Notification

Voluntary Trust Fund - List of selected participants to receive funding for participation in the Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABSWG-7), Paris, France, 2-8 April 2009

Reference
SCBD/SEL/JS/SG/66514 (2009-020)

Sent To
CBD National Focal Points Indigenous and Local Communities

Publication Date
2009-03-02

As you may know, in decision VII/16 G, paragraph 10, on Participatory mechanism for indigenous and local communities, the Conference of the Parties (COP) decided “to establish a voluntary funding mechanism under the Convention to facilitate the participation of indigenous and local communities in meetings under the Convention”. At its eighth meeting (decision VIII/5 D, Annex), the COP adopted the draft criteria for the operation of such a fund.

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