Item 4. The new programme of work and institutional arrangements on Article 8(j) and other provisions of the Convention related to indigenous peoples and local communities

Panel 1: Institutional arrangements for the full and effective participation of indigenous peoples and local communities in the work undertaken under the Convention on Biological Diversity

Presentation by  Lakpa Nuri Sherpa,  IIFB Co-President, Asian Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)

Presentation by Gloria Marina Apén Gonzalez de Mejía, delegate of the Government of Guatemala.