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15 - 16 January 2010, Panama City, Panama
15 - 16 February 2010, Auckland, New Zealand
20 - 21 March 2010, Cali, Colombia
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
16 - 18 March 2010, Cali, Colombia
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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/.
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 ...
7 November 2002, Berne, Switzerland
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 ...
17 - 20 March 2020, Online
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
Montreal, 7 October 2021 – Part One of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP-15) gets underway in Kunming, China, on 11 October 2021. Due to the pandemic situation, this first phase of the conference will be held mostly virtually, with limited onsite participation in Kunming
Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/ar/ 80152 (2012-087)
To: All CBD and ABS Focal Points, International organizations
Montreal, 28 February 2013 – Albania, Botswana and the Federated States of Micronesia have become the 13th 14th and 15th countries to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biolo ...
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
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 ...
Montreal, 1 August 2011 – Antigua and Barbuda has become the forty-first signatory of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing and the first Caribbean island country to signal its intent to ratify.
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
Montreal, 16 November 2011 – Yesterday, 15 November 2011, Argentina became the sixty-seventh signatory of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
17 March 2020 – Due to the evolving nature of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has moved to hold many meetings virtually and has postponed others.
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)
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)
5 October 2007, Montreal, Canada
14 - 18 November 2005, Libreville, Gabon
Montreal, 23 January 2012– Australia became, on 20 January 2012, the seventy-sixth signatory of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
Nassau, The Bahamas - The Bahamas Environment, Science and Technology (BEST) Commission, Ministry of the Environment and Housing, facilitated a Biodiversity - Law Enforcement Workshop in relation to the implementation of the project entitled: "Strengthening Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) in Th ...
Presentation on production of biofuels, in Japan. Production of biofuels has some major benefits. One is to contribute nurturing agricultural industries. Second is to contribute realizing recyclable society. Third is to contribute diversifying energy supply source.
Building Nagoya Protocol-compliant legal frameworks is a key step in national implementation. No one-size-fits-all solution exists, but valuable lessons can be learned from past country experiences with implementing and updating ABS legal frameworks. Experience has shown that legal frameworks wi ...