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Meetings held in 2013
- International Expert Group Meeting: Indigenous youth: Identity, challenges and hope: articles 14, 17, 21 and 25 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
UNPFII
29-31 January 2013 (UN Headquarters, New York) - WIPO IGC 23
WIPO
4-8 February 2013 (Geneva, Switzerland) - International Mother Language Day
UNESCO
21 February 2013 (worldwide) - UN Human Rights Council, 22nd regular session
OHCHR
25 February – 22 March 2013 (Geneva, Switzerland) - Indigenous peoples’ innovative and emerging uses of ICTs
UNESCO
26 February 2013 (Paris, France) - Workshop on the role of indigenous knowledge in economic development of Africa
TP Training Solutions
28 February – 1 March 2013 (Johannesburg, South Africa) - Ninth Annual American Studies Storytellers Conference
University of Buffalo
12-13 April 2013 (University of Buffalo, New York, US) - Seventh International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation
IIED
18-25 April 2013 (Dhaka, Bangladesh) - 2013 Charles Darwin Symposium: Indigenous knowledge in a changing world
Charles Darwin University
21-22 April 2013 (Darwin, Australia) - WIPO IGC 24
WIPO
22-26 April 2013 (Geneva, Switzerland)
Meetings held in 2012
- International expert group meeting on combating violence against indigenous women and girls: article 22 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
UNPFII
18-20 January 2012 (UN Headquarters, New York) - Indigenous peoples, business and environment 2012
Norwegian Barents Secretariat
9 February 2012 (Kirkenes, Norway) - 2nd Barents Indigenous Peoples’ Congress
Norwegian Barents Secretariat
10 February 2012 (Kirkenes, Norway) - WIPO IGC 20
WIPO
14-22 February 2012 (Geneva, Switzerland) - 2nd Global Conference of the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative
IPSI
13-14 March 2012 (Nairobi, Kenya) - Climate Change Mitigation with Indigenous Peoples: Practices, Lessons Learned and Prospects
UNU, in collaboration with IPCC, the Australian Government Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, the CBD Secretariat and UNDP
26-28 March 2012 (Cairns, Australia) - WIPO IGC 21
WIPO
16-20 April 2012 (Geneva, Switzerland) - Lund Conference on Earth System Governance: Towards Just and Legitimate Earth System Governance – Addressing Inequalities
Lund University
18-20 April 2012 (Lund, Sweden) - CBD SBSTTA 16
CBD
30 April – 4 May 2012 (Montreal, Canada) - Fourth meeting of the CBD Working Group on Review of Implementation
CBD
7-11 May 2012 (Montreal, Canada) - UNPFII-11
PFII
7-18 May 2012 (UN Headquarters, New York) - 2012 IFIP Conference
IFIP
16-18 May 2012 (San Francisco, USA) - UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20)
UN
20-22 June 2012 (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil) - Second meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the ABS Protocol
CBD
2-6 July 2012 (Delhi, India) - WIPO IGC 22
WIPO
9-13 July 2012 (Geneva, Switzerland) - IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012
IUCN
6-15 September 2012 (Jeju, Republic of Korea) - International Conference on Culture, Politics and Climate Change
University of Colorado-Boulder
13-15 September 2012 (Boulder, Colorado, USA) - Fiftieth series of meetings of the WIPO Assemblies
WIPO
1-9 October 2012 (Geneva, Switzerland) - Third Global Conference of the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative
IPSI
6-7 October 2012 (Hyderabad, India) - CBD COP 11
CBD
8-19 October 2012 (Hyderabad, India) - 1st Forum on Business and Human Rights
OHCHR
4-5 December 2012 (Geneva, Switzerland) - Traditional Knowledge is Eternal 2012
Ark Group Australia
10-11 December 2012 (Sydney, Australia)
Meetings held in 2011
- International Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Peoples and Forests
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
12 January – 14 January 2011 (UN headquarters, New York, USA) - WIPO IGC Second Intersessional Working Group: traditional knowledge
WIPO
21-25 February 2011 (Geneva, Switzerland) - Anishinaabewin: Modes of Knowledge, Ways of Life
Ojibwe Cultural Foundation
25-26 February 2011 (Sudbury, Ontario, Canada) - 16thsession of the Human Rights Council
OHCHR
28 February – 25 March 2011 (Geneva, Switzerland) - WIPO IGC Third Intersessional Working Group: genetic resources
WIPO
28 February – 4 March 2011 (Geneva, Switzerland) - 10th Indigenous Women’s Symposium: restoring indigenous women’s knowledges and ways of knowing in our homelands
Trent University and Niijkawendida
4-6 March 2011 (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada) - First Global Conference of the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative
IPSI
10-12 March 2011 (Aichi, Japan) - Fourth session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
ITPGR
14-18 March 2011 (Bali, Indonesia) - Asia-Pacific Regional Consultation and Capacity-building Workshop on REDD, including on Relevant Biodiversity Safeguards
CBD
15-18 March 2011 (Singapore City, Singapore) - Latin American and Caribbean Indigenous and Local Community Capacity-building Workshop on the CBD including issues relevant to Article 8(j), Traditional Knowledge and ABS
