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The dais during the opening plenary with Bakary Kante, UNEP; Jochen Flasbarth, on behalf of the German Presidency of the CBD Conference of the Parties (COP); CBD Executive Secretary Ahmed Djoghlaf and ABS Co-Chairs Tim Hodges and Fernando Casas. |
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Jochen Flasbarth, on behalf of the German Presidency of the CBD COP, urged parties not to fail in their mandate to establish a regime by 2010. |
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Bakary Kante, on behalf of UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner, emphasized UNEP’s commitment to ABS and the CBD, stating that UNEP will invest US$5 million in biodiversity activities over the next biennium. |
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Hugo Schally, European Community |
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View of the opening plenary. |
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Lucia Fernanad Jofej Kaingang, IIFB |
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"Taichi Single Whip" sculpture by Ju Ming near the ICAO Headquarters. |
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Harry Jonas, Natural Justice |
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Shakeel Bhatti, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. |
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Delegates from Japan reviewing ABS documents. |
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Reception hosted by the Government of Canada, Montreal International and the CBD: |
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CBD resources
Meeting webpage
Official documents
Provisional annotated agenda
Side Events
Global Biodiversity Outlook
IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of Sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (Article 8(j) WG 6) of the CBD, 2-6 November 2009, Montréal, Canada
IISD RS coverage of the CBD COP 9, 19-30 May 2008, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS coverage of ABS 7, 2-8 April 2009, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Headquarters, Paris, France
IISD RS coverage of ABS 6, 21-25 January 2008, Geneva, Switzerland
IISD RS coverage of CBD Article 8(j) WG 5, 15-19 October 2007, Montréal, Canada
IISD RS coverage of CBD COP 8, 20-31 March 2006, Curitiba, Brazil
IISD RS archive of biodiversity and wildlife meetings
Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news
MEA Bulletin - Newsletter on key MEAs and their secretariats
Climate Change Policy & Practice - News and information on the actions of international organizations in responding to the problem of global climate change
African Regional Coverage
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