Side Event

International Dialogue: Indigenous Perspectives on Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge

Organizer
Government of Canada and Assembly of First Nations

Date and Time
22 March 2006 18:30 - 20:15

Meeting
Eighth Ordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 8)

Results of the international gathering held in North Vancouver, from February 25 to March 1 which brought together respected representatives of the world’s indigenous peoples in order to facilitate an open and forward-looking dialogue with international ABS policy-makers on indigenous perspectives on genetic resources and traditional knowledge.