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6th Session of the Governing Body (GB 6) of the International Treaty
on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)

5-9 October 2015 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters, Rome, Italy


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ENB Daily Coverage —About | 3 Oct | 5 Oct | 6 Oct | 7 Oct | 8 Oct | 9 Oct | Summary
A view of Rome near FAO

FAO 70th Anniversary

Plenary convened in morning, afternoon and evening sessions, to consider revised draft resolutions on the Global Crop Diversity Trust, measures to enhance the Multilateral System (MLS), the Funding Strategy, and the multi-year programme of work (MYPOW), and address administrative matters. Two contact groups addressed the Funding Strategy, and farmers’ rights and sustainable use. The budget committee, and a Friends of the Chair group on the MYPOW also met.

IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the 6th Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), which took place from 5 to 8 October 2015 at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Our summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF. Available in ENB Mobile at: http://enb.iisd.mobi/biodiv-itpgrfa-gb6/
Specific funding for coverage of the 6th Session of the Governing Body (GB 6) of
the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) has been provided by the ITPGRFA Secretariat
ITPGRFA

View of the dais during the plenary session

Matthew Worrell, GB 6 Chair, Australia

Bell Batta Torheim, Norway

Javad Mozafari Hashjin, Iran

Michael Halewood, CGIAR Consortium, with Elsa Tsioumani, IISD RS

Kailash Chander Bansal, India, with Kent Nnadozie and Daniele Manzella, ITPGRFA Secretariat
From L-R: Bert Visser, the Netherlands, discussing with Matthew Worrell, GB 6 Chair, Australia
The ENB team: Sandra Gagnon, Stefan Jungcurt, Asterios Tsioumanis and Elsa Tsioumani

Contact group on sustainable use and on farmers' rights

View of the room during the contact group on sustainable use and on farmers' rights

Mario Marino, ITPGRFA Secretariat

Brad Fraleigh, Canada

César Tapia Bastidas, Ecuador

Contact group on the Funding Strategy

View of the dais during the contact group on the Funding Strategy

Bert Visser, the Netherlands, and Modesto Fernández, Cuba, Co-Chairs of the contact group

Kailash Chander Bansal, India

Pierre Du Plessis, Namibia

Side event: Exploring fairness and equity in benefit-sharing arrangements:
presentation and preliminary findings of the BENELEX research project

View of the dais during the side event

Louisa Parks, University of Lincoln

Elsa Tsioumani, University of Edinburgh

Elisa Morgera, University of Edinburgh

Participants networking

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