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From August 12 to 16, Montreal hosted WGDSI-2 (Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources), a crucial meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity in preparation for COP16, scheduled to take place in Cali, Colombia, in October.
Photo credit: IISD Earth Negotiations Bulletin
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Join our webinar with Laura Fequino, Policy Analyst, and David Roy, Executive Director of Workshops for Biodiversity, for an in-depth discussion on:
What is benefit sharing from the use of digital sequence information of genetic resources?
Who is participating in this meeting and why does it involve private sector actors?
What were the results and major issues of this meeting?
How does it fit into the context of COP16 and the Global Biodiversity Framework from Kunming to Montreal?
On the road to COP16 on biodiversity: Montreal negotiations on benefit sharing (WGDSI-2)
Date and time: Wednesday, September 4 from 12:00 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Location: Online
Registration (event in French): https://us05web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlfu-oqT4jH9Y86t04Xz0Z3JEOC7HfzGvl