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19th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
and 9th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j)
and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

2-5 and 4-7 November 2015 | Headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Montreal, Canada

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Delegates from Africa in informal consultations

The Working Group on Article 8(j) met on Friday morning in plenary to consider recommendations on: a glossary of relevant terms and concepts to be used in the context of Article 8(j) and related provisions; recommendations from UNPFII to the Convention; and on the preparation of the best-practice guidelines for the repatriation of traditional knowledge. Plenary also discussed possible topics for future in-depth dialogues on thematic areas and other cross-cutting issues. The contact group on the guidelines on PIC or approval and involvement and benefit-sharing from the use of traditional knowledge met in the afternoon and evening.

IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the 19th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and 9th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). In addition, IISD Rerporting Services will provide a summary and analysis, available in HTML and PDF formats. Available in ENB Mobile at:http://enb.iisd.mobi/biodiv-sbstta19-wg8j9/.

L-R: John Scott, CBD Secretariat; Co-Chair Jae Choe (Republic of Korea), on behalf of the COP 12 Presidency;
and Co-Chair Onel Masardule (Latin America)


Gemedo Dalle Tussie, Ethiopia

Clarissa Nina, Brazil

L-R: Ricarda Steinbrecher, Federation of German Scientists and Christine von Weizsäcker, ECOROPA


Laura Bermúdez, Colombia

Daniel Ole Sapit, IIFB

Wendy Jackson, New Zealand

 

L-R: Lucy Mulenkei and Kit Leung, IIFB


L-R: Juan Pablo Gudiño, Mexico; Marco D'Alessandro, Switzerland; and Elleli Huerta Ocampo, Mexico



L-R: Asmau Irene Dirisu, Nigeria and Boukar Attari, Niger


L-R: Roxana Solis Ortiz, Peru and Lily Rodriguez, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - University of Bonn


François Lengrand, France, in conversation with delegates from Japan


L-R: Jennifer Tauli Corpuz, Henry Adornado, Nermalie Lita,
and Mary Jane Javier Magturo, the Philippines


L-R: Hiba Obaid Darwish Alsheihi, United Arab Emirates; Kent Nnadozie, International Treaty on Plant
Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture; and Leina Al Awadhi, Kuwait


Contact Group

L-R: Contact Group Co-Chairs Christine Teresa Grant (Western Europe and Other Group)
and Johan Bodegård (Sweden)


View of the contact group session on guidelines on PIC and benefit-sharing from the use of traditional knowledge






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