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On its third and final day, the 5th APFSD hosted the "Engagement Space", which featured events organized to encourage lively discussions and peer-to-peer learning opportunities on the SDGs. One event launched the Partnership for Online Platforms & Sustainable Development, a project of the Asia Foundation with the support of ESCAP. On the sidelines of the Forum, a high-level dialogue was convened to enhance synergies in implementing the SDGs and promoting resilience in the Asia-Pacific region. The dialogue launched the report “Complementarities between the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: A Framework Action.” Shamshad Akhtar, Executive Secretary, ESCAP, stressed that the report focuses on five key priorities that remain challenging for the region: poverty eradication, infrastructure and connectivity, sustainable management of natural resources, sustainable consumption and production, and resilience. Don Pramudwinai, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thailand, highlighted three proposals through which the Thai Government aims to strengthen resilience in the ASEAN countries: creating an ASEAN Centre for Sustainable Development Studies and Dialogue; developing a Complementarities Roadmap for 2018-2019; and cooperating with the private sector to promote sustainable consumption and production. Vongthep Arthakaivalvatee, ASEAN Secretariat, praised the dialogue as an opportunity to exchange views among key players and to serve as a platform to energize regional cooperation and resilience in the Asia-Pacific region. In the afternoon, the 5th APFSD adopted the Chair’s summary report of the Forum, which is the main Asia-Pacific input to the upcoming High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development to be held in New York in July 2018. In closing remarks, Shamshad Akhtar reaffirmed the Forum as a vital space for fostering resilience and multi-level partnerships, and ensuring that no one is left behind in the Asia-Pacific region. IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB+ Meeting Coverage, hass provided daily digital coverage and a summary report from the 5th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development - Transformation Towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies. The summary report is now available in HTML and PDF. Photos by ESCAP A lively discussion on the sidelines of the APFSD 2018. John Karr, Asia Foundation, speaks at the launch of the Partnership for Online Platforms & Sustainable Development. Katinka Weinberger, ESCAP Secretariat, reflects on SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation).

On Saturday, the plenary of the CBD Working Group on Article 8(j) heard a report of Friday’s deliberations in the Friends of the Chair group on future work, and participated in an in-depth dialogue on the contribution of traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples and local communities to the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda with special emphasis on the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. The Working Group adopted six recommendations and the meeting report. CBD Executive Secretary Paşca Palmer considered the participation of indigenous peoples and local communities in the Convention critical for assessing implementation on the ground and for developing new arrangements to save biodiversity globally. Working Group Co-chair Ochoa, Mexico on behalf of COP 13 Presidency, stated that the guidelines on traditional knowledge repatriation and the glossary will help develop a common approach across the Convention; and gaveled the meeting to a close at 1:19 pm. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from 21st Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and 10th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the CBD.The summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Francis Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Article 8(j) Working Group L-R: Cuauhtémoc Ochoa, Mexico, and Yeshing Juliana Upún Yos, Guatemala, Co-Chairs of the Working Group on Article 8(j) Tone Solhaug, Norway Clarissa Nina, Brazil Alejandra Barrios, Mexico Ines Verleye, EU Marie-May Muzungaile, Seychelles Xu Jing, China Elise Murphy, Australia Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper Valerie Normand, CBD Secretariat Cuauhtémoc Ochoa, Mexico, and Yeshing Juliana Upún Yos, Guatemala, Co-Chairs of the Working Group on Article 8(j), consulting with the CBD Secretariat John Scott, CBD Secretariat View of the presentation by Yoko Watanabe, Global Manager, Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme Mrinalini Rai, Global Forest Coalition Yoko Watanabe, Global Manager, GEF Small Grants Programme Zsolt Molnár, Centre for Ecological Research (Hungary) and lead author of the IPBES Europe and Central Asia Assessment Gloria Marina Apén Gonzalez, Guatemala CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer Cuauhtémoc Ochoa, Mexico, Co-Chair of the Working Group on Article 8(j), gaveled the meeting to a close at 1:19 pm L-R: Edda Fernández Luiselli, Mexico; John Scott, CBD Secretariat; Viviana Figueroa, CBD Secretariat; Yeshing Juliana Upún Yos, Guatemala, and Cuauhtémoc Ochoa, Mexico, Co-Chairs of the Working Group on Article 8(j); CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer; Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper; and Sergei Melnov, Belarus, Working Group Rapporteur Participants from the CBD Alliance and IIFB Delegates from Mexico CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer with participants from ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity and the Philippines

