2008 2008-10-10
 en | SCBD/SEL/OH/cr/65217 (2008-136)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Indigenous Communities, Tourism and Biodiversity Workshop Series: New Information and Web-based Technologies Pacific Islands Workshop 3-5 November 2008, Apia, Samoa
As per Notification 2008-088 (Ref.: SCBD/SEL/OH/cr/64300) dated 22 July 2008, and thanks to the generous financial contribution of the government of Spain, I am pleased to inform Parties of the selection of representatives of indigenous and local communities to receive financial assistance in order to participate in the second workshop, with a focus on islands in the Pacific region.
Subject(s): Tourism and Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j) |
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2008-09-22
en | SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/64819 (2008-121)
Notification to: Indigenous and Local Communities
Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)’ on Indigenous and Local Communities, Baguio City, Philippines, 12-14 November 2008
Thanks to the generous financial support from the Packard Foundation, and in collaboration with the United Nations Traditional Knowledge Institute (UNU-TK), and Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education), an international expert meeting on Potential Impacts of “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) on Indigenous and Local Communities”, will be held in Baguio, Republic of the Philippines (venue to be confirmed), from 12-14 November, 2008.
Subject(s): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j), Forest Biodiversity
Action required by 2008-10-03 |
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2008-07-24
en | SCBD/RS/OH/cr/am/64482 (2008-094)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points of Australia, France, New Zealand, United States, and United Kingdom
Indigenous Communities, Tourism and Biodiversity Workshop Series: New Information and Web-based Technologies Workshop II: Islands, Pacific Region.
In response to COP decisions IX/13 E 7, VIII/5 D 6(a), and VIII/5 B 13, the Secretariat is continuing a series of training workshops to support indigenous management of biodiversity and tourism products. As described in Notification 64300 of 22 July 2008, these workshops aim to reinforce the sustainable use of biodiversity in tourism through bolstering the web-based capacities of indigenous tourism operators.
The CBD Secretariat, in partnership with the Secretariat of the Pacific Region Environment Programme (SPREP) and the New Zealand Tourism Research Institute (NZTRI) of Auckland University of Technology (AUT), is planning an indigenous tourism workshop focusing on islands, to be held in Samoa from 3 to 5 November 2008.
Subject(s): Tourism and Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j) |
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2008-07-24
en | SCBD/RS/OH/cr/am/64482 (2008-093)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points of Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
Indigenous Communities, Tourism and Biodiversity Workshop Series: New Information and Web-based Technologies. Workshop II: Islands, Pacific Region
In response to COP decisions IX/13 E 7, VIII/5 D 6(a), and VIII/5 B 13, the Secretariat is continuing a series of training workshops to support indigenous management of biodiversity and tourism products. As described in Notification 64300 of 22 July 2008, these workshops aim to reinforce the sustainable use of biodiversity in tourism through bolstering the web-based capacities of indigenous tourism operators.
The CBD Secretariat, in partnership with the Secretariat of the Pacific Region Environment Programme (SPREP) and the New Zealand Tourism Research Institute (NZTRI) of Auckland University of Technology (AUT), is planning an indigenous tourism workshop focusing on islands, to be held in Samoa from 3 to 5 November 2008.
Subject(s): Tourism and Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j) |
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2008-07-22
en | SCBD/SEL/OH/cr/64300 (2008-088)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Indigenous Communities, Tourism and Biodiversity Workshop Series:
New Information and Web-based Technologies Workshop II: Islands, Pacific Region
In decision IX/13, E7 on Article 8(j) and related provisions, the Conference of Parties (COP) requested the Executive Secretary to convene, subject to the availability of financial resources, further regional and sub-regional workshops on community-friendly communication tools on traditional knowledge related to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
Subject(s): Tourism and Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j) |
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2008-04-30
en | SCBD/OMG/JH/63699 (2008-059)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Release of CBD Newsletter on Article 8(j) – Pachamama
I am pleased to inform you that the new issue of the Secretariat’s newsletter on Article 8(j): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Pachamama (May 2008, Vol. 2, Issue No. 2) - has been posted on the CBD website. It can be downloaded at the following address: www.cbd.int/traditional.
Subject(s): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j) |
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2008-04-07
en es fr | SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/63013 (2008-040)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, Indigenous and Local Communities
Voluntary Trust Fund- List of selected participants to receive funding for participation in the Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-9), 19-30 May 2008- Bonn, Germany
As you know, in Section D-I of Decision VIII/5, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, adopted 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.
Subject(s): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j), Conference of the Parties |
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2008-03-03
en | SCBD/SEL/OJ/ac/62607 (2008-028)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and Indigenous and Local Communities
List of Selected Participants for the
International Expert Meeting on Responses to Climate Change for Indigenous and Local Communities and the Impact on their Traditional Knowledge related to Biological Diversity - The Arctic Region, Helsinki, Finland, 25-28 March 2008
Thanks to the generous financial support from the Government of Finland, an international expert meeting for the Arctic region on “responses to climate change for indigenous and local communities, and the impact on their traditional knowledge related to biological diversity”, will be held in Helsinki, Finland, from 25 to 28 March 2008. I am pleased to convey, herewith, the list of experts and representatives of international organizations who were selected on the basis of a fair representation of the Arctic region, expertise and gender consideration, as described in Notification (2007-153) dated 20 December 2007.
