Side Event

CUSTOMARY SUSTAINABLE USE: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER ADVANCING AND IMPLEMENTING ARTICLE 10(C) AS A PRIORITY

Organizer
Forest Peoples, TEBTEBBA, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Date and Time
2 November 2009 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J 6)

In decision IX/13, the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary to provide advice to the Working Group on how Article 10(c) may be further advanced and implemented as a priority. Representatives of indigenous peoples and traditional resource users from Bangladesh, Cameroon, Guyana, Suriname, Philippines and Thailand (and from the CBD secretariat) will provide their insight on the implementation of Article 10(c) so far. Together with the audience they will debate and provide recommendations on future action needed on how to further advance and implement this important article of the convention.