Meeting Documents

Report of the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

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Draft Provisional Agenda

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Annotated Provisional Agenda

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Annotated Provisional Agenda (Part 1)

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Annotated Provisional Agenda (Part 2)

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Provisional Organisation of Work

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Item 2.3 of the Provisional Agenda
Provisional Organisation of Work

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List of Documents for the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties

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Item 3 of the Provisional Agenda
Pending Issues Arising from the Work of the Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties

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Report of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice on the Work of its Second Meeting

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Item 5 of the Provisional Agenda
Operation of the Clearing-House Mechanism to Promote and Facilitate Technical and Scientific Co-operation

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Report of Global Environment Facility

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Item 6.2 of the Provisional Agenda
Financial Resources and Mechanism

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Item 6.3 of the Provisional Agenda
Characteristics Specific to Biological Diversity and Suggestions to Funding Institutions on how to Make Their Activities More Supportive of the Convention a Preliminary Consideration

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Item 6.4 of the Provisional Agenda
Review of the Effectiveness of the Financial Mechanism under the Convention

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Item 6.6 of the Provisional Agenda
Designation of the Institutional Structure to Operate the Financial Mechanism

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Item 6.5 of the Provisional Agenda
Memorandum of Understanding Between the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Council of the Global Environment Facility

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Item 7.1 of the Provisional Agenda
The Consideration of Articles 6 and 8 of the Convention

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Item 8.1 of the Provisional Agenda
Options for Implementing Article 7 of the Convention

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Item 8.2 of the Provisional Agenda
Appraisal of the SBSTTA Review of Assessments of Biological Diversity and Advice on Methodologies for Future Assessments

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Item 9.1 of the Provisional Agenda
Consideration of Agricultural Biological Diversity under the Convention on Biological Diversity

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Progress under the FAO Global System for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

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Item 9.2 of the Provisional Agenda
Progress under the FAO Global System for the Conservation and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

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Item 10.2 of the Provisional Agenda
Biological Diversity and Forests

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Item 10.1 of the Provisional Agenda
Communication of the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests on Progress on Issues Relevant to Forests and Biological Diversity

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Item 10.1 of the Provisional Agenda
Communication of the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests on Progress on Issues Relevant to Forests and Biological Diversity

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Item 10.3 of the Provisional Agenda
Future Programme of Work for Terrestrial Biological Diversity in Light of the Outcome of the Third Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development

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Knowledge, Innovations and Practices of Indigenous and Local Communities: Implementation of Article 8(j)

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Access to Genetic Resources

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Item 13.1 of the Provisional Agenda
Promoting and Facilitating Access to, and Transfer and Development of Technology

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Item 14.1 of the Provisional Agenda
The Impact of Intellectual Property Rights Systems on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity and on the Equitable Sharing of Benefits from its Use (a Preliminary Study)

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The Impact of Intellectual Property Rights Systems on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity and on the Equitable Sharing of Benefits from its Use (Part 1)

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The Impact of Intellectual Property Rights Systems on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity and on the Equitable Sharing of Benefits from its Use (Part 2)

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Item 14 of the Provisional Agenda
The Convention on Biological Diversity and the Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIP): Relationships and Synergies

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Sharing of Experiences on Incentive Measures for Conservation and Sustainable Use

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Item 15.1 of the Provisional Agenda
Sharing of Experiences on Incentive Measures for Conservation and Sustainable Use

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References

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Table 1: Recent Case Studies on Incentive Measures for Biodiversity Management

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Table 2: Examples of Constraints Relevant to Biological Diversity Management

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Table 3: Institutional Actors Influencing Biodiversity Management

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Table 4: Institutional Measures to Produce Enabling Incentives for the Sustainable Management of Biological Diversity and its Components

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Item 16.1 of the Provisional Agenda
Special Session of the General Assembly to Review Implementation of Agenda 21

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Item 17.1 of the Provisional Agenda
Report of the First Meeting of the Open-Ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety

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Item 17.1 of the Provisional Agenda
Elaboration of a Protocol on Biosafety

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Item 17 of the Provisional Agenda
UNEP International Technical Guidelines for Safety in Biotechnology

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Item 18 of the Provisional Agenda
Activities Undertaken in Relation to Cooperation with Other Biodiversity-Related Conventions

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Item 18 of the Provisional Agenda
Cooperation Between the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (RAMSAR Convention) and the Convention on Biological Diversity

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Item 19 of the Provisional Agenda
Review of the Medium-Term Programme of Work of the Conference of the Parties for 1996-1997

