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Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended
Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing of
the Convention on Biological Diversity

2 - 8 April 2009 | Paris, France

Highlights for Monday, 6 April 2009

Delegates to the seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) met in brief morning and afternoon plenary sessions to hear reports from the contact groups. Contact groups on objective and scope of the regime, and on compliance met throughout the day and into the late evening.


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	Morning Plenary

Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary and Timothy Hodges (Canada), ABS Working Group Co-Chair

Soumayila Bancé, Burkina Faso

Contact Group Co-Chairs Birthe Ivars (Norway) and David Hafashimana (Uganda)

Damaso Luna, Mexico

Girma Balcha, Ethiopia

Timothy Hodges (Canada), ABS Working Group Co-Chair and René Lefeber (Netherlands) Contact Group Co-Chair


	Contact Group on on Compliance

Sem Shikongo, Namibia

Anne Daniel, Canada

Mariana Alvarez Rodriguez, Argentina

Fernando Coimbra, Brazil


	Contact Group on the Objective and Scope

Contact Group Co-Chairs Birthe Ivars (Norway) and David Hafashimana (Uganda)

African Group during informal consultations.

Jose Luis Sutera, Argentina

Grethe Evjen and Tone Solhaug, Norway

Cosima Hufler, Austria

Gustavo de Britto, Brazil

GRULAC delegates during informal discussions.

Ana Francisca Perez, Guatemala and Esther Camac, IIFB


	Side Event: Benefit Sharing Under ABS, Options and Elaborations

The event elaborated on principles and issues relevant to ''benefit sharing'' within ABS. By focusing on a typical bioprospecting scheme from Access to End-Product, discussions centered on various scenarios that can be anticipated in the process and the need for a proportional, efficient and equitable approach to devise appropriate benefits.

Balakrishna Pisupati, UNEP

Suneetha Subramanian, UNU-IAS


:	Side Event: Indigenous Peoples, ABS and Customary Law

Lucy Mulenkei, Indigenous Information Network and Mathambo Ngakaeaja, Working Group of Indigenous Minorities in Southern Africa


	Around the Conference Center

Elsa Tsioumani, ENB Teamleader, Greece

Harry Jonas, ENB Writer, UK


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	Related Links CBD Secretariat Meeting documents Provisional Agenda Annotated Provisional Agenda IISD RS resources IISD RS coverage of the Sixth meeting of the Ad-hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS 6), 21-25 January 2008, Geneva, Switzerland IISD RS coverage of the Fifth meeting of the Ad-hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS 5), 8-12 October 2007, Montreal, Canada IISD RS coverage of the CBD COP 9, 19-30 May 2008, Bonn, Germany IISD RS coverage of the CBD COP 8, 20-31 March 2006, Curitiba, Brazil IISD RS biodiversity and wildlife page BIODIVERSITY-L - A mailing list for news on biodiversity and wildlife policy Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news MEA Bulletin - Newsletter on key MEAs and their secretariats African Regional Coverage Linkages Africa - Fortnightly newsletter reporting on sustainable development events in Africa


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