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IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2023

10th Session of the ITPGRFA Governing Body

Collaboration between the Treaty and relevant international instruments and organizations came into the spotlight as the Governing Body worked through its agenda, including enhancing the Treaty’s Multilateral System of access and benefit-sharing, farmers’ rights, and the impact of technological developments

MEAs:
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Topics:
Land and Agriculture
Keywords:
Implementation, International Agreement, Resolution, Global Biodiversity Forum, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Sustainable use
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2022

9th Session of the ITPGRFA Governing Body

Meeting at a crucial moment for the future of the Treaty, parties relaunched negotiations on measures to enhance the functioning of the Treaty’s Multilateral System of access and benefit-sharing. Parties further addressed farmers’ rights and issues related to “digital sequence

MEAs:
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Topics:
Land and Agriculture
Keywords:
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Resolution, Meetings, Sustainable use, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Implementation, Biological diversity, Compliance Committee
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2022

5th Session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the BBNJ

Despite more progress at this two-week session than over the last decade, delegates were unable to reach consensus on a new high seas treaty addressing marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction and, instead, suspended the session, to be resumed

MEAs:
Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
Topics:
Biological diversity,
Marine and Freshwater
Keywords:
Biological diversity, Sustainable use, Regional groups, Consensus, International Agreement, United Nations General Assembly, Environmental Impact Assessment, In situ, Capacity building, Small Island Developing States, Strategic environmental assessment, Mutually Agreed Terms, Traditional Knowledge, World Trade Organization, Precautionary principle, Package deal, Indigenous peoples, Intellectual property rights, World Intellectual Property Organization, Assessed contribution
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2021

2021 Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COPs)

Parties and stakeholders to the three global hazardous chemicals and wastes conventions convened online to deal with urgent operational and substantive work including election of officers, the programmes of work and budgets for all three conventions, and a decision regarding

MEAs:
Rotterdam Convention,
Stockholm Convention,
Basel Convention
Topics:
Chemicals and Waste
Keywords:
Global Environment Facility, Wastes, Chemical Review Committee, Persistent Organic Pollutants, Compliance Committee, European Union, Financial rules, Hazardous wastes, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Conference Room Paper, Open-ended Working Group, Meetings, Scale of assessment, United Nations Environment Programme, Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, National Implementation Plan, Persistant Organic Pollutant Review Committee, Small Island Developing States, Trust fund
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2019

8th Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Parties to the Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture met to address a range of policy, implementation, cooperation, and administrative matters of relevance to the Treaty and its Multilateral System (MLS) of access and benefit-sharing, but they

MEAs:
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Topics:
Biological diversity
Keywords:
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Resolution, Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Sustainable use, Implementation, International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, In situ, Multi-Year Programme of Work, Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Indigenous peoples, Capacity building, Standing Committee, Voluntary Contribution
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2019

18th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP18)

COP18 highlighted the increasing pressures on CITES as an instrument to counter the rising scale of biodiversity loss, as parties struggled to address stresses other than trade on wildlife populations, including habitat loss, disease outbreaks, and human-wildlife conflict. These are

MEAs:
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Topics:
Biological diversity,
Environmental Governance
Keywords:
Resolution, Sustainable use, European Union, Habitat, Amendment, Amendment, Indigenous peoples, Ecosystem services, Listing, Secret ballot, Enforcement, Ecosystem, Working group, Standing Committee, Open-ended Working Group
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2018

67th Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC67)

The presence of aboriginal whale hunters at the meeting provided moving and compelling statements. Adoption of the amendment, which required a three-fourths majority, was viewed by many delegates as an example of the IWC’s ability to find a balance between

MEAs:
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
Keywords:
Meetings, Resolution, Amendment, Amendment, European Union, Sustainable use, Working group, Indigenous peoples, Consensus, International Maritime Organization
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2017

7th Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA GB 7)

MEAs:
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Topics:
Biological diversity,
Environmental Governance,
Land and Agriculture
Keywords:
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Sustainable use, Resolution, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Subsidiary body, Multi-Year Programme of Work, Working group, International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, Voluntary Contribution, Implementation, Compliance Committee, Financial rules, In situ, Intellectual property rights, World Intellectual Property Organization
IISD/ENB summary meeting report
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2016

17th Meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties (COP17)

Delegates considered 90 agenda items and 62 species-listing proposals submitted by 64 countries. Some of the resolutions and decisions adopted concern: actions to combat wildlife trafficking; demand reduction strategies to combat illegal trade in CITES-listed species; provisions on international trade

MEAs:
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Topics:
Biological diversity,
Environmental Governance
Keywords:
European Union, Resolution, Enforcement, Secret ballot, Standing Committee, Working group, Sustainable use, Amendment, Amendment, Ecosystem services, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Meetings, Capacity building, Memorandum of Understanding, Listing, Regional Fisheries Management Organization, International Tropical Timber Council, Non-governmental organizations