Search Results

UNEP/CBD/WG-ABS/4/4/CORR1

Compilation of Further Studies and Pilot Projects and Views on the Design of an International Certificate of Origin/Source/Legal Provenance (Corrigendum)

UNEP/CBD/WG-ABS/4/7/CORR1

Further Consideration of Outstanding Issues Related to Access and Benefit-sharing: Use of Terms, Definitions and/or Glossary, as Appropriate (Corrigendum)

Second meeting of the Contact Group for the Drafting of the Standard Material Transfer Agreement

24 - 28 April 2006, Alnarp, Sweden

Nomination of experts for the meeting of the Group of Technical Experts on an internationally recognized certificate of origin/source/legal provenance

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/VP/54749 (2006-030)
To: All CBD and ABS National Focal Points

The purpose of this Notification is to invite Parties to nominate experts for the meeting of the group of technical experts on an internationally recognized certificate of origin/source/legal provenance in the context of decision VIII/4 C of the Conference of the Parties on access and benefit-sh ...

Nomination of experts for the meeting of the Group of Technical Experts on an internationally recognized certificate of origin/source/legal provenance

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/54750 (2006-031)
To: Indigenous and local communities and relevant international organizations and stakeholders

The purpose of this Notification is to invite indigenous and local communities, industry, research institutions/academia, botanical gardens, other ex situ collection holders, and representatives from relevant international organisations and agreements interested in the issue of access and benefi ...

Capacity-building for access and benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/VP/54834 (2006-040)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points

Parties are invited to make available any new information regarding capacity-building projects as soon as possible but no later than 31 December 2006 by filling out the data entry form in Annex 1. Information regarding future projects should also be provided to the Secretariat as it becomes ava ...

Decision VIII/4 on Access and Benefit-sharing: Measures, including consideration of their feasibility, practicality and costs, to support compliance with prior informed consent of the Contracting Party providing genetic resources and mutually agreed terms on which access was granted in Contracting Parties with users of such resources under their jurisdiction

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/VP/54834 (2006-041)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points

Parties are invited to submit to the Secretariat, by 31 December 2006, information regarding measures taken to support compliance with prior informed consent and mutually agreed terms on which access was granted, where there is utilization of genetic resources or associated traditional knowledge ...

Decision VIII/4 on Access and Benefit-sharing: Strategic Plan: Future evaluation of progress – the need and possible options for indicators for access to genetic resources and in particular for the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/VP/54834 (2006-042)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points

Parties are invited to provide their views and information to the Secretariat on the need and possible options for indicators for access and benefit-sharing by 31 December 2006.

Decision VIII/4 on Access and Benefit-sharing: Other approaches, as set out in decision VI/24b, including consideration of an international certificate of origin/source/legal provenance

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/VP/54834 (2006-043)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points

Parties are invited to submit to the Secretariat by 1 September 2006 the results of their research and work on this issue and their views.

Decision VIII/4 on access and benefit-sharing: Bonn Guidelines on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising out of their Utilization

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/VP/54834 (2006-044)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points

Parties are invited to submit reports on their experiences no later than 1 February 2007.

Decision VIII/4 on Access and Benefit-sharing: International regime on access and benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/VP/54834 (2006-045)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points

Parties are invited to submit to the Secretariat by 31 December 2006: 1. further information relevant to the gap analysis;2. information on the legal status of genetic resources in their national law, including their property law where applicable. They are also invited to submit to the Secretar ...

Information on access and benefit-sharing measures

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/VP/54834 (2006-046)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points

In order for the database to provide an accurate overview of existing access and benefit-sharing measures worldwide, Parties and relevant organizations are invited to provide information to the Secretariat on these measures by 31 December 2006 by filling out the data entry form in Annex 1. In a ...

Decision VIII/4 on Access and Benefit-sharing: International regime on access and benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/VP/54835 (2006-047)
To: International organizations, indigenous and local community representatives and all relevant stakeholders

International organizations, indigenous and local communities and all relevant stakeholders are invited to submit to the Secretariat, by 31 December 2006, further information relevant to the gap analysis. They are also invited to submit to the Secretariat as soon as possible and no later than 1 ...