CBD
16-18 March 2011 (Georgetown, Guyana) - International Conference on the Utilization of the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) as a Model for Protection of Traditional Knowledge
WIPO
22-24 March 2011 (New Delhi, India) - 7th Annual Indigenous and American Studies Storyteller’s Conference
University at Buffalo
25-26 March 2011 (Buffalo, New York, USA) - IFIP Asia-Pacific Indigenous Peoples Resource Sustainability and Funders Summit
International Funders for Indigenous Peoples
27-29 March 2011 (Lombok, Indonesia) - 7th Annual Conference on Endangered Languages and Cultures of Native America
University of Utah
22-23 April 2011 (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA) - 5th International Indigenous Film Festival
Indigenous Film Archive
22-25 April 2011 (Katmandu, Nepal) - International Conference: The Beauty of Sourcing with Respect
Union for Ethical BioTrade
5 May 2011 (Paris, France) - 18th session of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
WIPO
9-13 May 2011 (Geneva, Switzerland) - UNPFII-10
PFII
16-27 May 2011 (UN Headquarters, New York, USA) - 10th Annual IFIP Conference
International Funders for Indigenous Peoples
25-27 May 2011 (Oneida Turning Stone, Central New York, USA) - International Indigenous Leadership Gathering
St’át’imc Chiefs’ Council
30 May-5 June 2011 (Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada) - Capacity-building workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on ABS
CBD
4-5 June 2011 (Montreal, Canada) - First Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on ABS
CBD
6-10 June 2011 (Montreal, Canada) - International Forum on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems: Dialogue among agricultural civilizations
FAO
9-12 June 2011 (Beijing, China) - 3rd Ordinary Session of the Conference of Parties to the Cultural Diversity Convention
UNESCO
14-17 June 2011 (Paris, France) - Fourth session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous People
OHCHR
11-15 July 2011 (Geneva, Switzerland) - 19th session of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
WIPO
18-22 July 2011 (Geneva, Switzerland) - International Workshop on Indigenous Peoples, Marginalized Populations and Climate Change: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Traditional Knowledge
UNU, IPCC, CBD, UNDP and Mexican National Institute of Ecology
19-21 July 2011 (Mexico City, Mexico) - World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education
WIPCE
14-18 August 2011 (Cusco, Peru) - Tenth RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change: common approaches to dealing with the challenges of food security and climate change in forests and agriculture
Oxfam and Rights and Resources Initiative
7-8 September 2011 (The Hague, the Netherlands) - Eleventh RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change: status and role of public and private finance to reduce forest loss and degradation
The Forest Peoples Programme, Forest Trends and Rights and Resources Initiative
12 October 2011 (London, UK)
- Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions
CBD
31 October – 4 November 2011 (Montreal, Canada) - Indigenous Knowledge Technology Conference
Polytechnic of Namibia
2-4 November 2011 (Windhoek, Namibia) - Fifteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
CBD
7-11 November 2011 (Montreal, Canada) - Conference on “Making Marginalized Voices Heard in the UN Processes”
Citizens’ Global Platform
11-12 November 2011 (Rovaniemi, Finland) - Data Management and Local Knowledge: building a network to support community-based research and monitoring
University of Colorado at Boulder National Snow and Ice Data Center
15-17 November 2011 (Boulder, Colorado, USA) - 6th session of the Intergovernmental Committee to the Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage
UNESCO
November 2011 (Bali, Indonesia) - 5th Ordinary Session of the Intergovernmental Committee to the Cultural Diversity Convention
UNESCO
5-9 December 2011 (Paris, France)
Meetings held in 2010
- Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Peoples’ Development with Culture and Identity
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
12 January – 14 January 2010 (UN headquarters, New York, USA) - Access and Benefit-sharing negotiations: Friends of the Co-Chairs meeting
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
26 January - 29 January 2010 (Montreal, Canada) - Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
CITES
13 March - 25 March 2010 (Doha, Qatar) - Access and Benefit-sharing negotiations: Indigenous and local community negotiators meeting
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
13 March – 15 March 2010 (Cali, Colombia) - Access and Benefit-sharing negotiations: Co-Chairs’ Informal Inter-regional Consultation
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
16 March – 18 March 2010 (Cali, Colombia) - Fourth Policy Board Meeting of the UN-REDD Programme
UN-REDD Programme
17 March – 19 March 2010 (Nairobi, Kenya) - Taking stock of smallholder and community forestry: where do we go from here?
