Highlights and images for 30 January 2017

Italy

Summary


CGRFA 16

The sixteenth session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA 16) opened on Monday, 30 January 2017, at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) in Rome, Italy. Delegates met in plenary to address cross-sectoral matters under the Commission’s Multi-Year Programme of Work (MYPOW), including the preparation of the report on the State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture (SOW-BFA); the role of genetic resources for food security; and access and benefit-sharing (ABS) for genetic resources for food and agriculture (GRFA). Delegates also agreed to establish an open-ended committee to discuss the Commission’s Strategic Plan 2018-2027 and elements to be included in the next version of the Commission’s MYPOW covering the same period.

IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided digital coverage and a summary report of the Special Event: The Contribution of Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture to Resilience. In addition, IISD Reporting Services produced daily reports, daily digital coverage, and a summary and analysis report from CGRFA 16. The summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF format.

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Morning Plenary

View of the panel (L-R): Eva Müller, FAO; Ren Wang, FAO; Árni Mathiesen, Assistant Director-General, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, FAO; Daniel Gustafson, Deputy Director-General, FAO; Cho Chang Yeon, CGRFA 16 Chair; Irene Hoffmann, CGRFA Secretary, FAO; René Castro Salazar, Assistant Director-General, Climate, Biodiversity, Land and Water Department, FAO; CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias; and Anna Lartey, FAO

Cho Chang Yeon, CGRFA 16 Chair

Daniel Gustafson, Deputy Director-General, FAO

René Castro Salazar, Assistant Director-General, Climate, Biodiversity, Land and Water Department, FAO

Irene Hoffmann, CGRFA Secretary, FAO

CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias

Dan Leskien, CGRFA Secretariat

Christine Dawson, US

Kim van Seeters, the Netherlands

Médi Moungui, Cameroon

Hesiquio Benítez Díaz, Mexico

Manrique Altavista, Argentina  

Brad Fraleigh, Canada

Lupiño Lazaro, the Philippines  

Julie Bélanger, CGRFA Secretariat

Afternoon Plenary

View of the dais during the afternoon plenary

W.L.G. Samarasinghe, Sri Lanka

Cheikh Alassane Fall, Senegal

Cristina Grandi, International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements

Cesar Tapia, Ecuador

Desterio Nyamongo, Kenya

Delegates raise their placards to speak during the session

Alwin Kopŝe, Switzerland

Svanhild-Isabelle Batta Torheim, Norway

Larissa Maria Lima Costa, Brazil

Marciano Da Silva, International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty

Michael Halewood, Bioversity International

Tashi Yangzom Dorji, Bhutan

Marcos Alberto Medina Britos, Paraguay

Javad Mozafari Hashjin, Chair, Team of Technical and Legal Experts on Access and Benefit-Sharing (TTLE-ABS)

Pierre du Plessis, Namibia

Around the Venue

Delegates attend a side event entitled 'Country reports for the State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture (SOW-BFA) – experiences, outcomes and the way forward'

Delegates speak informally before the start of plenary

Irene Hoffmann, CGRFA Secretary, FAO, speaks with Dan Leskien, CGRFA Secretariat, and Cho Chang Yeon, CGRFA 16 Chair

Eva Müller, FAO, speaks with CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias

Delegates from Sudan

Delegates from Canada

Delegates between sessions

Materials on display around the venue

Delegates attend a reception hosted by the FAO in the evening

Photography exhibition on display