2008 2008-08-18
 en es fr | SCBD/SEL/OJ/VN/GD/64650 (2008-104)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and stakeholders
Access and Benefit-sharing: Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Concepts, Terms, Working Definitions and Sectoral Approaches (Windhoek, Namibia, 2-5 December 2008) – nomination of experts and submission of views (Reissued for Technical Reason)
In its decision IX/12, paragraph 11, the Conference of the Parties decided, inter alia, to establish a group of technical and legal experts to further examine the issue of concepts, terms, working definitions and sectoral approaches in order to assist the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing in the elaboration and negotiation of the international regime on access and benefit-sharing. Following the kind invitation of the Government of Namibia and with the generous financial support from the Government of Canada, the group of legal and technical experts will meet in Windhoek, Namibia, on 2-5 December 2008.
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2008-09-30 |
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2008-04-29
en es fr | SCBD/SEL/OJ/GD/63646 (2008-058)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points
Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
and Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
I am pleased to inform you that the Co-chairs of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS), Mr. Fernando Casas of Colombia and Mr. Timothy Hodges of Canada, will be holding informal consultations in Bonn, Germany, on
17-18 May 2008, on the margins of the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, which will be held in Bonn, on 19-30 May 2008.
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing |
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2008-01-30
en fr | SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/62064 (2008-010)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points that have not yet nominated an ABS NFP (see attached list)
Designation of a National Focal Point for Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS NFP)
At its fifth meeting, the Conference of the Parties requested “Parties to designate a national focal point and one or more competent national authorities, as appropriate, to be responsible for access and benefit-sharing arrangements or to provide information on such arrangements within its jurisdiction” (decision V/26, paragraph 1). The Conference of the Parties also urged Parties to notify the Executive Secretary of the names and addresses of their national focal points and competent authorities (decision V/26, paragraph 2).
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2008-04-30 |
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2008-01-21
en | SCBD/OMG/NB/61822 (2008-004)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, Business and biodiversity contacts
Release of CBD Business Newsletter on Access and Benefit-sharing
I am pleased to inform you that a new issue of the Secretariat’s newsletter on business and biodiversity, Business.2010, has been posted on the CBD website. This issue focuses on Access and Benefit-sharing and is released on the occasion of the sixth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing. It can be downloaded at the following addresses:
http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/news-biz-2008-01-high-en.pdf
(for a high resolution version)
http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/news-biz-2008-01-low-en.pdf
(for a low resolution version)
Subject(s): Business and Biodiversity, Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2008-03-01 |
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2007 2007-12-21
en | SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/61422 (2007-167)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points
Co-Chairs Informal Meeting on Capacity Development for Access and Benefit-sharing
22 January 2008, Geneva, Switzerland
I am pleased to inform you that, at the occasion of the sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, the Co-chairs of the Working Group are convening an informal meeting on capacity development for access and benefit-sharing. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, 22 January 2008, from 18:15 to 20:00 hours, in Geneva, Switzerland, at the Palais des Nations, in room XXVII, in the English language.
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2008-01-11 |
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2007-12-04
en es fr | SCBD/SEL/OJ/CR/61111 (2007-154)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points,
ABS National Focal Points
Sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing: Informal consultations by the Co-chairs, 19-20 January 2008, Geneva, Switzerland
I am pleased to inform you that the Co-chairs of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABSWG-6), Mr. Fernando Casas of Colombia and Mr. Timothy Hodges of Canada, will be holding informal consultations in Geneva, Switzerland, on 19-20 January 2008 to prepare for the sixth meeting of the Working Group, which will also be held in Geneva on 21-25 January 2008.
(View also the notification in French and in Spanish)
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing |
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2007-11-23
en | SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/60541 (2007-152)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points, Governments, indigenous and local communities and stakeholders
Preparations for the sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing
As agreed by the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing at its fifth meeting held in Montreal, from 8 to 12 October 2007, Parties, Governments, indigenous and local communities and stakeholders are kindly invited to submit to the Secretariat, by
30 November 2007, concrete options on the substantive items on the agenda of the fifth and sixth meetings of the Working Group.
