Notification 2013-068

Dear Madam/Sir, In connection with the eighth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J 8) and the seventeenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 17), I am pleased to inform Parties and stakeholders that, after due consideration of all nominations received, the selection of representatives of indigenous and local communities to receive financial assistance in support of their participation in the above-mentioned meetings has been completed and approved by the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties. The list of beneficiaries of financial assistance is attached for information. The selected participants will be contacted directly by the Secretariat with regard to travel arrangements. The selection was carried out in accordance with the criteria for the operation of the Voluntary Funding Mechanism to facilitate the participation of indigenous and local communities in the work of the Convention on Biological Diversity set out in the annex to decision VIII/5 D of the Conference of the Parties, and in accordance with the selection criteria established in section B of the annex. Please accept, Madam/Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration. Selected ILC representatives to receive funding from the Voluntary Fund for participation in the eighth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J 8), 7 to 11 October 2013, and the seventeenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 17), 14 to 18 October 2013, Montreal, Canada Africa 1. Mr. Gladman Chibememe (WG8J 8 only) 2. Ms. Lucy Mulenkei (WG8J 8 and SBSTTA 17) 3. Mr. Lazarus Kairabeb (WG8J 8 only) 4. Mr. Vital Bambanze (WG8J 8 only) Asia 5. Ms. Jocelyn (Joji) Carino (WG8J 8 and SBSTTA 17) 6. Mr. Mohammad Taghi Farvar (WG8J 8 only) 7. Ms. Thingreiphi Lungharwo (WG8J 8 only) 8. Mr. Mohammed Abdul Baten (WG8J 8 only) Eastern, Central Europe and the Caucasus 9. Ms. Polina Shulbaeva (WG8J 8 and SBSTTA 17) Europe and the Arctic 10. Ms. Gunn-Britt Retter (WG8J 8 and SBSTTA 17) Latin America and the Caribbean 11. Ms. Maria Eugenia Choque Quispe (WG8J 8 only) 12. Mr. Santiago Obispo (WG8J 8 only) 13. Ms. Florina Lopez Miro (WG8J 8 only) 14. Mr. Laurent Jean Pierre (WG8J 8 only) 15. Ms. Lourdes Cardozo Laureano (WG8J 8 only) 16. Ms. Hortencia Cecilia Hidalgo Cáceres (WG8J 8 only) 17. Ms. Maria Yolanda Terán Maigua (WG8J 8 and SBSTTA 17) 18. Mr. Miguel Ángel Pereira Guadalupe (WG8J 8 only) North America 19. Ms. Yvonne Vizina (WG8J 8 and SBSTTA 17) The Pacific 20. Ms. Malia Nobrega (WG8J 8 and SBSTTA 17) 21. Ms. Christine Teresa Grant (WG8J 8 only) 22. Ms. Beth Tui Shortland (WG8J 8 only)

Executive Secretary

To: CBD National Focal Points, International, Non-Governmental and ILC Organizations