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Latin American and Caribbean Indigenous and Local Community Capacity Building Workshop on the Convention on Biological Diversity including issues relevant to Article 8(j) Traditional Knowledge & Access and Benefit-sharing Third Workshop: Southern Cone Region, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 4 - 6 February 2010

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/VF/70021 (2009-182)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Indigenous and Local Community

I am pleased to inform you that, thanks to the generous financial support from the Government of Spain, a regional capacity building workshop for indigenous and local community representatives on effective participation in the CBD processes, with a specific focus on Article 8(j) and ABS , will b ...

Latin American and Caribbean Indigenous and Local Community Capacity Building Workshop on the Convention on Biological Diversity including issues relevant to Article 8(j) Traditional Knowledge, and Access and Benefit-sharing Fourth Workshop: Mesoamerican Region, Guatemala, Guatemala, 4-6 March 2010

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/VF/70349 (2010-012)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Indigenous and Local Community

I am pleased to inform Parties, international agencies, indigenous and local community representatives and other stakeholders that, thanks to the generous financial support from the Government of Spain, a regional capacity building workshop for indigenous and local community representatives on e ...

Latin American and Caribbean Indigenous and Local Community Capacity Building Workshop on the Convention on Biological Diversity, including issues relevant to Article 8(j), Traditional Knowledge, and Access & Benefit-sharing Seventh Workshop: Andean Region, Bogota, Colombia, 23-25 September 2010

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/VF/73006 (2010-148)
To: CBD National Focal Points; Indigenous and Local Community of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru

I am pleased to inform Parties, international agencies, indigenous and local community representatives and other stakeholders that, thanks to the generous financial support from the Government of Spain, a regional capacity building workshop for indigenous and local community representatives on e ...

Launch of online platform for Sharm El-Sheikh to Kunming Action Agenda for Nature and People

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/CSt/ME/fd/88013 (2019-038)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, partner organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities

List of Selected Participants for the International Expert Meeting on Responses to Climate Change for Indigenous and Local Communities and the Impact on their Traditional Knowledge related to Biological Diversity - The Arctic Region, Helsinki, Finland, 25-28 March 2008

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/ac/62607 (2008-028)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Indigenous and Local Communities

Thanks to the generous financial support from the Government of Finland, an international expert meeting for the Arctic region on “responses to climate change for indigenous and local communities, and the impact on their traditional knowledge related to biological diversity”, will be held in Hel ...

List of selected indigenous and local community representatives to receive funding from the Voluntary Trust Fund for participation in the First Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on ABS (ICNP-1), 6 - 10 June 2011, Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/VF/75821 (2011-083)
To: CBD Focal Points, International organizations, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant stakeholders

In connection with the First Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on ABS (ICNP-1), I am pleased to inform Parties and stakeholders that, after due consideration of all nominations received, the selection of representatives of indigenous and local c ...

List of selected indigenous and local community representatives to receive funding from the Voluntary Trust Fund for participation in the Ninth meeting of the Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, 22-28 March 2010, Cali, Colombia

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/DM/70568 (2010-019)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Indigenous and Local Communities

In connection with the ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, I am pleased to inform Parties and stakeholders that, after due consideration of all nominations received, the selection of representatives of indigenous and local communities to receive fi ...

List of selected indigenous and local community representatives to receive funding from the Voluntary Trust Fund for participation in the Sixth meeting of the Working Group on Article 8(j) and related provisions, and/or the Eighth meeting of the Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, 2-6 November and 9-15 November respectively, Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/SG/68575 (2009-109)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Indigenous and Local Communities

In connection with the sixth meeting of the Working Group on Article 8(j) and related provisions and the eighth meeting of the Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, after due consideration of all nominations received and in accordance with the selection criteria established in the Annex o ...

List of selected indigenous and local community representatives to receive funding from the Voluntary Trust Fund for participation in the fourteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA/14), 10 to 21 May 2010, and the third meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (WGRI/3), 24 to 28 May 2010, in Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/DM/71566 (2010-084)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Indigenous and Local Communities

In connection with the fourteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA/14), and the third meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (WGRI/3), I am pleased to inform Part ...

List of selected indigenous and local community representatives to receive funding from the Voluntary Trust Fund for participation in the 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/JS/DM/71917 (2010-121)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Indigenous and Local Communities

In connection with the resumed ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, I am pleased to inform Parties and stakeholders that, after due consideration of all nominations received, the selection of representatives of indigenous and local communities to re ...

List of selected participants to receive funding for participation in the Global Indigenous Peoples’ Consultation on Potential Impacts of “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest egradation (REDD)” on Indigenous and Local Communities, Baguio City, Philippines, 12-14 November 2008

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/65341 (2008-138)
To: Indigenous and Local Communities

After consideration of nominations received by the Secretariat and in close collaboration with co-organisers (the United Nations University’s Traditional Knowledge Initiative, UNU-TKI, and Tebtebba, Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education), I am pleased to info ...

