This side event will bring together key international institutions working together to ensure the long-term conservation and availability of plant genetic diversity critical to food security and sustainable agriculture. The partners will showcase how Plant Treaty implementation is contributing to reach goals and targets of the KMGBF. Besides operational mechanisms and policy products, the Plant Treaty enables data generation to support decision-making.

The Secretariat of the Plant Treaty will present a flagship report to be published on the occasion of the CBD COP 17 to provide a comprehensive analysis of the Treaty's Multilateral System on Access and Benefit-sharing including in terms of delivery of plant material for agricultural research, generation of monetary and non-monetary benefit-sharing, the network of international collections operating under the Treaty (in particular the CGIAR) or the support to gene banks in the Multilateral System suffering from emergencies.

The event will also bring together Treaty country actors active in the Region, to share their experience and highlight the innovative approaches being pursued to catalyze Treaty implementation.  

Through collaboration with the Crop Trust and NORDGEN, the event will showcase the Journey of seeds: from local to global, from farmers’ fields to the Svalbard Seed Global Vault, with regional actors such as Armenia. 

The information provided will connect with to COP-17/MOP-6 agendas, including on DSI, review of progress in KMGBF implementation, collaboration and cooperation with other international instruments.