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2007-11-30 |
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2007-11-21
en es fr | SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/60867 (2007-148)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, Indigenous and Local Communities
Voluntary Trust Fund - List of selected participants to receive funding for participation in the
Sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing,
21-25 January 2008- Geneva, Switzerland
I am pleased to inform Parties that the selection of representatives of indigenous and local communities to receive financial assistance in support of their participation in the sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, 21-25 January 2008- Geneva, Switzerland has been completed. The list of beneficiaries of financial assistance is attached for your information. The selected participants will be contacted directly by the Secretariat with regard to travel arrangements.
(View the notification also in French and in Spanish)
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing |
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2007-11-12
en es | SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/60723 (2007-143)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points
Follow-up to the fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Montreal, Canada, 8 to 12 October 2007
As a follow-up to the fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, I am pleased to convey to you, for your information, a letter from the Co-chairs of the Working Group.
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing |
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2007-10-26
en es | SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/60541 (2007-132)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points, Governments, indigenous and local communities and stakeholders
Preparations for the sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABSWG-6), 21-25 January 2008, Geneva
As agreed by the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing at its fifth meeting held in Montreal, from 8 to 12 October 2007, Parties, Governments, indigenous and local communities and stakeholders are kindly invited to submit to the Secretariat, by
30 November 2007, concrete options on the substantive items on the agenda of the fifth and sixth meetings of the Working Group.
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2007-11-30 |
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2007-09-13
en es fr | SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/59875 (2007-111)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Participation of developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition
in the Fifth meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing and the fifth meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions
Pursuant to Decision VIII/31 paragraph 22 of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, I have the honour to inform you that the Secretariat has received, to date, a total of US$402,843 from donors in support of the participation of developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition in the fifth meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing (WGABS-5) and the fifth meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J-5), scheduled to be convened in Montreal, Canada from 8 to 12 October and 15 to 19 October 2007, respectively.
(View the notification in French and in Spanish)
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing, Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j) |
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2007-08-21
en es fr | SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/59641 (2007-108)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Indigenous and Local Communitie
Voluntary Trust Fund - List of selected participants to receive funding for participation in the International Indigenous and Local Community Consultation on Access and Benefit Sharing and the Development of an International Regime
As you may know, in Section D-I of Decision VIII/5, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the criteria for the operation of the Voluntary Funding Mechanism to facilitate the participation of indigenous and local communities in the work of the Convention.
Subject(s): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j), Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing |
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2007-08-14
en es fr | SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/58785 (2007-105)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, Indigenous and Local Communities
Voluntary Trust Fund - List of selected participants to receive funding for participation in the
Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS 5), 8-12 October 2007 and the Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J-5), 15-19 October 2007 - Montreal, Canada.
As you may know, in Section D-I of Decision VIII/5, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the criteria for the operation of the Voluntary Funding Mechanism to facilitate the participation of indigenous and local communities in the work of the Convention.
Subject(s): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j), Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing |
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2007-07-26
en | SCBD/SEL/OJ/CR/59413 (2007-097)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Peer Review of draft documents for the fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS-5), Montreal, Canada, 8-12 October 2007.
The above documents can be accessed on the Secretariat website at http://www.cbd.int/meetings/abswg-05/review.shtml. Please note that the posted documents are unedited drafts for comments only, and not for citation or other use. Your comments would be much appreciated, as they would assist the Secretariat in finalizing the documents. Kindly forward your comments to the Secretariat at your earliest convenience, but no later than 20 August 2007.
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2007-08-20 |
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2007-06-27
en es | SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/58995 (2007-077)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points
Sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS-6), Geneva, Switzerland, 21 to 25 January 2008.
I am pleased to confirm that the sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS-6) will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, from 21 to 25 January 2008.
(View the notification also in Spanish)
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2007-11-05 |
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2007-06-19
en | SCBD/SEL/OJ/GD/58891 (2007-076)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points; SBSTTA National Focal Points
Informal consultations on the preparation of the forthcoming meetings of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit - sharing (ABSWG-5 and 6) with the Co-chairs of the Working Group, 7 July 2007, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France.
I am pleased to inform you that the Co-chairs of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Mr. Fernando Casas of Colombia and Mr. Timothy Hodges of Canada, will be holding informal consultations on the preparation of the forthcoming meetings of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABSWG-5 and 6) with interested delegates at the margins of the twelfth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-12) and the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2).
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing |
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2007-06-06
en es fr | SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/58410 (2007-071)
Notification to: Indigenous and Local Community Organizations
Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Montreal, Canada, 8 to 12 October 2007.