CIFOR, IRD and CIRAD
24 March - 26 March 2010 (Montpellier, France) - Ninth meeting of the Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
22 March - 28 March 2010 (Cali, Colombia) - Fourth RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change
Rights and Resources Initiative
6 April 2010 (London, UK) - Peoples’ World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth’s Rights
Government of Bolivia
19 April – 22 April 2010 (Cochabamba, Bolivia) - Honoring the Living Earth: Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Communities in Colombia
National Museum of the American Indian
22 April 2010 (Washington DC, USA) - UNPFII-9
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
19 April – 30 April 2010 (UN headquarters, New York, USA) - Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore, 16th session
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
3 May – 7 May 2010 (Geneva, Switzerland) - Commission on Sustainable Development, 18th session
UN Division for Sustainable Development
3 May - 14 May 2010 (UN Headquarters, New York, USA) - 12th International Congress of Ethnobiology
International Society of Ethnobiology
9 May - 14 May 2010 (Tofino, BC, Canada) - International Funders for Indigenous Peoples 2010 Annual Conference
IFIP
15 May – 17 May 2010 (Tofino, Vancouver Island, Canada) - First PrepCom for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)
UN Division for Sustainable Development
17 May – 19 May 2010 (UN Headquarters, New York, USA) - CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, 14th session
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
10 May - 21 May 2010 (Nairobi, Kenya) - 4th International Indigenous Conference on Traditional Knowledge 2010
New Zealand’s Maori Centre for Research Excellence
6 June – 9 June 2010 (Auckland, New Zealand) - International Congress on Biological and Cultural Diversity
UNESCO and CBD, in collaboration with UNEP and Université de Montréal
8 June - 10 June 2010 (Montreal, Canada) - General Assembly of the States Parties to the UNESCO Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage, third session
UNESCO
22 June - 24 June 2010 (Paris, France) - Fifth RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change
Rights and Resources Initiative
22 June 2010 (Washington, D.C., USA) - Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, resumed ninth session
CBD
10 July – 16 July 2010 (Montreal, Canada) - Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, third session
OHCHR
12 July – 16 July 2010 (Geneva, Switzerland) - Interregional Negotiating Group of the CBD Working Group on ABS
CBD
18 September – 21 September 2010 (Montreal, Canada) - WIPO Assemblies, 48th series of meetings
WIPO
20 September – 29 September 2010 (Geneva, Switzerland) - Eleventh Congress of the International Society for Ethnopharmacology and First Spanish-Portuguese Ethnobiological Symposium
International Society for Ethnopharmacology
20 September – 25 September 2010 (Albacete, Spain) - ISE Ethnobiology Workshop
International Society of Ethnobiology
15 October – 17 October 2010 (Padise, Harjumaa, Estonia) - Resumed ninth meeting of the CBD Working Group on ABS
CBD
16 October 2010 (Nagoya, Japan) - Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
CBD
18 October – 29 October 2010 (Nagoya, Japan) - International Conference: Climate Adaptation in the Nordic Countries
Nordic Climate Change Adaptation Research Network
8 November - 10 November 2010 (Stockholm, Sweden) - Fourth Ordinary Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
UNESCO
29 November – 3 December 2010 (Paris, France) - Future Challenges, Ancient Solutions: What we can learn from the past about managing the future in the Pacific
The University of the South Pacific
29 November 2010 – 3 December 2010 (Suva, Fiji) - UNFCCC COP 16 and CMP 6
UNFCCC
29 November – 10 December 2010 (Cancun, Mexico) - WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Folklore, 17th session
WIPO
6 December – 10 December 2010 (Geneva, Switzerland) - International Conference on Biodiversity, Livelihood and Climate Change in the Himalayas
Tribhuvan University
12 December – 14 December 2010 (Kathmandu, Nepal)
UN
Meetings held in 2009
- Third International Conference on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change
Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), the Ring Alliance
19 February – 24 February 2009 (Dhaka, Bangladesh) - International Mother Language Day
UNESCO
21 February 2009 (Paris, France) - HerbFEST 2009
Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme, International Centre for Ethnomedicine and Drug Discovery and the Nigerian Natural Medicine Development Agency
24 February – 26 February 2009 (Abuja, Nigeria) - 5th World Water Forum
World Water Council
16 March – 22 March (Istanbul, Turkey) - Conference on Traditional Knowledge
Law Faculty of the North-West University, South Africa
17 March – 19 March 2009 (Law Faculty of the North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa) - CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, 7th Meeting
