
meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on
Access and Benefit-sharing of the Convention on Biological
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30 January -
3 February 2006 | Granada, Spain
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Highlights
for Wednesday, 1 February 2006
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Delegates
to the fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended
Working Group (WG) on Access and Benefit-sharing
(ABS) of the Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD) met in a Committee of the Whole, and
addressed a Chair’s text on an international
regime on ABS. An informal group met in the
afternoon to discuss participation of indigenous
and local communities in the ABS negotiations.
Above photo:
Sarah Wynn-Williams (New Zealand) (center)
in informal consultation with US and Australia.
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COMMITTEE
OF THE WHOLE
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INTERNATIONAL REGIME ON ABS:
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Chair
Margarita Clemente (Spain) (above) invited comments on a Chair’s text on an
international ABS regime.
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Ethiopia,
speaking for AFRICA, welcomed the document as a
starting point for negotiations.
Above photo: Tewolde Berhan Gerber Egzhiaber
(Ethiopia)
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LIKE-MINDED
MEGADIVERSE COUNTRIES (LMMC) added compliance with
national legislation and mandatory user measures.
Above photo: Desh Deepak Verma (India on behalf
of the LMMC)
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MEXICO
stressed the need to provide legal certainty for users
and providers of biodiversity.
Above photo: Hesiquio Benitez-Diaz (Mexico)
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NORWAY and others
stressed the need for a balance between user and
provider measures.
Above photo L-R: Grethe Evjen and Birthe
Ivars (Norway)
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Many
highlighted the importance of capacity building and
compliance, with SOUTH AFRICA also emphasizing technology
transfer, KENYA access to justice, PERU and ECUADOR
monitoring, COSTA RICA, NIGER and ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA a
financial mechanism, and VENEZUELA training of indigenous
and local communities to ensure their effective
participation.
Above photos L-R: Maria Mbengashe (South Africa); Parkinson
Ndoye, Consolata Kiragu, and Ann Angwenyi
(Kenya); Hassane Saley (Niger); César Molina and
Jesús Ramos (Venezuela)
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ARGENTINA
called for strengthening the benefit-sharing
components.
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photo: Claudio Gutierrez (Argentina) reading
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LIBERIA
requested more clarity in the administrative structure
and role of national authorities.
Above photo: Jonathan Davies (Liberia) |
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THAILAND
highlighted that many countries lack ABS
national legislation.
Above photo: Vithet Srinetr and Vanida
Khumnirdpetch (Thailand) |
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The
INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS FORUM ON BIODIVERSITY (IIFB)
said the document fails to recognize the rights of
indigenous and local communities on lands, territories
and resources.
Above photo: Lucy Mulenkei (IIFB) |
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INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE called for
formal mechanisms for cooperation between relevant
institutions on the ABS regime.
Above photo: Clive Stannard and Álvarro
Toledo Chávarri (FAO) |
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ACCÍON ECOLOGICA expressed concern over biopiracy,
noting that facilitated access is one of its causes.
Above photo: Luciá Gallardo (Accíon
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Ownership:
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SWITZERLAND
proposed to delete a section on ownership.
Above photo: François Pythoud (Switzerland) |
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MALAWI
called for retaining the
section on ownership.
Above
photo: James Seyani (Malawi)
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EL
SALVADOR
suggested refining the language drawing upon the Bonn
Guidelines.
Above photo: Jorge Ernesto Quezada Diaz (El
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Accessing
genetic resources:
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MEXICO
proposed deleting the entire section on access.
Above photo L-R: Jose Carlos Fernandez and Jesus Vega Herrera (Mexico) |
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CANADA
stressed that without text on access there will
be no agreement on text on benefit-sharing.
Above photo L-R: Nathalie Dault, Timothy
Hodges and Anne Daniel (Canada) |
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Noting
that countries’ regulation of access must be in line
with CBD provisions,
MALAYSIA
proposed reference to “regulation” rather than
“facilitation” of access.
Above photo L-R: Gurdial
Singh Nijar and Kangayatkarasu Nagulendran
(Malaysia)
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Benefit-sharing:
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ZEALAND
suggested that conditions of benefit-sharing,
including MAT, be determined in the context of
national ABS regimes.
Above photo: Felicity Buchanan (New Zealand) |
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BRAZIL
suggested that parties establish measures to ensure
benefit-sharing from results of research and
development.
Above photo: Hadil
Fontes Da Rocha Vianna and Henrique Choer and Adriana Tescari (Brazil)
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INDONESIA
proposed that conditions of benefit-sharing
arising from the use of genetic resources, their
derivatives and products be stipulated in MAT that
ensure the equitable and fair benefit-sharing between
users and providers.
Above photo: Parulian Silalahi (Indonesia) |
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ENB
SNAPSHOTS: Reception hosted by the Government of Spain
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