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Daily Reports
IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) has produced daily reports and a summary and analysis from this meeting. Please come back to this page on Monday, 2 November 2009, for more information. |
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Sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (Article 8(j) WG 6) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
2-6 November 2009 | Montréal, Canada |
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Highlights for Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Delegates met in plenary in the morning, to exchange views on the international ABS regime and discuss the Article 8(j) work programme, and again briefly in the afternoon. The contact group on the ethical code of conduct met throughout the day, while a newly established contact group on the work programme convened in the afternoon.
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Delegates from Brazil and Mexico in informal consultations.
L-R: Fernando Coimbra, Brazil; Damaso Luna, Mexico; Gustavo Pacheco, Brazil |
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PLENARY: |
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L-R: Djessy Monnier, CBD Secretariat; Oliver Hillel, CBD Secretariat; Co-Chair Lucy Mulenkei; Co-Chair Nicola Breier, Olivier Jalbert, CBD Secretariat and John Scott, CBD Secretariat |
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Delegates from Cuba, Dominican Republic and Costa Rica in a lively discussion during a break in plenary.
L-R: Teresa Cruz, Cuba; Marina Hernandez, Dominican Republic and Martha Hiliana Jimenez, Costa Rica |
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John Scott, CBD Secretariat (center) providing advice to the Contact Group Co-Chairs. |
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L-R: Brenda Miller, Jamaica; Ali Allami, Iraq; Massoud Rezvaniar, Iran; and Harry Alexander, Indonesia; discussing text on ABS. |
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CONTACT GROUPS: |
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CBD resources
Meeting webpage and official documents
Provisional annotated agenda
Side Events
Global Biodiversity Outlook
General resources
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
FAO CGRFA website
WIPO Traditional Knowledge website
TRIPs Website on IPRs, traditional knowledge and biodiversity
IISD RS resources
IISD RS coverage of the Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS) of the CBD, 2-8 April 2009, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Headquarters, Paris, France
IISD RS coverage of the Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD (CBD COP 9), 19-30 May 2008, Bonn, Germany
IISD RS coverage of the Thirteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 13) of the CBD, 18 February - 22 February 2008, UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Headquarters, Rome, Italy
IISD RS coverage of the Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA 2), 11-15 February 2008, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
IISD RS coverage of ABS 6, 21-25 January 2008, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
IISD RS coverage of Fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the context of the Cartagena Protocol, 22-26 October 2007, Montréal, Canada
IISD RS coverage of CBD Article 8(j) WG 5, 15-19 October 2007, Montréal, Canada
IISD RS archive of biodiversity and wildlife meetings
Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news
MEA Bulletin - Newsletter on key MEAs and their secretariats
Climate Change Policy & Practice - News and information on the actions of international organizations in responding to the problem of global climate change
African Regional Coverage |
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