Lists of selected participants for the international workshops and the expert meeting related to traditional knowledge and resource mobilization, 8 to 15 June 2015 - Panajachel, Guatemala

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/JS/dm/84402 (2015-046)
To: CBD, TK, Resource Mobilization, SBSTTA and the Nagoya Protocol National Focal Points, International and Non-Governmental organizations, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and relevant organizations

Muuchtanbal Summit on Indigenous Experience: Traditional Knowledge, Biological and Cultural Diversity, in the margins of the UN Biodiversity Conference, 9-11 December 2016 – Cancun, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/VN/JS/DM/86070 (2016-138)
To: CBD, NP and TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations, NGOs, IGOs

Nineteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 19), 2 to 5 November 2015 and Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (WG8J 9), 4 to 7 November 2015 Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/SAM/MPO/DC/AF/JS/VA/84763 (2015-072)
To: CBD National Focal Points and SBSTTA Focal Points

Nineteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 19), 2 to 5 November 2015 and Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (WG8J 9), 4 to 7 November 2015, Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/SAM/MPO/DC/AF/JS/VA/84763 (2015-073)
To: UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs and Indigenous Organizations

Nomination of Indigenous and Local Communities Experts for the International Indigenous Expert Consultation on Access and Benefit-sharing, Montreal, Canada, 19-21 September 2007.

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/59050 (2007-079)
To: Indigenous and Local Communities

The purpose of this Notification is to invite indigenous and local communities interested in the issue of the negotiation of an international regime on access and benefit-sharing within the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to nominate experts for the International Indige ...

Nomination of experts for the ad hoc technical expert group on the new programme of work and institutional arrangements on Article 8(j) and other provisions of the Convention related to indigenous peoples and local communities

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/PBU/JL/QC/TM/90797 (2023-019)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Online Discussion Forum for Indigenous and Local Communities on the possible impacts of geo-engineering techniques on biodiversity and associated social, economic and cultural considerations

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/ dm/78786 (2012-021)
To: CBD National Focal Points, indigenous and local community organizations, non-governmental organizations, academics, other interested parties

Online Forum, submission of views, and information regarding the Programme of Work on Article 8(j) and related provisions

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/JS/MLS/87830 (2019-004)
To: CBD, TK, and ABS National Focal Points, indigenous and local community organizations, non-governmental organizations, academics, and international organizations

Online Registration system and Side-Events registration system for the Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J 7), 31 October - 4 November 2011 and the Fifteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 15), 7-11 November 2011

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/lp/77037 (2011-137)
To: CBD and SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous and local community organizations, international organizations and relevant stakeholders

As you are aware the seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions and the fifteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice will be held at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Headquarters ...

Pacific Regional Training Workshop related to national arrangements on traditional knowledge for achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 18 and contributing to Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, 21 to 25 May 2018 - Whangārei, New Zealand

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/JS/VF/87227 (2018-032)
To: CBD, ABS, TK Focal Points, and indigenous peoples and local community organizations

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

Reference: SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/59875 (2007-111)
To: CBD National Focal Points

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 ...

Peer Review of Annex II: Draft Possible Elements of the New Programme of Work on Article 8(j) and other Provisions of the Convention Related to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/QC/TM/90645 (2022-070)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, TK Focal Points, UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, indigenous peoples and local communities, and other relevant organizations

Peer Review of a Draft Glossary of Relevant Key Terms and Concepts to be used within the Context of Article 8(j) and Related Provisions

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/VN/KG/jr/85891 (2016-099)
To: CBD and TK National Focal Points, international and non-governmental organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Peer review of Outlooks on Biodiversity: Indigenous Peoples’ and Local Communities’ Contributions to the Implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

Reference: SCBD/OES/RH/KM/85935 (2016-102)
To: CBD, SBSTTA and TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations and relevant organizations

Peer review of draft documents for the tenth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/JS/jh/86690 (2017-070)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations, and other relevant organizations

Peer review of draft documents for the tenth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/JS/86690 (2017-072)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations, and other relevant organizations

Peer review of draft documents for the tenth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/JS/VF/86690 (2017-089)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations, and other relevant organizations

Peer review of draft study on "How tasks 7, 10 and 12 of the revised programme of work on Article 8(j) and related provisions could best contribute to the work under the Convention and the Nagoya Protocol" in preparation of the eighth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/MPO/NP/JS/DM/81844 (2013-046)
To: CBD and ICNP Focal Points, Indigenous and local communities, and International organizations

Possible elements of a future programme of work on Article 8(j) and related provisions as part of the post-2020 biodiversity framework as well as possible institutional arrangements and their modus operandi

Reference: SCBD/SPS/AS/JS/VF/87320 (2018-047)
To: CBD, ABS, TK Focal Points, and indigenous peoples and local community organizations

Preparation and Registration for the Eleventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J 11), 20 to 22 November 2019, and Twenty-third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 23), 25 to 29 November 2019, in Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/VA/88142 (2019-048)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, relevant organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities; cc: Cartagena Protocol Focal Points and ABS Focal Points

Preparation and Registration for the Twenty-first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 21), 11 to 14 December 2017, and the Tenth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J 10), 13 to 16 December 2017 in Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/moc/86619 (2017-059)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs, and Indigenous Organizations

Programme of Work on Article 8(j) and related provisions Request for contributions from Parties and stakeholders

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/dm/81183 (2013-007)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Indigenous and Local Communities

Programme of Work on Article 8(j) and related provisions: Request for contributions from Parties and stakeholders

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/65557 (2009-003)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Indigenous and Local Communities

In order to assist with the preparation of documentation for the sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Inter-sessional Working Group on Article 8 (j) and related provisions, Parties, other governments, indigenous peoples and local communities, and other relevant organizations, are invited to pr ...

