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6th Session of the Governing Body (GB 6) of the International Treaty
on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)

5-9 October 2015 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters, Rome, Italy


Highlights for Tuesday, 6 October 2015

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ENB Daily Coverage —About | 3 Oct | 5 Oct | 6 Oct | 7 Oct | 8 Oct | 9 Oct | Summary
A view of Rome near FAO

FAO members' flags

Plenary met throughout the day and addressed: the Global Information System; the work programme on sustainable use; farmers’ rights; compliance; and cooperation with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Global Crop Diversity Trust. Contact groups on the Global Information System and on enhancing the Multilateral System met in the evening.

IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage, daily reports and a summary and analysis report from the 6th Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), which took place from 5 to 8 October 2015 at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Our summary and analysis report is available in HTML and PDF. Available in ENB Mobile at: http://enb.iisd.mobi/biodiv-itpgrfa-gb6/
Specific funding for coverage of the 6th Session of the Governing Body (GB 6) of
the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) has been provided by the ITPGRFA Secretariat
ITPGRFA

View of the dais during the morning session

Fadila Al-Salameen, Kuwait

Marie Haga, Executive Director, Global Crop Diversity Trust

Sadar Uddin Siddiqui, Pakistan

Pierre Du Plessis, Namibia

Gemedo Dalle Tussie, Ethiopia

Carlos Paz, Argentina

François Pythoud, Co-Chair, Technical Advisory Committee on Sustainable Use, Switzerland
Francisco López, ITPGRFA Secretariat, with Theo Van Hintum, Co-Chair, Expert Consultation on the Global Information System on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, the Netherlands, and Matthew Worrell, GB 6 Chair, Australia

Mayra Caldera, US

Javad Mozafari Hashjin, Iran

Brad Fraleigh, Canada

Maeen Ali Ahmed, Yemen

Manuel Claros, Venezuela

Angelika Tugaga, Samoa

César Tapia Bastidas, Ecuador

Jorge Eduardo Salazar, Guatemala

Mario Marino, ITPGRFA Secretariat

Tanmay Joshi, La Via Campesina

Peter Button, International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)

Kathryn Garforth, CBD Secretariat

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