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
2 April – 8 April 2009 (Paris, France) - International Funders for Indigenous Peoples 7th Annual Conference: Setting the Agenda for the Future of Indigenous Philanthropy
IFIP
3 April – 5 April 2009 (Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA) - Indigenous Sacred Sites: Biodiversity and Spirituality
Yachay Wasi
5 April – 11 April 2009 (Acopia, Peru) - Indigenous Peoples Global Summit on Climate Change
Inuit Circumpolar Council
20 April – 24 April 2009 (Anchorage, Alaska) - CBD Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change, 2nd Meeting
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
20 April – 24 April 2009 (Helsinki, Finland) - UN Forum on Forests, 8th Session
United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)
20 April – 1 May 2009 (New York, USA) - Commission on Sustainable Development, 17th Session
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Division for Sustainable Development
4 May – 15 May 2009 (New York, USA) - UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 8th Session
UNPFII
18 May – 29 May 2009 (New York, USA) - ITPGR Governing Body, 3rd Session
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
1 June – 5 June 2009 (Tunis, Tunisia) - Access and Benefit-sharing: Expert Group on traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
16 June – 19 June 2009 (Hyderabad, India) - International Whaling Commission, 61st Annual Meeting
International Whaling Commission
22 June – 26 June 2009 (Madeira, Portugal) - Mother Earth: Confronting the Challenge of Climate Change
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
27 June 2009 (Washington DC, USA) - World Heritage Committee, 33rd Session
UNESCO
1 July 2009 (Paris, France) - Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore : Fourteenth Session
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
29 June – 3 July 2009 (Geneva, Switzerland) - International Vilm Workshop on Matters related to Traditional Knowledge associated with Genetic Resources and the ABS regime
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
6 July – 10 July 2009 (Isle of Vilm, Germany) - Garma Festival: Key Forum on Creative Industries
Yothu Yindi Foundation
7 August – 11 August 2009 (Gulkula, Australia) - International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
UNESCO
9 August 2009 (Paris, France) - Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 2nd Session
UNHCHR
10 August – 14 August 2009 (Geneva, Switzerland) - SERI 2009 World Conference on Ecological Restoration
Society for Ecological Restoration International
23 August – 27 August 2009 (Perth, Australia) - Second World Congress on Agroforestry
World Agroforestry Centre, UNEP, University of Florida
23 August – 29 August 2009 (Nairobi, Kenya) - Fourth Annual Symposium for Sustainable Food and Seed Sovereignty
Native Earth Bio-Culture Council and Institute of American Indian Arts’ Center for Lifelong Education
25 September – 26 September 2009 (Santa Fe, USA) - Alaska Seminar: Private Philanthropy, Indigenous Capacity, and Environmental Stewardship
Alaska Conservation Foundation, International Funders for Indigenous Peoples, Oak Foundation, and Native Americans in Philanthropy
28 September – 29 September 2009 (Anchorage, Alaska) - Water and Cultural Diversity Symposium
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN)
1 October 2009 – 3 October 2009 TBC (Kyoto, Japan) - Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, 12th Regular Session
FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)
19 October – 23 October 2009 (Rome, Italy) - International Conference on Intellectual Property and Cultural Heritage in the Digital World
WIPO
29 October – 30 October 2009 (Madrid, Spain) - CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions, 6th Meeting
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
2 November – 6 November 2009 (Montreal, Canada) - CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, 8th Meeting
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
9 November – 15 November 2009 (Montreal, Canada) - International Traditional Healers Exchange and Conference on Promotion of “Traditional Medicine for Sustainable Healthcare”
ETC-COMPAS and FRLHT
8 November – 20 November 2009 (Bangalore, India) - UNFCCC Conference of the Parties, 15th Meeting (COP 15) and COP/MOP 5 for the Kyoto Protocol
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
30 November 2009 – 11 December 2009 (Copenhagen, Denmark) - Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Genetic Resources and Foklore
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
7 December – 11 December 2009 (Geneva, Switzerland)
Meetings held in 2008
- Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Languages
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
8 January – 10 January 2008 (New York, USA) - Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, 6th Meeting (WGABS-6)
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
