Summary
Delegates to the seventh session of the Governing Body (GB 7) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) met in plenary throughout the day and in the evening, to hear opening and regional statements, address organizational matters, and initiate discussions on enhancement of the Multilateral System (MLS) of access and benefit-sharing (ABS) and a proposal by Switzerland to expand Annex I to all plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA). Following lengthy deliberations, they agreed to address the topic of digital sequence information under the agenda item on the multi-year programme of work (MYPOW). A contact group on enhancing the MLS met in the evening.
IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from the 7th session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The Earth Negotiations Bulletin summary and analysis of ITPGRFA GB 7 is now available in HTML and PDF.
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View of the dais during the plenary session
Marjory Jeke, Farmer, Benefit-sharing Fund project
Jean-Christophe Gouache, President, International Seed Federation
Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity International
Timothy Fischer, Chairman, Global Crop Diversity Trust
Muhamad Sabran, Chair of the Seventh Session of the Governing Body
Kent Nnadozie, Secretary a.i., Governing Body of the International Treaty
Afshaan Shafi, Communication Specialist, ITPGRFA Secretariat
Geraldine Mukeshimana, Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Republic of Rwanda
René Castro-Salazar, Assistant Director-General, Department of Climate, Biodiversity, Land and Water, FAO
Médi Moungui, Cameroon
Mónica Martínez Menduiño, Ecuador
Kim van Seeters, the Netherlands
Tetsuya Otomo, Japan
Pierre du Plessis, Namibia
Pat Mooney, ETC Group
Nori Ignacio, Southeast Asia Regional Initiatives for Community Empowerment (SEARICE)
Christine Dawson, US
Alwin Kopse, Switzerland
Yufdy Muhammad Prama, Indonesia
Antonio Otavio Sá Ricarte, Brazil
Francisco López, ITPGRFA Secretariat
Michael Halewood, CGIAR Consortium
Anke van den Hurk, International Seed Federation
Georgina Catacora-Vargas, Plurinational State of Bolivia
Around the Venue
Reception hosted by the Government of Rwanda
