Latin American and Caribbean Indigenous and Local Community Capacity Building Workshop on the Convention on Biological Diversity including issues relevant to Article 8(j) Traditional Knowledge, and Access and Benefit-sharing
29 October – 31 October 2009 (Montreal, Canada)
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is organizing a regional capacity-building workshop for indigenous and local community representatives on effective participation in the CBD processes, with a specific focus on the Working Groups on Article 8(j) and on access and benefit-sharing. The workshop aims specifically at building and strengthening capacity for indigenous and local community women. Indigenous and local community organizations from the Latin American and Caribbean region are invited to nominate representatives to the CBD Secretariat, at secretariat (at) cbd.int, by 11 September 2009, for consideration in the selection process. The CBD Secretariat will notify participants selected for funding to participate in the workshop by mid-September. Read the CBD notification [pdf] …
