3 February 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has circulated the list of selected indigenous and local community (ILC) representatives to receive funding for the eighth Latin American and Caribbean ILC Capacity-Building Workshop to the CBD.

The workshop, to be held from 16-18 March 2011, in Georgetown, Guyana, will focus on issues relevant to Article 8(j), traditional knowledge, and access and benefit-sharing. The selection of beneficiaries has been completed in partnership with the Indigenous Women’s Biodiversity Network for the Latin American and Caribbean Region. [The Notification]