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Special Event on Food Security and Genetic Diversity
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Fifteenth session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA 15) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

16 and 19-23 January 2015 | FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy

Daily Web Coverage

Intro | 19 Jan | 20 Jan | 21 Jan | 22 Jan | 23 Jan | Summary

Highlights for Wednesday, 21 January 2015

CGRFA 15 delegates met in plenary throughout the day to consider: plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (GRFA), including the review of implementation of the second Global Plan of Action for Plant GRFA (GPA-PGR 2) and preparation of the third report on the State of the World’s Plant GRFA (SoW-PGR 3); aquatic genetic resources (AqGR), including preparation of the first SoW report on AqGR and the establishment of an Ad hoc Intergorvernmental Working Group (ITWG) on Aquatic GR; and micro-organisms and invertebrates. Delegates also considered the composition of ITWGs and reconsidered outstanding issues relating to ABS with regard to GRFA.

A variety of materials are available to delegates

Morning Session

Panel (L-R): Luis Salaices Sanchez, Chair of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Plant and Genetic Resources (ITWG-PGR); Dan Leskien, CGRFA Secretariat; Linda Collette, CGRFA Secretary; Amar Tahiri, CGFRA 15 Chair; Clayton Campanhola, FAO; and Stefano Diulgheroff, FAO

Amar Tahiri, CGFRA 15 Chair

Luis Salaices Sanchez, Chair of ITWG-PGR

Maeen Ali Al-Javmouzi, Yemen

Mayra Caldera, US

Kristīne Sirmā, EU

Linda Collette, CGRFA Secretary

Ty Channa, Cambodia, speaking on behalf of the Asian Region

Teresa Agüero Teare, Chile

Afaf Abdelrahim Elgozouli, Sudan, speaking on behalf of the Near East Region

Brad Fraleigh, Canada

Patrick Mulvany, International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty

Daniel Semambo, Uganda, speaking on behalf of the African Region

Delegates attend a side event titled 'Safeguard our options for tomorrow: the case of in situ conservation of crop wild relatives'

Delegates attend a side event titled 'Towards the implementation of the Global Plan of Action for the Conservation, Sustainable Use and Development of Forest Genetic Resources'

Afternoon Session

Delegates resume plenary discussions in the afternoon

Zoltan Kalman, Hungary, speaking on behalf of the European Region

Cheikh Alassane Fall, Senegal

Matthew Worrell, Australia

Annick Van Houtte, Senior Legal Officer, FAO

Javad Mozafari Hashjin, Iran

Amparo Ampil, the Philippines, speaking on behalf of the Asian Region

Charles Nying, Cameroon, speaking on behalf of the African Region

Around the Venue

Bert Visser, the Netherlands, in discussion with Brad Fraleigh, Canada

Delegates meet informally before plenary begins

A delegate raises his placard to speak

Delegates from Oman wait for plenary to begin

Funding for coverage of these events has been provided by FAO

Daily Web Coverage

Intro | 19 Jan | 20 Jan | 21 Jan | 22 Jan | 23 Jan | Summary

Related Links

FAO Resources

CGRFA 15 Website and Documents

CGRFA 15 Provisional Annotated Agenda and Time-table

Programme of the Special Seminar: Towards The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture

IISD RS Resources

IISD RS summary and analysis of the Fifth session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGR), 24-28 September 2013, Muscat, Oman (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)

IISD RS coverage of the Special Information Seminar on Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture: Taking Stock for the Future and CGRFA 14, 13 and 15-19 April 2013, Rome, Italy

IISD RS coverage of the Special Information Seminar on Climate Change and Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: State of Knowledge, Risks and Opportunities and CGRFA 13, 16 and 18-22 July 2011, FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy

IISD RS coverage of ITPGR GB 4, 14-18 March 2011, Bali, Indonesia

IISD RS coverage of the Information Seminar on Policy Arrangements for Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) for Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and CGRFA 12, 17 and19-23 October 2009, FAO Headquarters, Rome Italy

IISD RS coverage of ITPGR GB 3, 1-5 June 2009, Tunis, Tunisia

IISD RS coverage of ITPGR GB 2, 29 October - 2 November 2007, UN Headquarters, Rome, Italy

IISD RS coverage of the First International Technical Conference on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, 3-7 September 2007, Interlaken, Switzerland

IISD RS coverage of CGRFA 11, 11-15 June 2007, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy

IISD RS coverage of ITPGR GB 1, 12-16 June 2006, Madrid, Spain

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Special Event on Food Security and Genetic Diversity and Fifteenth session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA 15) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Special Event on Food Security and Genetic Diversity
and
Fifteenth session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA 15) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)