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Addressee: SCBD

Paragraph #131Session #6 (2007)

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The Permanent Forum recommends that the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity facilitate the holding of an indigenous peoples’ expert workshop on traditional knowledge in a timely manner in order to feed into the fifth meeting of the Advisory Group on Article 8 (j) and Related Provisions and the fifth and sixth meetings of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing in order to support the elaboration by indigenous peoples of recommendations on an international regime on access and benefit-sharing. The meeting could be organized back-to-back with the meeting of the Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Issues in order to take advantage of the presence of some United Nations agencies, which will be able to provide technical support and information.

Responses

In response to this recommendation and requests by
indigenous and local community representatives, and thanks to a generous donation by the Government of Spain, the secretariat facilitated an international expert meeting entitled the International Indigenous and Local Community Consultation on Access and Benefit-Sharing and the Development of an International Regime. The report was provided as an information document (see UNEP/CBD/WG-ABS/5/INF/9 and UNEP/CBD/WG8J/5/INF/13) to both the fifth meetings of the Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing and the Working Group on Article 8(j). The meeting and the report received high praise from both indigenous peoples and the participants in general, and was welcomed by the co-chairs of the Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing as a useful contribution to the ongoing work.

Final Report of UNPFII Session 6 (2007)

Area of Work

Cooperation, Traditional Knowledge