Decision VIII/4 on Access and Benefit-sharing: Other approaches, as set out in decision VI/24B, including consideration of an international certificate of origin/source/legal provenance

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/VP/54835 (2006-048)
To: International organizations, indigenous and local community representatives and all relevant stakeholders

International organizations, indigenous and local communities and all relevant stakeholders are invited to submit to the Secretariat by 1 September 2006 the results of their research and work on this issue and their views.

Decision VIII/4 on Access and Benefit-sharing: Strategic Plan: future evaluation of progress – the need and possible options for indicators for access to genetic resources and in particular for the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/VP/54835 (2006-049)
To: International organizations, indigenous and local community representatives and all relevant stakeholders

International organizations, indigenous and local communities and all relevant stakeholders are invited to provide their views and information to the Secretariat on the need and possible options for indicators for access and benefit-sharing by 31 December 2006.

Capacity-building for access and benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/VP/54835 (2006-050)
To: International organizations, indigenous and local community representatives and all relevant stakeholders

International organizations, indigenous and local communities and all relevant stakeholders are invited to make available any new information regarding capacity-building projects as soon as possible but no later than 31 December 2006 by filling out the data entry form in Annex 1. Information re ...

Compendium of Side Event

Reference: SCBD/OMG/DA/DN/fd/55064 (2006-058)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I have the pleasure to inform you that the compilation of side events held during the Fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Inter-sessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions and the Fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, held in ...

International Workshop on Access to Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge: Implementation and Application Themes

8 - 9 June 2006, Lima, Peru

Access and Benefit-sharing: Composition of the Group of Technical Experts on an internationally recognized certificate of origin/source/legal provenance

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 ...

UNEP/CBD/GTE-ABS/1/1/ADD1

Annotations to the Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/GTE-ABS/1/1

Provisional Agenda

Farmers now guaranteed access to biodiversity and sharing of benefits as major crop gene banks are brought under international treaty.

Farmers now guaranteed access to biodiversity and sharing of benefits as major crop gene banks are brought under international treaty.

Montreal 23 October 2006 – An agreement to bring the genebank collections of international agricultural research centres into the framework of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources will help ensure that the world’s farmers have the resources to improve the sustainability of agricul ...

European Regional Meeting in preparation of the Technical Expert Group on an Internationally Recognized Certificate of Origin/Source/Legal Provenance

24 - 29 October 2006, Isle of Vilm, Germany

UNEP/CBD/GTE-ABS/1/3

Compilation of Submissions Provided by Parties, Governments, Indigenous and Local Communities, International Organizations and Relevant Stakeholders Regarding an Internationally Recognized Certificate of Origin/Source/Legal Provenance

UNEP/CBD/GTE-ABS/1/3/ADD1

Compilation of Submissions Provided by Parties, Governments, Indigenous and Local Communities, International Organizations and Relevant Stakeholders Regarding an Internationally Recognized Certificate of Origin/Source/Legal Provenance (Addendum)

First ABS Capacity-Building Workshop for Africa

19 - 24 November 2006, Cape Town, South Africa

Tenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore

30 November - 8 December 2006, Geneva, Switzerland

Access and Benefit-sharing: Meeting of the Group of Technical Experts on an internationally recognized certificate of origin/source/legal provenance.

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 ...

UNEP/CBD/GTE-ABS/1/2

Consideration of an Internationally Recognized Certificate of Origin/Source/Legal Provenance

UNEP/CBD/GTE-ABS/1/3/ADD2

Compilation of Submissions Provided by Parties, Governments, Indigenous and Local Communities, International Organizations and Relevant Stakeholders Regarding an Internationally Recognized Certificate of Origin/Source/Legal Provenance (Addendum) - Submission by the International Agriculture Rese ...

