Notification

Indigenous and local community negotiators meeting, 13-15 March 2010, Cali, Colombia

Reference
SCBD/SEL/OJ/JS/DM/70567 (2010-021)

Sent To
CBD National Focal Points and Indigenous and Local Communities

Publication Date
2010-02-02

The Parties to the Convention have recognized the importance of the participation of indigenous and local communities in the elaboration and negotiation of the international regime on access and benefit sharing in the preamble of decision IX/12 and in paragraphs 18 and 19 of that decision, which encourages Parties, other governments and international organizations to provide the ways and means to allow for sufficient preparation and to facilitate effective participation of indigenous and local communities, including through national and regional workshops, in the process of the negotiation and elaboration of the international regime, in accordance with decision VIII/5 C.

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