WG ABS 7 - Documents

Report of the Seventh Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing

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Explanatory Note by the Co-Chairs

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Provisional Agenda

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Revised Annotated Provisional Agenda

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Report of the Meeting of the Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Concepts, Terms, Working Definitions and Sectoral Approaches

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Report of the Meeting of the Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Compliance in the Context of the International Regime on Access and Benefit-Sharing

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Collation of Operative Text Submitted by Parties, Governments, International Organizations, Indigenous and Local Communities and Relevant Stakeholders in Respect of the Main Components of the International Regime on Access and Benefit-Sharing Listed in Decision IX/12, Annex I

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Collation of Operative Text Submitted by Parties, Governments, International Organizations, Indigenous and Local Communities and Relevant Stakeholders in Respect of the Main Components of the International Regime on Access and Benefit-Sharing Listed in Decision IX/12, Annex I (Addendum) - Submission by Brazil on Behalf of the Group of Like-Minded Megadiverse Countries

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Collation of Operative Text Submitted by Parties, Governments, International Organizations, Indigenous and Local Communities and Relevant Stakeholders in Respect of the Main Components of the International Regime on Access and Benefit-Sharing Listed in Decision IX/12, Annex I (Addendum - Submissions from Australia and Switzerland)

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Collation of Operative Text Submitted by Parties, Governments, International Organizations, Indigenous and Local Communities and Relevant Stakeholders in Respect of the Main Components of the International Regime on Access and Benefit-Sharing Listed in Decision IX/12, Annex I (Addendum - Submissions from Canada and the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity)

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Collation of Operative Text including Related Explanations and Rationale Submitted by Parties, Governments, International Organizations, Indigenous and Local Communities and Relevant Stakeholders in Respect of the Main Components of the International Regime on Access and Benefit-Sharing Listed in Decision IX/12, Annex I

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Collation of any Other Views and Information Submitted by Parties, Governments, International Organizations, Indigenous and Local Communities and Relevant Stakeholders in Respect of the Main Components of the International Regime on Access and Benefit-Sharing Listed in Decision IX/12, Annex I

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Collation of any Other Views and Information Submitted by Parties, Governments, International Organizations, Indigenous and Local Communities and Relevant Stakeholders in Respect of the Main Components of the International Regime on Access and Benefit-Sharing Listed in Decision IX/12, Annex I (Addendum)

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International Regime on Access and Benefit-Sharing: Negotiation of Operational Text

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Report of the Seventh Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing

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Compilation of Submissions by Parties, Governments, International Organizations, Indigenous and Local Communities and Relevant Stakeholders in Respect of the Main Components of the International Regime on Access and Benefit-Sharing Listed in Decision IX/12, Annex I

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Compilation of Submissions by Parties, Governments, International Organizations, Indigenous and Local Communities and Relevant Stakeholders in Respect of the Main Components of the International Regime on Access and Benefit-Sharing Listed in Decision IX/12, Annex I (Addendum)

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Study on the Identification, Tracking and Monitoring of Genetic Resources

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Study on the Relationship between an International Regime on Access and Benefit-Sharing and Other International Instruments and Forums that Govern the Use of Genetic Resources - The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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Study on the Relationship between an International Regime on Access and Benefit-Sharing and Other International Instruments and Forums that Govern the Use of Genetic Resources - The World Trade Organization (WTO); the World Intellectual Property Rights Organization (WIPO); and the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)

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Study on the Relationship between an International Regime on Access and Benefit-Sharing and Other International Instruments and Forums that Govern the Use of Genetic Resources - The Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)

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Comparative Study of the Real and Transactional Costs involved in the Process of Access to Justice Across Jurisdictions

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Study on Compliance in Relation to the Customary Law of Indigenous and Local Communities, National Law, across Jurisdictions, and International Law

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Report of a Workshop on Access and Benefit-Sharing in Non-Commercial Biodiversity Research

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Vienna Workshop on Matters related to Traditional Knowledge Associated with Genetic Resources and the International Regime on Access and Benefit-sharing

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Elements of an International Regime for the Recognition of National Regulations on Access to Genetic Resources

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Information Note for Participants

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Annex A of Information Notes for Participants