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"Cancun Commitments and Coalitions for Enhanced Implementation" Preparing for potential pledges of action by countries and partners at the Cancun Meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/DC/85942 (2016-111)
To: CBD, ABS and CPB National Focal Points, and relevant organizations

"Information Note for Participants" and Side-Events Registration for Part Two of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/IS/90500 (2022-049)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

"Information Note for Participants" and side-events registration: Twelfth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and First meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

Reference: SCBD/NPU/TS/CG/AC/91084 (2023-095)
To: CBD national focal points, TK focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations.

2022 United Nations High-Level Political Forum

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/ML/OH/GD/90088 (2022-009)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points and ABS Focal Points

Access and Benefit-sharing: Composition of the Group of Technical Experts on an internationally recognized certificate of origin/source/legal provenance

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/56034 (2006-104)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS NFP

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 Pa ...

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)

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/VN/GD/64650 (2008-104)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and stakeholders

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 Acces ...

Access and Benefit-sharing: Meeting of the Group of Technical Experts on an internationally recognized certificate of origin/source/legal provenance.

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/56574 (2006-130)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points

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 followi ...

Access and Benefit-sharing: Peer review process for ABS studies commissioned in accordance with decision IX/12, paragraph 13 (a), (b) and (e)

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/VN/GD/66110 (2009-011)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points International organizations, Indigenous and local community organizations, Stakeholders

Further to notification 2008-168 of 19 December 2008, which called for peer review of studies carried out in accordance with decision IX/12 paragraph 13, the Executive Secretary is pleased to announce that the drafts of the final two studies have been received.

Access and Benefit-sharing: Co-Chairs Informal Inter-regional Consultation (CIIC), Cali, Colombia, 16-18 March 2010

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/70957 (2010-045)
To: CBD and ABS National Focal Points; international organizations; indigenous and local communities and stakeholders

During the eighth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, the Co-Chairs of the Working Group, Mr. Fernando Casas and Mr. Timothy Hodges, outlined the consultations to be held during the inter-sessional period between the eighth and ninth meetings of the Work ...

Access and Benefit-sharing: Co-Chairs Informal Inter-regional Consultation (CIIC), 16-18 March 2010, Cali, Colombia

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/VN/SG/70329 (2010-013)
To: CBD and ABS National Focal Points; international organizations; indigenous and local communities and stakeholders

At the conclusion of the eighth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG-ABS 8), the Co-Chairs outlined their approach to inter-sessional work prior to the ninth meeting of the Working Group, including the Co-Chairs Informal Inter-regional Consultation (CI ...

Access and Benefit-sharing: Communication of a Proposed Protocol pursuant to Article 28, paragraph 3 of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/SEL/LG/71198 (2010-066)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, international organisations, indigenous and local community organisations and stakeholders

In decision VII/19 D (Kuala Lumpur, February 2004), the Conference of the Parties mandated the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing to elaborate and negotiate an international regime on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing with the aim of adopting an instrumen ...

Access and Benefit-sharing: Communication of a Proposed Protocol pursuant to Article 28, paragraph 3 of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/SEL/LG/71198 (2010-071)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, international organisations, indigenous and local community organizations and stakeholders

Further to the notification SCBD/SEL/LG/71198 of 8 April 2010 on the above subject, the Secretariat is circulating herewith the two annexes (page 15 and 16) to the revised draft protocol on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing, as contained in the report of the ninth meeting of the Ad ...

Access and Benefit-sharing: Composition of the Expert Group on traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources, Hyderabad, India, 16-19 June 2009

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/VN/GD/67044 (2009-041)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and stakeholders

In accordance with the above, by Notification 2009-019 of 24 February 2009, the Executive Secretary invited Parties, indigenous and local communities, relevant international organizations and other stakeholders to nominate experts and observers for the meeting of the expert group on traditional ...

Access and Benefit-sharing: Composition of the Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Concepts, Terms, Working Definitions and Sectoral Approaches Windhoek, Namibia, 2-5 December 2008

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/VN/GD/65406 (2008-147)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that, following further consultations with the Bureau, the list of participants has been revised with a view to ensuring a better representation of all stakeholders in the meeting in accordance with decision IX/12, Annex II, of the Conference of the Parties.

Access and Benefit-sharing: Composition of the Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Concepts, Terms, Working Definitions and Sectoral Approaches, Windhoek, Namibia, 2-5 December 2008

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/VN/GD/65406 (2008-141)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points

At its ninth meeting held in Bonn, Germany, the Conference of the Parties decided, in decision IX/12, 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 ...

Access and Benefit-sharing: Composition of the Group of Technical and Legal Experts on Compliance in the context of the International Regime on Access and Benefit-sharing, Tokyo, Japan, 27-30 January 2009

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/VN/GD/65710 (2008-152)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points

At its ninth meeting held in Bonn, Germany, the Conference of the Parties decided, in decision IX/12, to establish a group of technical and legal experts to further examine the issue of compliance in order to assist the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing.

Access and Benefit-sharing: Expert Group on traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources – nomination of experts and submission of views

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/VN/GD/66485 (2009-019)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and stakeholders

In its decision IX/12, paragraph 11, the Conference of the Parties decided, inter alia, to establish an Expert Group on traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources to further examine the issue of traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources in order to assist the Ad Hoc Op ...

Access and Benefit-sharing: Expert Group on traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources – nomination of experts and submission of views

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/VN/GD/66485 (2009-033)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and stakeholders

With reference to notification 2009-019 dated 24 February 2009 regarding the nomination of experts and submission of views for the Expert Group on traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources to be held in Hyderabad, India, from 16-19 June 2009, please note that the deadline for the n ...

Access and Benefit-sharing: Friends of the Co-Chairs Meeting, 26-29 January 2010, Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/69999 (2009-179)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS Focal Points

During the eighth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, the Co-Chairs of the Working Group, Mr. Fernando Casas and Timothy Hodges, outlined the consultations to be held during the inter-sessional period before the ninth meeting of the Working Group in Marc ...

Access and Benefit-sharing: Group of Technical and Legal Experts on Compliance – nomination of experts and submission of views

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/VN/GD/64856 (2008-116)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and stakeholders

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 compliance in order to assist the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing in the elaboration and negot ...

Access and Benefit-sharing: Group of Technical and Legal Experts on Compliance – nomination of experts and submission of views

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/VN/GD/64856 (2008-146)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and stakeholders

With reference to notification 2008-116 dated 12 September 2008 regarding the nomination of experts and submission of views for the Group of Technical and Legal Experts on Compliance to be held in Tokyo, Japan, from 27 to 30 January 2009, please note that the deadline for the nomination of exper ...

Access and Benefit-sharing: Peer review process for ABS studies commissioned in accordance with decision IX/12, paragraph 13

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/VN/GD/65871 (2008-168)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and stakeholders

The Secretariat is making available the first drafts of these studies for peer review by Parties, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders, as they become available. The studies can be found on the CBD website at: http://www.cbd.int/abs/.

Access and Benefit-sharing: Report of the Meeting of the Group of Technical Experts on an internationally recognized certificate of origin/source/legal provenance.

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/57524 (2007-023)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points

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: <a href='/doc/meeting.as ...

Activities resulting from decision XI/1 of the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties on the status of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization and related developments

Reference: SCBD/SEL/ABS/VN/BG/81188 (2013-003)
To: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous and local communities, and relevant stakeholders

The purpose of this notification is (i) to provide information on planned activities for the biennium 2013-2014 in light of decision XI/1 of the Conference of the Parties on the status of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing and related developments (ii) to invite Parties, other Gov ...

Adoption of an interim budget for 2021 by the extraordinary meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and the meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89067 (2020-093)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points, UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs, indigenous peoples and local communities, and other stakeholders

Airport Transfers for participants attending the Second Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on ABS (ICNP 2)

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/ar/ 80152 (2012-087)
To: All CBD and ABS Focal Points, International organizations

An update on the status of implementation of the Nagoya Protocol and preparations marking the tenth year of its adoption

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/WY/RKi/88361 (2019-089)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant stakeholders

Annotated provisional agenda for the Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing, 29-30 October 2011 - Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/Sg/77503 (2011-200)
To: CBD Focal Points, ICNP Focal Points and indigenous and local community organizations, Copy to: Mr. Shakeel Bhatti, Secretary of the ITPGRFA

I am pleased to circulate herewith the annotated provisional agenda for the Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing to be held from 29-30 October 2011 at the headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal, Canada. It is also accessible on the workshop ...

