At the TRIPS Council meeting on 25-26 October 2006, members discussed the issue of intellectual property and genetic resources but no progress has been reported.
Hosted by the Norwegian Government in cooperation with UNEP, this conference aims to provide input to the CBD and its preparations for the ninth Conference of the Parties (COP-9), to be held in Germany in 2008. Its key objectives will be to: illustrate the role of biodiversity in poverty alleviation and in reaching the Millennium Development Goals, demonstrate the critical role of biodiversity and ecosystems in securing sustainable development, consider progress on the 2010 target on reduced loss of biodiversity, identify and consider possible efforts towards 2010 and beyond, present and consider difficult trade-offs, and provide insights and inspiration for implementation of the CBD Strategic Plan.
This conference is organized by the University of Waikato and the New Zealand Department of Conservation. Its goals are to bring together practitioners, scientists, policy-makers and conservation advocates from New Zealand and elsewhere to: review and evaluate the achievements of the past 20 years of conservation management in New Zealand; consider future challenges for conservation agencies; and assess the ways in which conservation agencies might best achieve their goals for conservation outcomes in 2050 and beyond.
The fifth session of the MOP of the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas will reconvene to consider budgetary issues and future arrangements for the ASCOBANS Secretariat.
This meeting will address: a proposed draft guideline for the conduct of food safety assessment of foods derived from GM animals; a proposed draft annex to the guideline for the conduct of food safety assessment of foods derived from GM plants, regarding plants modified for nutritional or health benefits; and a discussion paper on sanitary surveillance of foods derived from biotechnology after being placed on the market.
The first meeting of the signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concerning conservation, restoration and sustainable use of the Saiga Antelope (Saiga Tatarica Tatarica), a cooperative initiative between the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), was convened from 25-26 September, in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
The Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig, Germany, has gathered approximately 30 scientists, practitioners, and representatives of national and international institutions and civil society to discuss the needs and gaps of existing biodiversity scientific mechanisms and address new options.
Held from 25 September to 3 October 2006, in Geneva, Switzerland, the 33rd session of the General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) reviewed the activities of the organization over the past year and agreed on future work.
Held from 28-29 September 2006, in Bonn, Germany, the 31st meeting of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) Standing Committee heard reports on the accession of new Parties to the Convention and on intersessional activities since November 2005, as well as reports from Committee members and observers.
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