21 January – 25 January 2008 (Geneva, Switzerland) - Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, 13th Meeting (SBSTTA-13)
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
18 February – 22 February 2008 (Rome, Italy) - Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore, Twelfth Session (GRTKF-12)
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
25 February – 29 February 2008 (Geneva, Switzerland) - Roundtable on the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Folklore/Traditional Cultural Expressions for the Maroon and Rastafarian Communities of Jamaica
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
17 March 2008 (Kingston, Jamaica) - Regional Expert Meeting On The Establishment Of A Caribbean Framework For The Protection Of Traditional Knowledge, Folklore And Genetic Resources
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
18 March – 19 March 2008 (Kingston, Jamaica) - Opportunities and challenges of responses to climate change for Indigenous and Local Communities, their Traditional Knowledge and Biological Diversity
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
25 March – 28 March 2008 (Helsinki, Finland) - International Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change
United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS)
2 April 2008 – 4 April 2008 (Darwin, Australia) - International Public Forum on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: The Tropical Australian Experience
United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS)
3 April 2008 (Darwin, Australia) - UN Conference On Trade And Development, 12th Session (UNCTAD XII)
UN Conference On Trade And Development (UNCTAD)
20 April 2008 – 25 April 2008 (Accra, Ghana) - UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 7th Session: Special theme: Climate change, bio-cultural diversity and livelihoods: the stewardship role of indigenous peoples and new challenges (UNPFII-7)
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
21 April – 2 May 2008 - UN Commission on Sustainable Development, 16th Session
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for Sustainable Development (DESA / DSD)
5 May – 16 May 2008 (New York, USA) - World Health Assembly, 61st Meeting
World Health Organization (WHO)
19 May – 24 May 2008 (Geneva, Switzerland) - Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 9th Meeting (COP-9)
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
19 May – 30 May 2008 (Bonn, Germany) - International Workshop on Plant Variety Protection and Plant Breeders’ Rights
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
8 June 2008 (Wageningen, Netherlands) - International Symposium on Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
16 June 2008 – 18 June 2008 (Bishkek/Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan) - Festival of Pacific Arts, 10th Festival
Council of Pacific Arts
20 July – 2 August 2008 (American Samoa) - 8th World Indigenous Women & Wellness Conference: Building on Traditional Wisdom and Knowledge
29 September 2008 – 1 October 2008 (Calgary, Canada) - Expert Group Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
1 October 2008 – 3 October 2008 - IUCN World Conservation Congress, 4th Congress
IUCN – The World Conservation Union
5 October to 14 October 2008 (Barcelona, Spain) - Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore : Thirteenth Session
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
13 October 2008 to 17 October 2008 (Geneva, Switzerland) - Pacific Region Workshop on Indigenous Communities, Tourism and Biodiversity: New Information and Web-based Technologies
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
3 November – 5 November 2008 (Apia, Samoa) - UNFCCC Conference of the Parties, 14th Meeting (COP 14) and COP/MOP 4 for the Kyoto Protocol
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
1 December – 12 December 2008 (Poznan, Poland) - World Indigenous Peoples Conference: Education 2008 (WIPCE-2008 )
Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Incorporated (VAEAI)
7 December 2008 – 11 December 2008 (Melbourne, Australia)
Meetings held in 2007
- International Conference on Sustainable Forest Management and Poverty Alleviation: Roles of traditional forest-related knowledge
International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO)
17 December – 20 December 2007 (Kunming, China) - Knowledge, Creativity, and Transformation of Societies (KCTOS)
Research Institute for Regional and Transnational Processes
6 December – 9 December 2007 (Vienna, Austria) - Building Community Capacity: A Roundtable on Practical Initiatives on Intellectual Property and Traditional Cultural Expressions, Traditional Knowledge and Genetic Resources
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
10 December – 12 November 2007 (Geneva, Switzerland) - UNFCCC Conference of the Parties, 13th Meeting (COP 13) and 3rd COP/MOP for the Kyoto Protocol
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
3 December 2007 – 14 December 2007 (Bali, Indonesia) - Trondheim Conference On Biodiversity, 5th Conference
Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management
29 October – 2 November 2007 (Trondheim, Norway) - Governing Body of the ITPGRFA, 2nd Session
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA)
29 October – 2 November 2007 (Rome, Italy) - Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas, 8th Meeting
Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
22 October – 26 October 2007 (Alotau, Papua New Guinea) - Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions, 5th Meeting (WG8J-5)
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
15 October – 19 October 2007 (Montreal, Canada) - Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, 5th Meeting (WGABS-5)
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
8 October – 12 October 2007 (Montreal, Canada) - World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium Conference 2007
World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium (WIN-HEC)
21 October – 23 October 2007 (Honolulu, Hawaii) - Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples: impacts and responses
UNESCO Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS)
17 October 2007 (Paris, France) - WIPO General Assembly, 34th Session (18th Ordinary)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
25 September – 3 October 2007 (Geneva, Switzerland) - Working Group on Indigenous Populations, 25th Meeting
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
UPDATE: There will be no further meeting of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations. The Human Rights Council will meet in September and decide on any future mechanism on Indigenous issues. - Indigenous and Local Communities Experts for the International Indigenous Expert Consultation on Access and Benefit-sharing
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
19 September – 21 September 2007 (Montreal, Canada) - International Conference to Promote the Development of Tropical Non-Timber Forest Products And Services
International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
19 September – 21 September 2007 (Beijing, China) - Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Issues
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
17 September – 19 September 2007 (Montreal, Canada) - Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertificaton, 8th Session (COP-8)
UN Convention to Combat Desertificaton (UNCCD)
3 September – 14 September 2007 (Madrid, Spain) - International Technical Conference on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, 1st Meeting
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
3 September – 7 September 2007 (Interlaken, Switzerland) - International Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Peoples and Protection of the Environment
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
27 – 29 August 2007 (Khabarovsk, Russian Federation) - Carpathian Convention Working Group on Cultural Heritage & Traditional Knowledge, 1st Meeting
UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe (BRESCE)
27 August – 28 August 2007 (Venice, Italy) - International Experts Meeting on Indigenous Knowledge and Changing Environments
UNESCO LINKS (Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems) Program
20 August – 24 August (Cairns, Australia) - WGRI-2: Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention
CBD
7 July – 13 July (Paris, France) - WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (ICG), 11th Session
WIPO
3 July – 12 July 2007 (Geneva, Switzerland) - Twelfth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-12)
CBD
2 July – 6 July 2007 (Paris, France) - International Experts Meeting on TK for Sustainable Development
UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe (BRESCE)
28-29 June 2007 (Florence, Italy) - Asian-African Forum on Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions and Genetic Resources
WIPO
18 June – 20 June 2007 (Bandung, Indonesia) - UNPFII-6: Sixth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Special theme: Territories, Lands and Natural Resources
UNPFII
14 May – 25 May 2007 (New York, USA) - International Funders for Indigenous Peoples Annual Conference
International Funders for Indigenous Peoples
7 May – 8 May 2007 (San Francisco, USA) - Advisory Group for the Programme of Work on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions
Convention on Biological Diversity
30 April – 3 May 2007 (Montreal, Canada) - PCT Union – Working Group on Reform of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
WIPO
23 April – 27 April 2007 (Geneva, Switzerland) - Foro sub-regional OMPI-ALADI sobre conocimientos tradicionales, expresiones culturales tradicionales (folclore) y recursos genéticos conexos: “Perspectivas para la cooperación regional”
WIPO
26 April – 27 April 2007 (Montevideo, Uruguay) - OAS: 10th Meeting of Negotiations on the Draft American Declaration on Rights for Indigenous Peoples
OAS
23 April – 27 April 2007 (La Paz, Bolivia)
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