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ABS WORKING GROUP CONVENES IN GENEVA |
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 Geneva,
24 January—The
sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc
Open-ended Working Group on Access and
Benefit-sharing (ABS) of the Convention on
Biological Diversity (CBD) opened on 21
January 2008, at the Palais des Nations in
Geneva, Switzerland. In a continuation of
the fifth meeting of the Working Group, held
in October 2007, the Working Group is to
proceed with the elaboration and negotiation
of an international regime on ABS, under the
co-chairmanship of Fernando Casas (Colombia)
and Timothy Hodges (Canada). Discussions are
expected to focus on issues related to:
compliance, including measures to support
compliance with prior informed consent and
mutually agreed terms, an internationally
recognized certificate of
origin/source/legal provenance, and
monitoring, enforcement and dispute
settlement; traditional knowledge and
genetic resources; capacity building; and
the nature, scope and objectives of the
international regime. The results of the
deliberations of the Working Group will be
submitted for consideration by the
Conference of the Parties to the CBD at its
ninth meeting, to be held from 19-30 May
2008, in Bonn, Germany.
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Photo: Dais at the
sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended
Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing of the
Convention on Biological Diversity |
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CSD Regional Implementation Meeting for Europe and North
America:
28-29 January 2008, Geneva, Switzerland |
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Region-Led Initiative on Regional Processes in Support of
the UNFF:
28-30 January 2008, Geneva, Switzerland |
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14th Meeting of Ramsar's Scientific and Technical Review
Panel:
28 January - 1 February 2008, Gland, Switzerland |
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A Change in Climate for Whales: Is There a Common Way
Forward? - Second Pew-Sponsored Whale Symposium:
30-31 January 2008, Tokyo, Japan |
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Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate
Change:
30-31 January 2008, Honolulu, Hawaii, US |
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3rd World Congress on Biosphere Reserves:
4-9 February 2008, Madrid, Spain |
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UN Commission for Social Development:
6-15 February 2008, UN headquarters, New York, US |
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International Conference on Climate Change Diplomacy:
7-8 February 2008, Salina Bay, St. Paul's Bay, Malta |
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Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) 2008:
Sustainable Development and Climate Change:
7-9 February 2008, New Delhi, India |
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