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Item 20.1 of the Provisional Agenda
Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity

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Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Part 1)

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Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Part 2)

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Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Part 3)

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Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Part 4)

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Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Part 5)

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Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Part 6)

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Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Part 7)

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Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity

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Item 20.2 of the Provisional Agenda
Proposed Budget of the Trust Fund for the Convention on Biological Diversity

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Proposed Budget of the Trust Fund for the Convention on Biological Diversity (Part 1)

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Proposed Budget of the Trust Fund for the Convention on Biological Diversity (Part 2)

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Proposed Budget of the Trust Fund for the Convention on Biological Diversity (Part 3)

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Item 22 of the Provisional Agenda
Date and Venue of the Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

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Item 18 of the Provisional Agenda
Relationship of the Convention with Other Conventions, Institutions and Processes Modalities for Enhanced Cooperation with Relevant Biodiversity-Related Bodies

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Item 5 of the Provisional Agenda
Modalities for GEF Assistance for Capacity-Building in Relation to the Operation of the Clearing-House Mechanism

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Item 6.3 of the Provisional Agenda
Availability of Additional Financial Resources

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Report of the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

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Report of the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Part 1)

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Report of the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Part 2)

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Report of the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Part 3)

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Submissions received by the Executive Secretary concerning guidelines for the review of the effectiveness of the Financial Mechanism

2.

Sumissions received by the Executive Secretary concerning the "Draft memorandum of understanding between the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Council of the Global Environment Facility regarding the institutional structure operating the Financial Mechanism of the Convention"

3.

Submissions received by the Executive Secretary concerning knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities

4.

Submissions received by the Executive Secretary concerning ways and means to promote and facilitate access to and transfer and development of technology

5.

Submissions received by the Executive Secretary concerning the possible influence that intellectual property rights may have on the implementation of the Convention

6.

Special session of the General Assembly for the purpose of an overall review and appraisal of the implementation of Agenda 21

7.

Integrating biological diversity into agricultural development

8.

Submissions received by the Executive Secretary concerning biological diversity and forests

9.

Environment and the TRIPs agreement

10.

Factors affecting transfer of environmentally-sound technology

11.

List of National Focal Points of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Clearing House Mechanism

12.

Intellectual property rights in Germany

13.

Annual report of the Global Environment Facility

14.

Quarterly report of the Global Environment Facility

15.

The Global Strategy for the management of farm animal genetic resources: Links to the Convention on Biological Diversity

16.

Report of the state of the world's plant genetic resources

17.

Report on the international technical conference on plant genetic resources

18.

Access to microbial genetic resources

19.

Biological diversity and intellectual property rights: Issues and considerations

20.

Wetlands and biological diversity: Cooperation between the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as waterfowl habitats (RAMSAR, Iran, 1971) and the Convention on Biological Diversity

21.

Startegy and activities in the field of coastal and marine biological dievrsity in relation to Decision II/10 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

22.

Compilation of International Guidelines Concerning Indigenous and Local Communities

23.

Countries having submitted names for the Roster of Experts on Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity

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Status of Ratifications of the Convention on Biological Diversity

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Regional Meeting on the Convention on Biological Diversity in Central and Eastern European Countries
Implementation of the Convention and Preparation for the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties

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African Preparatory Meeting for the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

27.

Report of the Asian preparatory meeting for the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

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Regional Meeting on the Convention on Biological Diversity in Latin America and Caribbean Countries
Implementation of the Convention and Preparation for the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties

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Submissions received by the Executive Secretary concerning the Clearing-house Mechanism

30.

Traditional forest-related knowledge and the Convention on Biological Diversity

31.

An ecosystem approach to the management of northern coniferous forests

32.

Forests and Biological Diversity

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Submissions received by the Executive Secretary concerning on incentive measures

34.

Memorandum of Cooperation Between the Secretariat and the Bureau of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat (RAMSAR)

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Memorandum of Cooperation Between the Secretariat and the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

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Memorandum of Cooperation Between the Secretariat and the Secretariat of the Convention on the Conseravtion of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (BONN Convention)

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Convention on Wetlands: Startegic Plan 1997-2002

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Report of the Eight Meeting of the Inter-agency Committee on the Sustainable Development

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Evolution of the Convention on Biological Diversity

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Information paper on knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities

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Future programme of work for terrestrial biological diversity: Relevat sections of the report of the third session of the Commission on Sustainable Development

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The role of botanical gardens in implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity

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Agreement between the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Government of Canada concerning the headquarters of the Convention Secretariat

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The biotrade initiative: A new approach to biodiversity conservation and sustainable development