Notification 2018-003

Dear Madam/Sir, This is in reference to notification 2017-099, dated 5 October 2017, inviting Parties, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities to nominate experts for the technical expert workshop on other effective area-based conservation measures for achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 11, to take place in Montreal, Canada from 6 to 9 February 2018. Based on the nominations received and in consultation with the Bureau of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, experts were selected taking into account their relevant expertise and the need to ensure geographical distribution and gender balance, in line with the criteria outlined in the above notification. I am pleased to attach, as an annex to this notification, the list of the selected experts. Please note that the workshop is being convened with financial support from the Government of Italy. The Secretariat will, therefore, finance the participation of selected experts from eligible Parties. Funding and invitation letters are already sent to the selected experts with a copy to National Focal Points where appropriate. Further information and documents will be made available on the website of the Convention at: https://www.cbd.int/meetings/PAEM-2018-01. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter and your continued support for the work of the Convention. Please accept, Madam/Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration. Selected participants for the technical expert workshop on other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) for achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 6-9 February 2018, Montreal, Canada Government Nominated Experts Africa Mr. Aggrey Rwetsiba (Uganda) Mr. Karl Naude (South Africa) Ms. Seheno Ramanantsoa (Madagascar) Asia and Pacific Mr. Allan Rodrigo Balang (Malaysia) Mr. Win Naing Thaw (Myanmar) Dr. Raja Muhammad Omer (Pakistan) Latin America and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) Ms. Verônica Alberto Barros (Brazil) Ms. Miriam Mercedes Cerdán Quiliano (Peru) Ms. Clara Lucia Matallana Tobón (Colombia) Ms. Eugenia Arguedas Montezuma (SBSTTA Bureau Member, Costa Rica) Central and Eastern Europe Ms. Arzu Samadova (Azerbaijan) Ms. Teona Karchava (Georgia) Ms. Shirin B. Karryyeva (Turkmenistan) Western Europe and Others Group (WEOG) Mr. Naoki Amako (Japan) Mr. Olaf Jensen (Canada) Mr. Peter Cochrane (Australia) Experts from Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and Organizations Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Ms. Christine Teresa Grant (CTG Services/Advisory Committee for Indigenous Repatriation, Australia) Organizations Mr. David MacKinnon (Canadian Council on Ecological Areas) Dr. Jinfeng Zhou (China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation) Dr. Kathy Mackinnon (IUCN - World Commission on Protected Areas) Mr. Trevor Sandwith (IUCN - Global Protected Areas Programme) Ms. Cristina Eghenter (WWF International) Dr. Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend (ICCA Consortium) Dr. Naomi Kingston (UNEP-WCMC)

Executive Secretary

To: PoWPA Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points; Relevant International Organizations, Bi-lateral and Multi-lateral Funding Agencies, United Nations/international organizations; Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities.