The IIFB participated at the twenty-sixth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 26), which took place from 13 to 18 May in Nairobi, Kenya. Access IIFB Statements, IIFB side events and other useful resources:
IIFB Statements
Agenda Item 3: MONITORING FRAMEWORK FOR THE KUNMING- MONTREAL GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK
IIFB Statement delivered by Anne Samante, from the Mainyoito Pastoralists Integrated Development Organization (MPIDO).
Date: May 13, 2024.
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Agenda Item 4: Scientific and technical needs to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
IIFB Statement delivered by Ngimbi Daniel Mabengo, Alliance Nationale d’Appui et de Promotion des Aires et Territories du Patrimoine Autochtones en RDC (ANAPAC)
Date: May 13, 2024.
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Agenda Item 5: SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
IIFB Statement delivered by Yolanda Teran from the Indigenous Women Network on Biodiversity from Latin America and the Caribbean (RMIB-LAC).Date: May 13, 2024.
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Agenda Item 6: Risk Assessment and Risk Management
IIFB Statement delivered by Kamal Kumar Rai, Nepal Indigenous Forum for Biodiversity
Date: May 13, 2024.
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Agenda Item 7: Detection and identification of Living Modified Organisms
IIFB Statement delivered by Kamal Kumar Rai, Nepal Indigenous Forum for Biodiversity.
Date: May 14, 2024.
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Agenda Item 8: MARINE AND COASTAL BIODIVERSITY (a) Further work on ecologically or biologically significant marine areas
IIFB Statement delivered by John Cheechoo, Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada.
Date: May 15, 2024.
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Agenda Item 9: Biodiversity and Health
IIFB Statement delivered by Ramson Karmushu
Date: May 14, 2024.
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Plenary sessions
PLENARY: Agenda Items 5 and 3 (13 May 2023)
PLENARY: Agenda items 7, 8 and 9 (14 May 2024) .
PLENARY: Agenda item 4 and 7 (17 May 2024)
IIFB Side Events
16 May at 13:30 to 15:00 EAT: Capacity-Building Workshop on Monitoring and Land Use change and Land Tenure.
Access the Informational Brief Indicator on Land Use change and Land Tenure here.
17 May at 18:15 EAT: IPLCs’ contribution to the achievement of Target 3: Act30 Initiative.
18 May, at 13:15 EAT: Traditional Knowledge Indicators and the monitoring framework of the Kunming – Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).
25 May 2024, from 10 to 16:30 EAT: Informal Dialogue on a new programme of work and institutional arrangements on Article 8(j) and other provisions of the Convention related to indigenous peoples and local communities