Subject(s): Climate Change and Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j) |
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2007 2007-12-20
en es fr | SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/61053 (2007-153)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points and Indigenous and Local Communities
Corrigendum - International Expert Meeting on Responses to Climate Change for Indigenous and Local Communities and the impact on their Traditional Knowledge related to Biological Diversity
The Arctic Region, Helsinki, Finland, 25-28 March 2008
I am pleased to inform Parties, international agencies, indigenous and local community representatives, and other stakeholders, that thanks to the generous financial support from the Government of Finland, an international expert meeting for the Arctic region on “responses to climate change for indigenous and local communities, and the impact on their traditional knowledge related to biological diversity”, will be held in Helsinki, Finland, from 25-28 March 2008.
Subject(s): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j)
Action required by 2008-01-07 |
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2007-12-10
en fr | SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/61134 (2007-156)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, Indigenous and Local Communities
Voluntary Trust Fund - List of selected participants to receive funding for participation in Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA-2) and the thirteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-13), 11 - 15 and 18-22 February 2008, FAO, Rome, Italy
In connection with the Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA-2) and the thirteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-13), to be held respectively on 11-15 and 18-22 February 2008 at the FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy, after due consideration of all nominations received and in accordance with the selection criteria established in the Annex of the referred Decision, I am pleased to inform Parties that 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. The list of beneficiaries of financial assistance is attached for your information. The selected participants will be contacted directly by the Secretariat with regard to travel arrangements.
Subject(s): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j) |
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2007-09-13
en es fr | SCBD/RMCS/MR-H/59875 (2007-111)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Participation of developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition
in the Fifth meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing and the fifth meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions
Pursuant to Decision VIII/31 paragraph 22 of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, I have the honour to inform you that the Secretariat has received, to date, a total of US$402,843 from donors in support of the participation of developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition in the fifth meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing (WGABS-5) and the fifth meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J-5), scheduled to be convened in Montreal, Canada from 8 to 12 October and 15 to 19 October 2007, respectively.
(View the notification in French and in Spanish)
Subject(s): Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing, Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j) |
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2007-08-21
en es fr | SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/59641 (2007-108)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Indigenous and Local Communitie
Voluntary Trust Fund - List of selected participants to receive funding for participation in the International Indigenous and Local Community Consultation on Access and Benefit Sharing and the Development of an International Regime
As you may know, in Section D-I of Decision VIII/5, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted 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.
Subject(s): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j), Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing |
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2007-08-14
en es fr | SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/58785 (2007-105)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points, Indigenous and Local Communities
Voluntary Trust Fund - List of selected participants to receive funding for participation in the
Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS 5), 8-12 October 2007 and the Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J-5), 15-19 October 2007 - Montreal, Canada.
As you may know, in Section D-I of Decision VIII/5, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted 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.
Subject(s): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j), Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing |
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2007-08-02
en | SCBD/SEL/OH/JS/CR/59168 (2007-100)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Workshops for indigenous and local communities on web-based technologies, in particular on the CBD Guidelines on Biodiversity and Tourism Development
In paragraph 8 of Decision VII/14, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) "invites Parties, Governments and relevant organizations to provide indigenous and local communities with capacity-building and financial resources to support their active participation in tourism policy-making, development planning, product development and management indicated by the Guidelines".
Subject(s): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j), Tourism and Biodiversity |
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2007-07-05
en es fr | SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/59050 (2007-079)
Notification to: Indigenous and Local Communities
Nomination of Indigenous and Local Communities Experts for the International Indigenous Expert Consultation on Access and Benefit-sharing, Montreal, Canada, 19-21 September 2007.
The purpose of this Notification is to invite indigenous and local communities interested in the issue of the negotiation of an international regime on access and benefit-sharing within the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to nominate experts for the International Indigenous and Local Community Expert Consultation on Access and Benefit-sharing, in the context of Decision VIII/5 C of the Conference of the Parties.
Subject(s): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j)
Action required by 2007-08-05 |
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2007-06-18
en es fr | SCBD/SEL/VN/GD/58785 (2007-075)
Notification to: Indigenous and Local Communities
Decision VIII/5D on Article 8(j) and related provisions: Advisory Selection Committee of the Voluntary Trust Fund - List of selected members.
As you may know, in Section D-I of Decision VIII/5, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted 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. The Section A (d) of the Annex to the above Decision provides for the consultation with an Advisory Selection Committee consisting of seven representatives of indigenous and local communities nominated by indigenous and local communities from the seven geo-cultural regions applied under the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII).
Subject(s): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j) |
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2007-05-28
en es | SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/58451 (2007-063)
Notification to: UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs and private sector
: Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions, Montreal, Canada, 15 to 19 October 2007
I am pleased to inform you that, pursuant to Decision VIII/5 of the Conference of the Parties, the Fifth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions will be held in Montreal, Canada, from 15 to 19 October 2007.
The provisional agenda is attached for your information. The annotated provisional agenda and the Information Note for Participants will be available shortly on the CBD web site at the following address: http://www.cbd.int/meetings/default.shtml
Subject(s): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j)
Action required by 2007-07-15 |
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2007-05-28
en es | SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/58451 (2007-062)
Notification to: Indigenous and Local Community Organizations
Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions, Montreal, Canada, 15 to 19 October 2007.
I am pleased to inform you that pursuant to Decision VIII/5 of the Conference of the Parties, the Fifth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions will be held in Montreal, Canada, from 15 to 19 October 2007. The provisional agenda is attached for your information. The annotated provisional agenda and the Information Note for Participants will be available shortly on the CBD web site at the following address: http://www.cbd.int/meetings/default.shtml
Subject(s): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j)
Action required by 2007-07-15 |
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2007-05-28
en es | SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/58451 (2007-061)
Notification to: All CBD National Focal Points
Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions, Montreal, Canada, 15 to 19 October 2007.
I have the honour to inform you that pursuant to Decision VIII/5 of the Conference of the Parties, the Fifth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions will be held in Montreal, Canada, from 15 to 19 October 2007. The provisional agenda is attached for your information. The annotated provisional agenda and the Information Note for Participants will be available shortly on the CBD web site at the following address: http://www.cbd.int/meetings/default.shtml
Subject(s): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j)
Action required by 2007-07-15 |
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2006 2006-11-13
en | SCBD/SEL-CHM/OJ/SG/56561 (2006-118)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points - Latin America and the Caribbean Indigenous and local communities
cc: CHM National Focal Points - Latin America and the Caribbean
Joint Article 8(j) and Clearing-House Mechanism Capacity-Building Workshop on Networking and Information Exchange (Latin America and the Caribbean Region), Quito, Ecuador, 14-16 December 2006.
I am pleased to inform Parties and indigenous and local communities that the selection of participants to the workshop has been completed. A letter of invitation will be sent shortly to the selected participants together with further information regarding the workshop.
Subject(s): Clearing-House Mechanism, Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j) |
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2006-10-17
en es | SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/56235 (2006-110)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Revised dates for submission of inputs Programme of Work on Article 8(j) and related provisions
I am writing in connection with decision VIII/5 of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties on Article 8j and related provisions and the preparatory work for the fifth meeting of the Working Group on Article 8j and related provisions (WG8J-5).
Subject(s): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j)
Action required by 2007-02-16 |
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2006-10-02
en es fr | SCBD/SEL-CHM/ODM/SG/55962 (2006-103)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points - Latin America and the Caribbean Indigenous and local communities
cc: CHM National Focal Points - Latin America and the Caribbean
Joint Article 8(j) and Clearing-House Mechanism Capacity-Building Workshop on Networking and Information Exchange (Latin America and the Caribbean Region),
Quito, Ecuador, 14-16 December 2006
A Joint Article 8(j) and Clearing-House Mechanism regional workshop will be convened for the Latin America and Caribbean region with the generous support of the Governments of Spain and the Netherlands.
Subject(s): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j), Clearing-House Mechanism
Action required by 2006-10-27 |
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2006-06-27
en es fr | SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/55172 (2006-077)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Decision VIII/5 B II on Article 8(j) and related provisions: Elements of a Plan of Action for the retention of traditional knowledge, innovations and practices embodying traditional lifestyles relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity
Parties and Governments are invited to provide views and suggestions regarding the further development of the Plan of Action for the retention of traditional knowledge, as indicated above, as soon as practicable but no later than 31st May 2007.
Subject(s): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j)
Action required by 2007-05-31 |
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2006-06-27
en es fr | SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/55099 (2006-076)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Decision VIII/5 B on Article 8(j) and related provisions: Composite report on status and trends regarding the knowledge, innovations and practices relevant to the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity
Parties and Governments are invited to provide inputs on the research to be developed on developing technical guidelines for recording and documenting traditional knowledge, on highly vulnerable indigenous and local communities and on unprotected and voluntary isolated communities, as per paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 of the above-mentioned decision, as soon as practicable but no later than 31st May 2007.
Subject(s): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j)
Action required by 2007-05-31 |
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2006-06-27
en es fr | SCBD/SEL/OJ/SG/55101 (2006-075)
Notification to: CBD National Focal Points
Decision VIII/5G on Article 8(j) and related provisions: Indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 biodiversity target: status of traditional knowledge, innovations and practices.
Parties and governments are invited to provide information on activities pertaining to the development and application of indicators, as indicated above, as soon as practicable but no later than 30 October 2006.
Subject(s): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices - Article 8(j)
Action required by 2006-10-30 |
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