The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has announced that the indigenous and local community (ILC) representatives are to receive financial assistance for participation in the upcoming meeting on sustainable and customary use of biodiversity, as well as the first meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing (ABS).
18 April 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has announced that the indigenous and local community (ILC) representatives are to receive financial assistance for their participation in the upcoming meeting on sustainable and customary use of biodiversity, as well as the first meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing (ABS).
The meeting on sustainable and customary use of biodiversity (Article 10(c)) will be held from 31 May-3 June 2011, in Montreal, Canada. The first meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol will take place from 6-10 June 2011, in Montreal. [CBD Notification on the Meeting on Article 10(c)] [CBD Notification on Nagoya Protocol Intergovernmental Committee Meeting]