Document

European Regional Meeting on an Internationally Recognized Certificate of Origin/Source/Legal Provenance: report of an international workshop hosted by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Isle of Vilm, Germany, 24-29 October 2006

Document

List of Questions Emerging from the Canadian National Meeting on ABS and the Issue of Certificates of Origin/Source/Legal provenance.

UNEP/CBD/GTE-ABS/1/3/ADD3

Compilation of Submissions Provided by Parties, Governments, Indigenous and Local Communities, International Organizations and Relevant Stakeholders Regarding an Internationally Recognized Certificate of Origin/Source/Legal Provenance (Addendum) - Opinion of Japan

Meeting of the Group of Technical Experts on an Internationally Recognized Certificate of Origin/Source/Legal Provenance

22 - 25 January 2007, Lima, Peru

Access and Benefit-sharing: Report of the Meeting of the Group of Technical Experts on an internationally recognized certificate of origin/source/legal provenance.

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 ...

Reminder - Decision VIII/4 on Access and Benefit-sharing.

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/57662 (2007-030)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points

Pursuant to decision VIII/4 of the Conference of the Parties, through notifications 2006-045, 2006-044, 2006-042 and 2006-041, of 25 May 2006, Parties were invited to provide contributions to the Secretariat in preparation for the fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access an ...

Visit to the Secretariat of the two Co-Chairs of the Working Group on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing.

Visit to the Secretariat of the two Co-Chairs of the Working Group on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing.

Montreal 26 March 2007. The two Co-Chairs of the Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing paid a visit to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity on 23 March. The visit was a follow-up to the consultations held on 6 September 2006 and provided an opportunity to discuss the ...

Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Montreal, Canada, 8 to 12 October 2007.

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/58410 (2007-069)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points

I have the honour to inform you that, pursuant to Decision VIII/4 of the Conference of the Parties, and reference to my earlier Notification dated 28 May 2007, the fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS-5) will be held in Montreal, Canada, from ...

Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Montreal, Canada, 8 to 12 October 2007.

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/58410 (2007-070)
To: UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs and private sector

I have the honour to inform you that, pursuant to Decision VIII/4 of the Conference of the Parties, and reference to my earlier Notification dated 28 May 2007, the Fifth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS-5) will be held in Montreal, Canada, from ...

Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Montreal, Canada, 8 to 12 October 2007.

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/58410 (2007-071)
To: Indigenous and Local Community Organizations

I have the honour to inform you that, pursuant to Decision VIII/4 of the Conference of the Parties, and reference to my earlier Notification dated 28 May 2007, the Fifth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS-5) will be held in Montreal, Canada, from ...

Informal consultations on the preparation of the forthcoming meetings of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit - sharing (ABSWG-5 and 6) with the Co-chairs of the Working Group, 7 July 2007, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France.

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/GD/58891 (2007-076)
To: CBD National Focal Points; SBSTTA National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the Co-chairs of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Mr. Fernando Casas of Colombia and Mr. Timothy Hodges of Canada, will be holding informal consultations on the preparation of the forthcoming meetings of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Work ...

UNEP/CBD/WG-ABS/5/1

Provisional Agenda

Sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS-6), Geneva, Switzerland, 21 to 25 January 2008.

Reference: SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/58995 (2007-077)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points

I am pleased to confirm that the sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS-6) will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, from 21 to 25 January 2008. <br>(View the notification also <a href='/doc/notifications/2007/ntf-2007-077- ...

UNEP/CBD/WG-ABS/6/1

Provisional Agenda

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 ...

Document

Explanatory note by the Co-Chairs

UNEP/CBD/WG-ABS/5/INF/1

Compilation of Submissions Provided by Parties and Other Relevant Organizations on Issues of Relevance to the International Regime on Access and Benefit-sharing

UNEP/CBD/WG-ABS/5/6

Compilation: Strategic Plan: Future Evaluation of Progress -The Need and Possible Options for Indicators for Access to Genetic Resources and in Particular for the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from the Utilization of Genetic Resources