Programme of Work on Article 8(j) and related provisions: Request for contributions from Parties and stakeholders

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/DM/74443 (2010-210)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Indigenous and Local Communities

The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties and stakeholders to contribute to the implementation of the programme of work on Article 8 (j) and related provisions consistent with relevant decisions of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties.

Programme of Work on Article 8(j) and related provisions: Request for contributions from Parties and stakeholders regarding possible elements of a new major component of work on Article 10, with a focus on Article 10(c)

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/dm/80290 (2012-098)
To: CBD Focal Points and Indigenous and local communities

Programme of Work on Article 8(j) and related provisions: Request for contributions to the ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/JS/VF/84296 (2015-012)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points, International and Non-Governmental organizations, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and relevant organizations.

Progress on Implementation of the Programme of Work for Article 8(j) and related provisions: Request for contributions to the first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/NP/VN/JS/DM/85188 (2015-132)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points, International and Non-Governmental organizations, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and relevant organizations

Progress on Implementation of the Programme of Work for Article 8(j) and related provisions: Request for contributions to the second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/JS/VF/jh/86963 (2017-116)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations, and other relevant organizations

REMINDER AND EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: Programme of Work on Article 8(j) and related provisions: Request for contributions from Parties and stakeholders

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/DM/74443 (2011-065)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Indigenous and Local Communities

The purpose of this notification is to invite Parties and stakeholders to contribute to the implementation of the programme of work on Article 8 (j) and related provisions consistent with relevant decisions of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties.

REMINDER NOTIFICATION: Progress on Implementation of the Programme of Work for Article 8(j) and related provisions: Request for contributions to the second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/JS/VF/86963 (2018-014)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations, and other relevant organizations

Regional Capacity-Building Workshop for Asia on Traditional Knowledge and Customary Sustainable Use under the CBD, 3-5 June 2014 and Regional Workshop on Community-Based Monitoring and Information Systems (CBMIS), 6-7 June 2014 - Chiang Mai, Thailand

Reference: SCBD/MPO/NP/JS/vf/83434 (2014-057)
To: CBD and Traditional Knowledge Focal Point for Asia, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant international organizations

Regional Capacity-Building Workshop for Latin America and Caribbean Region on Traditional Knowledge under the CBD, 9-11 December 2013, Cochabamba, Bolivia

Reference: SCBD/MPO/NP/JS/vf/82624 (2013-083)
To: CBD, ICNP and Traditional Knowledge Focal Points, ILC and International organizations

Regional Capacity-Building Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean Region on Traditional Knowledge under the CBD, 9 - 11 December 2013, Cochabamba, Bolivia: Selection of Participants

Reference: SCBD/MPO/NP/JS/dm/82878 (2013-097)
To: CBD, ICNP and Traditional Knowledge Focal Points, ILC and International organizations

Regional Capacity-Building Workshop for the African Region on Traditional Knowledge and Customary sustainable use under the CBD, 26–28 March 2014, Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/JS/dm/83102 (2014-012)
To: CBD and Traditional Knowledge Focal Points for Africa, indigenous and local community organizations and relevant international organizations

Regional Capacity-Building Workshop for the Caribbean Region on Traditional Knowledge and Customary sustainable use under the CBD, 14–18 December 2015, Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/JS/dm/85147 (2015-123)
To: CBD and Traditional Knowledge Focal Points, indigenous and local community organizations and international organizations of the Caribbean

Regional Capacity-Building Workshop for the Pacific Region on Traditional Knowledge and Customary sustainable use under the CBD, 27–29 August 2014, Apia, Samoa

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/JS/dm/83575 (2014-076)
To: CBD and Traditional Knowledge Focal Points, indigenous and local community organizations and international organizations of the Pacific

Regional Training Capacity-Building Workshop for the African Region on Community Protocols, Indicators on Traditional Knowledge and Customary Sustainable Use of Biodiversity under the CBD, 25 - 29 January 2016, Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/NP/VN/JS/DM/85176 (2015-129)
To: CBD, NP and Traditional Knowledge Focal Points, indigenous and local community organizations and international organizations of Africa

Regional Training Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean on national arrangements on traditional knowledge for achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 18 and contributing to Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, 2 to 6 April 2018 – Tepoztlan, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/JS/VF/87125 (2018-017)
To: CBD, ABS NFPs, TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations from the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Regional Training Workshop for the Asian Region on Community Protocols, Indicators on Traditional Knowledge and Customary Sustainable Use of Biodiversity under the Convention on Biological Diversity, 17-21 October 2016 – Thimphu, Bhutan

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/JS/DM/85830 (2016-092)
To: CBD, NP and TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations and relevant Asian international organizations