Seventh meeting of the Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing of the Convention on Biological Diversity
2 April – 8 April 2009 (Paris, France)
A notification released by the CBD Secretariat invites Parties, other Governments, international organizations, indigenous and local communities, and relevant stakeholders to submit views and proposals, including operational text, for further elaboration and negotiation of the international regime on access and benefit-sharing in preparation for the seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, no later than 15 December 2008. ABS WG 7 will focus on the negotiation of operational text on the objective, scope, compliance, fair and equitable benefit-sharing, and access. Download the notification [pdf]…
