Summary
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.
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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)