Summary
On Wednesday, 14 December, delegates continued negotiations on draft decisions in the Working Groups (WG), contact groups, and Friends of the Chair groups. WG I addressed draft decisions under the Cartagena Protocol on: the roster of experts; cooperation with other conventions; the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH); socioeconomic considerations; and assessment and review. WG I further addressed draft decisions under the Nagoya Protocol on: cooperation with other conventions; the ABS Clearing-House; and the financial mechanism. WG II addressed a draft decision on ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs). Contact groups and Friends of the Chair groups met throughout the day to address: Article 8(j) (traditional knowledge); risk assessment and risk management of living modified organisms (LMOs); mainstreaming; synergies; capacity building; the financial mechanism; and sequence information on genetic resources.
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Working Group I
L-R: Valerie Normand, CBD Secretariat; WG I Chair Mette Gervin Damsgaard (Denmark); and Ravi Sharma, CBD Secretariat
Gurdial Singh, Malaysia
Pierre du Plessis, Namibia
Leo Maier, EU
Marina Hernández, Dominican Republic
Xu Jing, China
Antonietta Gutiérrez-Rosati, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Peru
Felipe Costa, Brazil
Anne-Gabrielle Wüst-Saucy, Switzerland
L-R: Edda Fernández and Elleli Huerta Ocampo, Mexico
Delegates from the Republic of Korea consulting
L-R: Jaqueline Monterre, Edis Solórzano, Carliz Díaz, and Anabel Arvelaez, Venezuela
Working Group II
WG II Chair Malta Qwathekana (South Africa) consulting with the Secretariat
Alexander Shestakov, the Russian Federation
Clarissa Nina, Brazil
Sigurdur Thrainsson, Iceland
Vittorio de Cristofaro, Italy
Jin Han Kim, Republic of Korea
François Lengrand, France
Eugenia Arguedas, Costa Rica
Anthony Foronda, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)
Martijn Pijs, EU
Gabriella Blatter, Switzerland
Elpidio Peria, the Philippines
L-R: Mark Zimsky and Yoko Watanabe, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
L-R: Marina von Weissenberg and Ilkka Heikkinen, Finland
L-R: Joni Jackson, Stewart Panton, and Andrea Donaldson, Jamaica
COP 13 Snapshots
Internet computer stations
Posters from the CEPA fair
Flags of UN member states