CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY Sixth meeting, The Hague, 719 Ap

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CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYSixth meeting, The Hague,
7-19 April 2002
  Elzbieta Martyniuk
Decision VI/5   Agricultural biological diversity

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II/15 recognition of specific features of
agro-biodiversity, which require
specific solutions III/11 major set of decisions
on agrobiodiversity and
agricultural practices IV/6 additional
decisions (GURTs) and welcome of
the ITWG-AnGR V/5 adoption of the Programme
of Work on Agrobiodiversity
International Initiative on Polllinators Gene
use restriction technologies and V/6
Principles of Ecosystem Approach
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• Implementation of the programme of work
• The International Pollinators Initiative
• Soil biodiversity
• Animal genetic resources
• Impacts of trade liberalization
• Impacts of the application of genetic use
• restriction technologies on smallholder
• farmers, indigenous and local communities
• and Farmers' Rights

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1. Notes the progress made in the
implementation of the programme of work and the
need for emphasis and further action, within the
context of the programme of work, on
a. The wider understanding of the functions of
biodiversity in agro-ecosystems, and
the interactions between its various
components, at different spatial scales

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b. The promotion of methods of sustainable
agriculture that employ management practices,
technologies and policies that promote the
positive and prevent or mitigate the negative
impacts of agriculture on biodiversity,
focusing on the needs of farmers and indigenous
and local communities, to participate
efficiently in the process of meetings those
particular goals   c. Capacity-building in
institutions, human resource development,
training, communication, education and public
awareness. Moreover, funding for the
implementation of the programme of work should be
reviewed, in the context of decision V/5 of the
Conference of the Parties and   d.
Mainstreaming
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• 2. Adopts the steps for the further
  implementation of the programme of work by the
  Executive Secretary and partner organizations and
  the reporting schedule contained in annex I to
  the present decision
• Invites Parties, other Governments, and relevant
  organizations to submit case-studies on their
  experiences with mainstreaming matters related to
  agricultural biodiversity in their plans,
  programmes and strategies, to be made available
  through the clearing-house mechanism
• 4. Invites Parties and Governments to
  provide, thematic reports on the implementation
  of the programme of work on agricultural
  biodiversity, as part of the third national
  reports, prior to the eighth meeting of the
  Conference of the Parties

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• Requests the Executive Secretary to prepare a
  draft format for
• the thematic report on agricultural
  biodiversity, for consideration by the Conference
  of the Parties at its seventh session
• Requests the Executive Secretary, in
  collaboration with the Food and Agriculture
  Organization of the United Nations, to prepare,
  in time for consideration by the Conference of
  the Parties at its the eighth meeting, syntheses
  of relevant studies and an analysis of gaps and
  opportunities in the implementation of the
  programme of work, drawing upon the national
  thematic reports referred to in paragraph 4
  above, as well as information provided by
  relevant organizations

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7. Continues to encourage Parties and
Governments to support the application of the
Executive Secretary of the Convention on
Biological Diversity for observer status in the
Committee on Agriculture of the World Trade
Organization, in line with paragraph 9 of
decision IV/6 and paragraph 14 of decision V/5,
of the Conference of Parties
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• 8. Adopts, and decides to periodically review,
  as appropriate, the plan of action for the
  International Initiative for the Conservation and
  
• Sustainable Use of Pollinators on the basis
  of annex II to the present recommendation
• Welcomes the leading role played by the Food and
  Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in
  facilitating and coordinating this Initiative
• 10. Welcomes efforts to establish the African
• Pollinators Initiative, in the framework
  of the
• International Pollinators Initiative

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• Invites Parties and other Governments, and
• relevant organizations to contribute to
  the implementation of the International
  Pollinators
• Initiative
• 12. Invites Parties, other Governments, the
  financial mechanism and funding organizations to
  provide adequate and timely support to the
  implementation of the Plan of Action, especially
  by developing country Parties and Parties with
  economies in transition, and in particular least
  developed countries and small island developing
  States International Pollinators Initiative

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13. Decides to establish an International
Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable
Use of Soil Biodiversity as a cross-cutting
initiative within the programme of work on
agricultural biodiversity, and invites the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations, and other relevant organizations, to
facilitate and coordinate this initiative
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• Welcomes the process initiated by the Food and
• Agriculture Organization of the United
  Nations
• for the preparation of the first Report on
  the State
• of World's Animal Genetic Resources, as a
• contribution to the Convention's
  programme of
• work on agricultural biodiversity, as
  adopted
• by decision V/5
• 15. Encourages Parties to participate in the
• development of the first Report on the
  State of
• World's Animal Genetic Resources, in
  particular
• through the preparation of country
  reports

