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Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
(COP/MOP 6)

1-5 October 2012 | Hyderabad, India
 
Highlights for Tuesday, 2 October 2012
 
DAILY WEB COVERAGE

CBD COP-MOP 6
COP/MOP 6 delegates met in working groups throughout the day. WG I considered unintentional transboundary movements of LMOs, subsidiary bodies, socio-economic considerations, notification requirements, compliance, and liability and redress. WG II discussed risk assessment and risk management, financial mechanism and resources, monitoring and reporting, and assessment and review.

A contact group on socio-economic considerations met in the afternoon.
Delegates from Africa in a huddle discussing CRP text from WG I.
 
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WG I Chair Ines Verleye, Belgium
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Participants from the Public Research and Regulation Initiative consulting
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Benedicto Lucas, Guatemala
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Desmond Mahon, Canada
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Masamichi Saigo, Japan
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Henrik Hagen Olesen, EU
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Gurdial Singh, Malaysia
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Delegates from Arabic speaking countries consulting
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Working Group II
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WG II Chair Spencer Thomas, Grenada
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Angela Lozan, Moldova
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Taina Tagicakibau, Fiji
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Paula Rossi, Brazil
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Delegates from South Africa reviewing CRP.

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Martha Kandawa-Schulz, Namibia
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Fortunato de la Peña, the Philippines
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L-R: Sol Ortiz and Francisca Acevedo, Mexico

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Contact Group on Socio-Economic Considerations
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View of the contact group session on socio-economic considerations
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L-R: Kathryn Garforth, CBD Secretariat; Contact Group Co-Chair Ruben Dekker, the Netherlands; Contact Group Co-Chair Gurdial Singh, Malaysia; and Paola Scarone, CBD Secretariat
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Francis Ogwal, Uganda
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Jose Falck-Zepeda, International Food Policy Research Institute
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Li Chin Lim, Third World Network
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Casper Linnestad, Norway
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Georgina Catacora-Vargas, Bolivia
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L-R: Christine von Weizsäcker, ECOROPA, in a discussion with Paulino Franco de Carvalho, Brazil
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Side Event:
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Transgene Outcrossing in Native and Indigenous Crops -
Risk Assessment and Management Options
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Angelika Hilbeck, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, moderated the side-event.
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Side-event discussing transgene flow
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Cynthia Sager, University of Arkansas, presented the presence of transgene flow among the most widely used crop species.
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COP/MOP 6 Snapshots
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Tapestry depicting Mother Earth and biodversity.
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L-R:Snežana Prokić, Serbia and Dubravka Stepic, Croatia
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L-R: Damaso Luna, Mexico and Balakrishna Pisupati, India
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A delegate throwing petals in honour of Mahatma Gandhi's birthday.
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Sign up for Biodiversity-L Sign up for ENB Biodiversity Policy & Practice
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