Appointment of the new Head of the Access and Benefit-sharing Unit

Reference: SCBD/NPU/STS/BCG/89089 (2020-068)
To: ABS National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where ABS focal points have not yet been designated), international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant stakeholders

Assessment of Progress in achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 on the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization

Reference: SCBD/NP/VN/BG/jh/85225 (2015-141)
To: ABS National Focal Points of non-Parties to the Nagoya Protocol (CBD National Focal Points of Non-Parties where ABS National Focal Points have not yet been designated)

Assessment of Progress in achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 on the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization

Reference: SCBD/NP/VN/BG/jh/85225 (2015-142)
To: ABS National Focal Points of Parties to the Nagoya Protocol (CBD National Focal Points of Parties where ABS National Focal Points have not yet been designated)

Benefit-sharing: Informal consultations with the Co-chairs and regional consultations, 31 March - 1 April 2009, UNESCO, Paris, France

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/GD/66724 (2009-030)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, International organizations, Indigenous and local community organizations, Stakeholders

The Secretariat is pleased to attach herewith a letter from the Co-chairs of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABSWG) concerning the informal consultations to be held on 31 March and 1 April 2009, before the opening of the seventh meeting of the ABSWG, as well as ...

Budget document for COP-14

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/87743 (2018-092)
To: CBD Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

CHANGE OF DATES: Resumed Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 9), Montreal, Canada, 10-16 July 2010

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/71437 (2010-085)
To: CBD and ABS Focal Points

I am writing further to notification 2010-082 of 21 April 2010 concerning the resumed ninth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 9).

Call for Expressions of Interest to Participate in a Capacity Building Course on Establishing Legal Frameworks to Implement the Nagoya Protocol

Reference: SCBD/ABSVN/ET/jh/85367 (2016-020)
To: ABS National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points

Call for Expressions of Interest to Participate in the Capacity-building Programme on Establishing Measures to Implement the Nagoya Protocol

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/RKi/86942 (2017-133)
To: ABS National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where ABS focal points have not yet been designated)

Call for Nomination of Participants for the Caribbean Sub-Regional Capacity-building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, 19-22 May 2014 – Georgetown, Guyana

Reference: SCBD/ABS/SBG/ET/ab/83361 (2014-044)
To: National Focal Points of Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago

Call for Nomination of Participants for the Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Capacity-building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, Minsk, Belarus, 31 March to 4 April 2014

Reference: SCBD/ABS/SBG/ET/jh/83047 (2014-002)
To: CBD Focal Points of Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia (The former Yugoslav Republic of), Montenegro, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan

Call for Nomination of Participants for the East, South and South-East Asia Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, Chennai, India, 3 - 6 December 2013

Reference: SCBD/ABS/SBG/ET/jh/82591 (2013-078)
To: CBD Focal Points of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, DPR Korea, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam

Call for Nomination of Participants for the Pacific Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, Suva, Fiji, 25 - 29 November 2013

Reference: SCBD/ABS/SBG/ET/jh/82580 (2013-077)
To: CBD Focal Points for: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu

Call for Nomination of Participants for the Regional Capacity-building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing for Sub-Saharan Africa, 9-13 June 2014 - Kampala, Uganda

Reference: SCBD/ABS/SBG/ET/jh/83387 (2014-050)
To: National Focal Points of: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo DRC, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Call for Nomination of Participants for the Sub-Regional Capacity-building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing for West Asia and North Africa, 1-5 June 2014 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Reference: SCBD/ABS/SBG/ET/jh/83410 (2014-055)
To: National Focal Points of Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen

Call for Proposals 2014: Benefit-sharing Fund of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Reference: SCBD/ABS/SBG/KG/aba/83495 (2014-063)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ICNP Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous and local communities

Call for nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee to the Access and Benefit sharing Clearing house

Reference: SCBD/ABS/SBG/NAD/84003 (2014-127)
To: Nagoya Protocol National Focal Points

Call for nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee to the Access and Benefit sharing Clearing house

Reference: SCBD/ABS/SBG/NAD/84003 (2014-136)
To: Nagoya Protocol National Focal Points

Call for nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee to the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/jh/86420 (2017-029)
To: ABS National Focal Points, CBD Focal Points where ABS Focal Points have not yet been designated

Call for nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee to the pilot phase of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-house

Reference: SCBD/ABS/SBG/jh/81738 (2013-029)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ICNP National Focal Points

Call for nominations from CEE and WEOG regions for the Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity-building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/ET/jh/84625 (2016-027)
To: ABS National Focal Points of CEE and WEOG countries, CBD Focal Points of CEE and WEOG countries where ABS National Focal Points have not yet been designated

Call for nominations from CEE, GRULAC and WEOG regions for the Informal Advisory Committee to the Access and Benefit sharing Clearing-House

Reference: SCBD/ABS/VN/jh/84003 (2016-028)
To: ABS National Focal Points of CEE, GRULAC and WEOG countries, CBD Focal Points of CEE and WEOG countries where ABS Focal Points have not yet been designated

Capacity-building for access and benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/VP/54834 (2006-040)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points

Parties 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 ava ...