First published on
11/07/2015, and last updated on 06/14/2017
CBD 19th Meeting of SBSTTA (SBSTTA-19) and 9th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8(j)-9)
Theme: ICCAs and Conservation of Nature Law and Policy
Meeting dates: 1-7 November 2015
Location: Montreal, Canada
More information: CBD and IISD/
| Consortium activities: |
- Written submission on agriculture and sustainable development
- Preparation of detailed guidance notes on key agenda items, shared with Consortium members, CBD Alliance and IIFB
- Attended by the Consortium’s President, M. Taghi Farvar, several Consortium members, including FPP, GFC, Cenesta, Natural Justice, etc.
- Meetings between Consortium President and CBD Executive Secretary in preparation for joint events in 2016
- Side event on collective action, ICCAs and the Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (ICCA Consortium, GFC and Cenesta)
- Side event on a forthcoming publication entitled: “Outlooks on Biodiversity: Indigenous Peoples’ and Local Communities’ contributions to the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020” (FPP and IIFB)
- Side event on indigenous and local knowledge in IPBES and CBD (FPP and SwedBio)
- Blog reports by GFC on SBSTTA and WG8(j)
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| Key policy outcomes: |
- SBSTTA-19 adopted 8 recommendations, including on: biodiversity mainstreaming, indicators for the Strategic Plan, scientific and technical needs related to implementation of the Strategic Plan (including promotion of the role of TK systems and collective action of indigenous peoples and local communities), biodiversity and human health, climate-related geoengineering (including emphasis on the role of ecosystem-based approaches to climate change mitigation), forest biodiversity, and work of SBSTTA in light of IPBES
- WG8(j)-9 adopted 5 recommendations, including on: guidelines on prior informed consent and benefit-sharing for the use of traditional knowledge, draft best practice guidelines for repatriation of traditional knowledge, recommendations from the UNPFII, and the topic for the next in-depth dialogue (contributions of traditional knowledge in the implementation of the SDGs)
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| Contribution to overall strategy: |
Activities contributed to objectives of: (1) securing collective rights and responsibilities of indigenous peoples and local communities for voluntary and self-directed conservation efforts, sustainable use and livelihoods; and (2) recognising and enforcing indigenous peoples’ rights and human rights in all conservation activities, under the draft strategy on “ICCAs & Conservation of Nature Law and Policy” |
| Direct financial implications for the Consortium: |
None – self-funded by Consortium members and CBD Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples |
