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6th Session of the Governing Body (GB6) 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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The sixth session of the Governing Body (GB 6) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) will be held from 5-9 October 2015, at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) in Rome, Italy. It will be preceded by the fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing, which will be held on 2 October, and possibly continue during the GB session; an information event on the outcomes of the Working Group during the biennium, to be held on 3 October; a special event on farmers’ rights under the ITPGRFA, to be held also on 3 October; and two days of regional consultations.

The meeting will address a series of items related to the operations of the Treaty’s Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing, including on enhancement of implementation, as well as the Funding Strategy, the Global Information System, compliance, farmers’ rights and sustainable use of plant genetic resources. It will also consider matters related to cooperation with other international instruments and organizations, and administrative and budgetary items.

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 (GB6) of
the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) has been provided by the ITPGRFA Secretariat
ITPGRFA

IISD Reporting Services is grateful to the many donors of the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) and recognizes the following as core contributors to the ENB: the European Union, the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Japanese Ministry of Environment (through the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies - IGES), the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, SWAN International, Government of Switzerland (the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Funding for translation of the Bulletin into French is provided by the Government of France, the Wallonia, Québec, and the International Organization of La Francophonie/Institute for Sustainable Development of La Francophonie (IOF/IFDD).