I have the honour to inform you that, pursuant to Decision VIII/4 of the Conference of the Parties, and reference to my earlier Notification dated 28 May 2007, the Fifth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS-5) will be held in Montreal, Canada, from 8 to 12 October 2007, back-to-back with the Fifth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J-5).
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2007-07-15 |
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2007-06-06
en es fr | SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/58410 (2007-070)
Notification to: UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs and private sector
Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Montreal, Canada, 8 to 12 October 2007.
I have the honour to inform you that, pursuant to Decision VIII/4 of the Conference of the Parties, and reference to my earlier Notification dated 28 May 2007, the Fifth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS-5) will be held in Montreal, Canada, from 8 to 12 October 2007, back-to-back with the Fifth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J-5).
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2007-07-15 |
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2007-06-06
en es fr | SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/58410 (2007-069)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points
Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Montreal, Canada, 8 to 12 October 2007.
I have the honour to inform you that, pursuant to Decision VIII/4 of the Conference of the Parties, and reference to my earlier Notification dated 28 May 2007, the fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS-5) will be held in Montreal, Canada, from 8 to 12 October 2007, back-to-back with the Fifth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8 (j) and Related Provisions (WG8J-5).
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2007-07-15 |
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2007-03-09
en es fr | SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/57662 (2007-030)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points
Reminder - Decision VIII/4 on Access and Benefit-sharing.
Pursuant to decision VIII/4 of the Conference of the Parties, through notifications 2006-045, 2006-044, 2006-042 and 2006-041, of 25 May 2006, Parties were invited to provide contributions to the Secretariat in preparation for the fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing to be held on 8-12 October 2007. Copies of the original notifications are annexed for ease of reference.
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2007-04-30 |
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2007-02-21
en | SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/57524 (2007-023)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points
Access and Benefit-sharing: Report of the Meeting of the Group of Technical Experts on an internationally recognized certificate of origin/source/legal provenance.
I am pleased to inform you that the report of the Meeting of the Group of Technical Experts on an internationally recognized certificate of origin/source/legal provenance, convened in Lima, Peru, from 22 to 25 January 2007, is now available on the Secretariat website at: http://www.biodiv.org/doc/meeting.aspx?mtg=ABSGTE-01.
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing |
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2006 2006-12-06
en es fr | SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/56574 (2006-130)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points,
ABS National Focal Points
Access and Benefit-sharing: Meeting of the Group of Technical Experts on an internationally recognized certificate of origin/source/legal provenance.
Further to Notification number 2006-104 dated 3 October 2006 in regard to the meeting of the Group of Technical Experts on an internationally recognized certificate of origin/source/legal provenance, to be held from 22 to 25 January 2007 in Lima, Peru, I am pleased to inform you that the following documents are now available on the Secretariat’s web site at: http://www.biodiv.org/doc/meeting.aspx?mtg=ABSGTE-01.
(See also in French and in Spanish.)
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing |
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2006-10-03
en es fr | SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/56034 (2006-104)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, ABS NFP
Access and Benefit-sharing: Composition of the Group of Technical Experts on an internationally recognized certificate of origin/source/legal provenance
In light of the upcoming meeting of the Group of Technical Experts on an internationally recognised certificate of origin/source/legal provenance, this notification provides information regarding the list of selected experts and observers, as well as the full list of nominations received from Parties, indigenous and local communities, relevant organisations and other stakeholders. The report of the visit to the Secretariat of the Co-chairs of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing is also attached. (See Spanish version and French version).
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing |
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2006-06-06
en es fr | SCBD/OMG/DA/DN/fd/55064 (2006-058)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Compendium of Side Event
I have the pleasure to inform you that the compilation of side events held during the Fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Inter-sessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions and the Fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, held in Granada, Spain are now available on our new directory of side events located at: http://www.biodiv.org/doc/publications/side-events.shtml.
Subject(s): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j), Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing |
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2006-05-25
en es fr | SCBD/SEL/VN/VP/54835 (2006-050)
Notification to: International organizations, indigenous and local community representatives and all relevant stakeholders
Capacity-building for access and benefit-sharing
International organizations, indigenous and local communities and all relevant stakeholders are invited to make available any new information regarding capacity-building projects as soon as possible but no later than 31 December 2006 by filling out the data entry form in Annex 1. Information regarding future projects should also be provided to the Secretariat as it becomes available.
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Action required by 2006-12-31 |
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