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IIFB activities at the Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16)
October 21 @ 8:00 am - November 1 @ 5:00 pm
COP-16 INFORMATION
Meeting documents Information note for participants Associated Events
ACCESS TO IIFB WORKING GROUPS AT COP-16
- IIFB Working Group on Target 3
- IIFB Working Group on Sustainable Use
- IIFB Working Group on Indicators
- IIFB Working Group on Article 8J (Traditional Knowledge)
- IIFB Working Group on Resource Mobilization
- IIFB Working Group on Digital Sequence Information (DSI)
- IIFB Working Group on Communications
- IIFB Working Group on NBSAPs
- IIFB Working Group on Review of the CBD
IIFB MEETINGS AT COP-16
IIFB full day preparatory meeting for COP16
DATE & TIME: 19th – 20th October, 2024, from 9 AM to 6 PM. Learn more here.
IIFB Caucus meeting
DATES: every day from 21st October to 1st November, 2024. From 8 AM to 10 AM COT. Learn more here.
IIFB SIDE EVENTS
Outcomes of the TRɄA World Summit on Traditional Knowledge related to Biodiversity.
DATE & TIME: 21st October at 6 PM COT. Learn more here.
The New Programme of Work and the Permanent Subsidiary body on Article 8(j)
DATE & TIME: 25TH October at 1:15 PM COT. Learn more here.
NEWS & MEDIA
For media inquiries, please get in touch: iifbcomms@iifb-indigenous.org
IIFB Press Conference I. Indigenous peoples’ aspirations and expectations for COP16
DATE: 21st of October
TIME: 11:30-12:00 AM
VENUE: Press Center
IIFB Press Conference II. Opportunities to advance in realising and engaging the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities
DATE: 25th October, 2024
TIME: 12:30 PM
VENUE: Press Center
IIFB Press Conference III. COP16 Outcomes and perspectives from Indigenous Peoples and local communities
DATE: 31st October 2024
TIME: 12 PM
VENUE: Press Center
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ABOUT COP-16
The Conference encompasses the Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16), the Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CP MOP11), and the Fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (NP MOP5). It will include a high-level ministerial segment.
COP 16 will be the first Biodiversity COP since the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at COP 15 in December 2022 in Montreal, Canada.
This event has the potential to be a historic COP for Indigenous Peoples and local communities. At COP16, it is going to be decided the the adoption of the New Programe of Work for indigenous peoples and local communities for the next 10 years, which would serve as a guide for governments in supporting the work of indigenous peoples as fundamental actors in the conservation of biological diversity.
At COP 16, parties will be tasked with reviewing the state of implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Parties are also expected to show the alignment of their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) with the Framework. COP 16 will further develop the monitoring framework and advance resource mobilization for the Global Biodiversity Framework. Among other tasks, COP 16 is also due to finalize and operationalize the multilateral mechanism on the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources.