| WORKING
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| ECOSYSTEM APPROACH: |
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| Chair
WG I Maria Mbengashe (South Africa) |
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Malawi, for the AFRICAN GROUP, with others, emphasized the need for capacity building, enhanced public awareness, and financial resources.
Above photo: James Seyani (Malawi) |
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COLOMBIA suggested establishing indicators for assessment and guidelines on adaptive management.
Above photo: Giannina
Santiago (Colombia) |
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HAITI suggested involving decision makers in the application of the approach, with PAKISTAN asking for better definition of the role of civil society.
Above photo: Joseph Toussaint (Haiti) |
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| Invasive
Alien Species:
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JAPAN noted the importance of communications, outreach, access to and exchange of information.
Above photo: Tsunao Watanabe (Japan) |
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SEYCHELLES and others called for capacity building.
Above photo: Selby Remie (Seychelles) |
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SAINT VINCENT AND
THE GRENADINES, on behalf of SIDS, underscored the need to prioritize guidance for specific pathways like aviation and tourism.
Above photo: Marcus Richards (Saint Vincent
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REPUBLIC OF KOREA respectively drew attention to the Global Ballast Water Management Program and Act.
Above photo: Jee Young Kim (Republic of
Korea) |
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| WORKING
GROUP II
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| ARTICLE 8(J):
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UN UNIVERSITY (UNU) presented on their work on traditional knowledge.
Above photo: Sam Johnston (UNU) |
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WG II Chaweewan Hutacharern (Thailand) |
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UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES
(UNPFII) urged coordination between the eleven UN programmes dealing with
indigeous issues.
Above photo L-R: Victoria Tauli Corpuz (UNPFII)
and Jennifer Corpuz (Tebtebba Foundation) |
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The EU suggested focusing on interlinkages with major CBD thematic areas and starting by biodiversity and climate change, protected areas and agricultural biodiversity.
Above photo: Cosima Hufler (Austria) |
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Above photo L-R: Relmu Nanku (Argentina
Mapuce Peoples); Rene Vidaurre Sanchez
(Bolivia); Indigenous Peoples from the Amazon |
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| ABS:
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| ABS Working Group Co-Chairs Fernando Casas (Colombia)
(right) and Timothy Hodges (Canada) (center)
reported on the intersessional meetings, noting the sixth meeting of the Working Group (ABS 6) resulted in a sound basis for further negotiation of an international ABS regime. |
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The INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE (ITPGR) reported on the use of its standard material transfer agreement
Above photo: Shakeel Bhatti (ITPGR) |
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The THIRD WORLD NETWORK called for monitoring compliance and opposed issuance of IPRs following negotiated access.
Above photo: Chee Yoke Ling (TWN) |
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| COP
9 ENB SNAPSHOTS:
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| Booths
from the Diversity Plaza |
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| Catalina
Santamaria (UNFF) and Ivonne Higuero (UNEP/ROE) |
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| Éric
Darier (Greenpeace Canada) |
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| Delegates
from the US, Kelly Milton and Christine
Dawson |
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| Delegates
from the Philippines |
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| Stas
Burgiel (The Nature Conservancy) |
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| CBD
staff Franca D'Amico and Sandra
Meehan |
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