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IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) has produced daily web coverage, daily reports, and a joint summary and analysis of both the Article 8(j)-8 and SBSTTA-17 meeting. To download our reports, click the HTML or PDF icons below.


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Curtain Raiser
7 Oct
8 Oct
9 Oct
10 Oct


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14 Oct
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16 Oct
17 Oct
18 Oct & Summary


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21 Oct

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Eighth meeting of the Ad-Hoc Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(j) (traditional knowledge) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and Seventeenth meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA)

7-11 and 14-18 October 2013
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) headquarters, Montreal, Canada

Daily web coverage (click on the following links to see our daily web pages)

Intro - 7 October - 8 October - 9 October - 10 October - 11 October
14 October - 15 October - 16 October - 17 October - 18 October

Highlights for Thursday, 17 October 2013

On Thursday, SBSTTA 17 delegates met in plenary in the afternoon and evening. Alexander Shestakov (Russian Federation) reported on Wednesday evening’s “small” Friends of the Chair group, which agreed on part of the text of a draft recommendation reflecting key scientific and technical needs in implementing the Convention, as expressed in plenary discussions. Hesiquio Benitez Diaz (Mexico) reported on the “big” Friends of the Chair group, which agreed on two annexes to the draft recommendation, on cross-cutting issues and on a summary of views on the Strategic Goals respectively. Plenary considered the draft recommendation paragraph by paragraph.

Delegates from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, South Africa and the EU in informal consultations

L-R: Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary; SBSTTA Chair Gemedo Dalle Tussie,
Ethiopia; and David Cooper, CBD Secretariat

PLENARY

SBSTTA Chair Gemedo Dalle Tussie, Ethiopia

Hesiquio Benitez Diaz, Mexico

Alexander Shestakov, Russian Federation

Delegates from Belgium consulting

Gabriele Obermayr, Austria

François Lengrand, France

Nenenteiti Teariki-Ruatu, Kiribati

Ines Verleye, Belgium

Elizabeth Moari Munro, Cook Islands

Anne Teller, EU

Delegates from EU, Brazil and Ethiopia consulting

Kent Nnadozie, International Treaty on
Plant Genetic Resources for Food and
Agriculture

Joy Angelica Santos-Doctor, The
Philippines

Naohisa Okuda, Japan

L-R: María Alexandra Moreira Lopez and Fernando Cisneros Arza, Bolivia

Zhang Wenguo, China

Ayman Tharwat Abdel Aziz, Egypt

Saulo Arantes Ceolin, Brazill

L-R: Pierre Commenville and Cyriaque Sendashonga, IUCN

Andreas Obrecht, Switzerland

Jonathan Davies, Liberia

Yousef Saleh Al-Hafedh, Saudi Arabia

Narong Mahannop, Thailand

James Tabetah Asutakang, Cameroon

Preston Hardison, IIFB

L-R: Terry Mazza, CBD Secretariat; Franca D'Amico, CBD Secretariat; Pierluigi Bozzi,
International University Network on Cultural and Biological Diversity; and Lisa Pedicelli, CBD
Secretariat

L-R: CBD Secretariat Article 8(j) team including Ipshita Chaturvedi, Djessy Monnier, John Scott and
Viviana Figueroa

L-R: Delegates from the Pacific Islands, including Benson Langidrik, Marshall Islands; Faleafaga
Toni Tipama'a, Samoa; Gwendalyn Sisior, Palau; Nenenteiti Teariki-Ruatu, Kiribati; Atelaite
Lupe Matoto, Tonga; and Elizabeth Moari Munro, Cook Islands

L-R: Oliver Hillel, CBD Secretariat; Sheila Vergara, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB); Clarissa Arida, ACB;
Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary; Neil Pratt, CBD Secretariat; and Charles
Besancon, CBD Secretariat

Participants from the CBD Alliance announcing Canada as recipient of the Dodo
Award

Related Links

Article 8(j) WG8 resources

Meeting website and documents

Meeting revised annotated agenda

SBSTTA 17 resources

Meeting website and documents

Meeting annotated agenda

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IISD RS coverage of the Selected Side Events at CBD COP 11, 8-19 October 2012, Hyderabad, India

IISD RS coverage of SBSTTA 16, 30 April - 5 May 2012, ICAO headquarters, Montreal, Canada

IISD RS coverage of SBSTTA 15, 7-11 November 2011, Montréal, Canada

IISD RS coverage of Article 8(j) WG 7, 31 October - 4 November 2011, Montréal, Canada (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF) (Spanish: HTML - PDF)

IISD RS coverage of Article 8(j) WG 6, 2-6 November 2009, Montreal, Canada

IISD RS archive of meetings on the Commission on Genetic Resources (CGRFA) and ITPGRFA

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