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7th CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (COP-7) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 9-20 February 2004
Highlights
for Thursday 19 February 2004
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REPUBLIC OF KOREA opposed deleting a reference to coastal States' consent
when establishing transboundary marine and coastal protected areas.
Above photo L-R: Byoung-Yoon Lee and EUN-Jung Bae (Republic of Korea)
MALDIVES
expressed concern that many of the activities included in the proposed work
plan on coral bleaching are inadequate.
Above photo: Ahmed Saleem (Maldives)
Brazil stressed the need to allocate time to identify and address obstacles to implementing the Convention, but expressed concern regarding the proliferation of ad hoc working groups within the CBD. Right photo L-R: Mitzi Gurgel Valente da Costa, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias and
CANADA
presented compromise language agreed in a Friends of the Chair group,
regarding convening: the CHM's informal advisory committee to assist the
Executive Secretary.
Right photo: Tim Hodges (Canada)
BOLIVIA stressed the need for a meeting of the Article 8(j) Working Group, as it was interlinked with the ABS Working Group. |
The Philippines said sustainable development and maintaining biodiversity
are twin goals that will benefit all of humankind in the long run. Above
photo L-R: H.E. Renato de Rueda and Mundita Lim (Philippines)
Malaysia
said the process of establishing an ABS regime should be clear and transparent.
Above photo: H.E. Dato Hj. Zainal Dahalan (Malaysia)
The International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity stressed that the
establishment of PAs requires the free and prior informed consent of
indigenous and local communities on whose land they are established. Above
photo: Joji Cariño (IIFB)
NGO Caucus said that time for action for biodiversity conservation is
running out, urging governments to adopt clear targets and timelines to
implement the work programme on PAs. Above photo: