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Third
Meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Inter-sessional Working Group on Article
8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Montreal,
Canada; 8-12 December 2003
Highlights
for Friday,
12 December 2003
On
Friday, Working Group Chair Hans Hoogeveen (the Netherlands) opened the
closing Plenary. Delegates adopted 10 recommendations on: the integration of the work programme on Article 8(j)
into the thematic areas of the CBD; progress in the implementation of the
work programme; recommendations from the Permanent Forum on Indigenous
Issues (PFII); genetic use restriction technologies (GURTs); elements for
a sui generis system for the protection of indigenous and local
communities' knowledge, innovations and practices; participatory and
communication mechanisms for the effective involvement of indigenous and
local communities in matters related to the objectives of Article 8(j);
draft guidelines for the conduct of cultural, environmental and social
impact assessments regarding developments proposed to take place on, or
which are likely to impact on, sacred sites and on lands and waters
traditionally occupied or used by indigenous and local communities; the
composite report regarding the knowledge, innovations and practices of
indigenous and local communities; and technology transfer and cooperation.
The recommendations will be forwarded to the seventh meeting of the CBD
Conference of the Parties (COP-7), to be held from 9-20 February 2004, in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The
closing Plenary also adopted the meeting's report, and heard closing
statements.
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