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16. Invites Parties, other Governments, the
financial mechanism and funding organizations to
provide adequate and timely support to enable
countries, especially developing country Parties
and Parties with economies in transition, and in
particular least developed countries and small
island developing States, to participate fully in
the preparatory process for the first Report on
the State of World's Animal Genetic Resources,
and implement follow-up actions identified
through the process that will contribute
to conservation sustainable use, access and
benefit-sharing of animal genetic resources for
food and agriculture
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17. Requests the Executive Secretary to study
further the impacts of trade liberalization on
agricultural biodiversity, in cooperation with
the United Nations Environment Programme, the
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations, the World Trade Organization and other
relevant organizations
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Recalling decision V/5 and, in particular,
paragraphs 23, 24 and 27, Reaffirming
decision V/5, paragraph 23,   18. Encourages
Parties and other Governments to address generic
concerns regarding such technologies as genetic
use restriction technologies under
international and national approaches to the safe
and sustainable use of germplasm
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• Urges Parties and other Governments to assess
• whether there is a need to develop, and
  how to ensure the application of, effective
  regulations at
• national level which take into account,
  inter alia, the specific nature of
  variety-specific and trait-specific genetic use
  restriction technologies, in order to ensure the
  safety of human health, the
• environment, food security and the
  conservation and sustainable use of biological
  diversity

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20. Acknowledges the need for additional
research regarding the potential risks of
specific genetic use restriction technologies

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21. Decides to establish an ad hoc technical
expert group on genetic use restriction
technologies to further analyse the potential
impacts of genetic use restriction technologies
on smallholder farmers, indigenous and local
communities and on Farmers' Rights, taking into
account relevant ongoing work, and, as far as
possible, the outcome of the work described in
paragraphs 23 and 24 below, as well as comments
from Parties, international organizations, and
smallholder farmers, indigenous and local
communities in order to prepare advice for
consideration at its seventh meeting. The ad hoc
technical expert group will include experts from
smallholder farmers and indigenous and local
communities, and will report to both to the Ad
Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and
Related Provisions and the SBSTTA prior to the
seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties

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22. Invites Parties, other Governments and
relevant organizations to protect native species
and associated traditional knowledge by paying a
particular attention to smallholder farmers,
indigenous and local communities and Farmers'
Rights in their imlementation of the programme
of work on agricultural biological diversity and
the Global Strategy for lant Conservation, in
order to promote the sustainable use and in situ
development of genetic resources
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23. Also invites the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations to study the
potential impacts of the applications of genetic
use restriction technologies in the framework of
the International Treaty on Plant Genetic
Resources for Food and Agriculture, and to
consider genetic use restriction technologies in
the further development of the Code of Conduct on
Biotechnology as it relates to genetic resources
for food and agriculture
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24. Invites the International Union for the
Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV), the
Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual
Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional
Knowledge and Folklore of the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO) and other relevant
organizations to examine, in the context of their
work, the specific intellectual property
implications of genetic use restriction
technologies, particularly in respect of
indigenous and local communities Requests
the Executive Secretary
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a. To integrate the issues related to the
impacts of genetic use restriction technologies
on smallholder farmers, indigenous and local
communities and on Farmers' Rights in the work
under the Convention regarding Article 8(j) and
related provisions and Article 14,
paragraph 2, on liability and redress
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b. To invite the Food and Agriculture
Organization of theUnited Nations, in
collaboration with other organizations to
investigate the potential impacts of the
applications of genetic use restriction
technologies in forestry, livestock,
aquatic and other ecosystems, and to take into
account the findings of the these organisations
in the development of the relevant programmes of
work and
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c. Given the distinct nature of genetic use
restriction technologies and their potential
impacts on indigenous and local communities, to
invite relevant organizations to examine the
applicability of existing, and to explore the
need to develop new, legal mechanisms to address
the application of genetic use restriction
technologies.
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Table 1. Steps for the further
implementation of the programme Executive
Secretary and partner organizations ( Planned
and in progress activities within each Programme
element )
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PLAN OF ACTION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVE
FOR THE CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF
POLLINATORS
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CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYSixth meeting, The Hague,
7-19 April 2002
 
Decision VI/17   Financial resources and
mechanism
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h. To build capacity of developing country
Parties, in particular least developed countries
and small island developing States, to
participate effectively in the preparatory
process for the first Report on the State of
World's Animal Genetic Resources