On Friday morning, the plenary of Article 8(j) Working Group finalized: the draft guidelines on the repatriation of traditional knowledge; and draft recommendations on resource mobilization, the glossary, and on the recommendations from the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). Plenary also discussed proposed topics for future in-depth dialogues. In the afternoon, a contact group met to discuss future work, on the basis of progress towards Aichi Target 18 (traditional knowledge), implementation of the customary sustainable use action plan, the integration of Article 8(j) in the work of the CBD and its Protocols, and the finalization of tasks 7, 10 and 12 under the Article 8(j) work programme. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from 21st Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and 10th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the CBD.The summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Francis Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Article 8(j) Working Group Cuauhtémoc Ochoa, Mexico, Co-Chair of the Working Group on Article 8(j) Yeshing Juliana Upún Yos, Guatemala, Co-Chair of the Working Group on Article 8(j) L-R: John Scott, CBD Secretariat; Cuauhtémoc Ochoa, Mexico, and Yeshing Juliana Upún Yos, Guatemala, Co-Chairs of the Working Group on Article 8(j); Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper; and Valerie Normand, CBD Secretariat Delegates from Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, and Switzerland, developing a definition of traditional biological resources Luciano Donadio, Argentina Maria Claudia Velez Crismatt, Colombia Leelo Kukk, EU Abdirizak Mohamud, Somalia Ilham Atho Mohamed, Maldives Antje Lorch, ECOROPA Sahoby Yvy Randriamahaleo, Madagascar Joji Cariño, Forest Peoples Programme Edward Netshithothole, South Africa Clarissa Arida, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) Marcal Gusmao, Timor-Leste L-R: John Scott, CBD Secretariat, consulting with Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper View of the Friend's of the Chair on future work on Article 8(j) SBSTTA 21 Snapshots Sarat Babu Gidda, CBD Secretariat, in conversation with delegates from the Republic of Korea CBD Secretariat staff Delegates from Canada Delegates from the Philippines

On Wednesday morning, the tenth meeting of the CBD Working Group on Article 8(j) opened with a Mohawk prayer. Delegates considered the draft Rutzolijirisaxik voluntary guidelines for the repatriation of traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity; and the glossary of relevant terms and concepts within the context of CBD Article 8(j) and related provisions. In the afternoon and evening, SBSTTA plenary addressed draft recommendations on: scenarios for the 2050 vision; new and emerging issues; health and biodiversity; the fifth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO 5); and sustainable wild meat. Negotiations continued into the night. IISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from 21st Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and 10th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the CBD.The summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF. Photos by IISD/ENB | Francis Dejon For photo reprint permissions, please follow instructions at our Attribution Regulations for Meeting Photo Usage Page. Opening plenary of the Article 8(j) Working Group On Wednesday morning, the tenth meeting of the CBD Working Group on Article 8(j) opened with a Mohawk prayer. Elder Alex Sonny Diabo, Mohawk Nation L-R: John Scott, CBD Secretariat; Edda Férnandez Luiselli, Mexico, and Yeshing Juliana Upún Yos, Guatemala, Co-Chairs of Working Group on Article 8(j); CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer; and CBD Deputy Executive Secretary David Cooper CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer CBD Executive Secretary Cristiana Paşca Palmer reffering to the new flag of Montreal, which includes the white pine representing indigenous peoples Working Group Co-Chair Yeshing Juliana Upún Yos, Guatemala Working Group Co-Chair Edda Férnandez Luiselli, Mexico Working Group participants observing a moment of silence in memory of Johan Bodegård, Sweden, and Damaso Luna, Mexico Sergei Melnov, Belarus, Working Group Rapporteur John Scott, CBD Secretariat Holly Jonas, ICCA (Indigenous Peoples' and Community Conserved Areas and Territories) Consortium Yolanda Teran Maigua, Indigenous Women's Network on Biodiversity from Latin America and the Caribbean Yousef Saleh Al-Hafedh, Saudi Arabia Edward Netshithothole, South Africa Sergio Ortiz, Mexico Preston Hardison, IIFB Maria Claudia Velez Crismatt, Colombia Marcelo Böhlke, Brazil Sujata Arora, India Elise Murphy, Australia Leelo Kukk, EU Delegates from Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) SBSTTA 21 Consideration of Conference Room Papers (CRPs) L-R: Lisa Janishevski, Sarat Babu Gidda, CBD Secretariat; and SBSTTA 21 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim, the Philippines SBSTTA 21 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim, the Philippines Clarissa Nina, Brazil Kelly Hertenweg, Belgium Georgina Catacora-Vargas, Bolivia Scott Wilson, Canada Gabriele Obermayr, Austria Anne Theo Seinen, EU Yoshiki Takahama, Japan Jeanette Florita, the Philippines Noor Noor, Nature Conservation Egypt SBSTTA 21 Snapshots Delegates from Canada consulting Delegates from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea CBD Secretariat staff L-R: Nermalie Lita, the Philippines; Alexander Shestakov, WWF; SBSTTA 21 Chair Theresa Mundita Lim, the Philippines; and Clarissa Arida, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB)