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Daily Reports
IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) has produced a summary report of the “Special Information Seminar” and a summary and analysis from CGRFA-12. To download our reports, please click below on the HTML or PDF icons. |
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 Twelfth Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
17 & 19-23 October 2009 | UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Headquarters, Rome, Italy |
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Highlights for Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Delegates to the twelfth regular session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA-12) continued to discuss issues relating to the multi-year programme of work (MYPOW), including on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA), and specifically relating to: the state of the world’s PGRFA; progress since CGRFA-11; and future work, including on policies and arrangements for enhancing utilization of PGRFA, and on underutilized crops and wild relatives. In the afternoon, delegates discussed animal genetic resources for food and agriculture (AnGRFA)in relation to the follow-up to the Interlaken Conference, which includes the implementation and financing of the Global Plan of Action for animal genetic resources, and future work. They also met for an evening session to discuss proposed text on policies and arrangements for ABS for GRFA.
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| Chair Javad Mozafari Hashjin (Iran) consulting with Dan Leskien, CGRFA Secretariat. |
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| Modibo Tiémoko Traoré, Assistant Director-General, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, FAO, emphasized the importance of protecting and diversifying PGRFA, and all GRFA, to ensure sustainable agriculture production and help cope with the effects of climate change. |
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| Modesto Fernández (Cuba) in conversation with Marie-Annick Moreau, ENB. |
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| L-R: Lamis Chalak, Lebanon and Fadila Al-Salameen, Kuwait |
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| L-R: Jose "Pepe" Esquinas, Spain in a discussion with Linda Colette, FAO |
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| Participants from Africa with the city of Rome in the background. |
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| Joel Rudinas, Philippines |
Mohammed Ali Kamali Sarvestani, Iran |
Luseane Taufa, Tonga |
Hadyatou Dantsey-Barry, Togo |
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FAO Resources
 CRGFA-12 website
CRGFA-12 programme
Programme of the Special Information Seminar
Side Events
IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of Third Session of the Governing Body (GB 3) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGR), 1-5 June 2009, Tunis, Tunisia
IISD RS coverage of ITPGR GB-2, 29 October - 2 November 2007, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
IISD RS coverage of First International Technical Conference on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, 3-7 September 2007, Interlaken, Switzerland
IISD RS summary and analysis of CGRFA-11, 11-15 June 2007, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary report of the Special Event on “Emerging Issues in the Management of Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Towards a Multi-Year Programme of Work,” 9 June 2007, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy (HTML - PDF)
IISD RS archive of CGRFA and ITPGR 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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