Participation in the Eigth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS WG 8) in Montreal, Canada

Participation in the Sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J 6) in Montreal, Canada

Lecture Tour by Christine von Weizsäcker in Japan in preparation of MOP5 and COP10 of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya at the invitation of Japanese NGOs, including meetings with City of Nagoya and Aichi prefecture officials, students, press, both Houses of the Japanese Parliament and the Minister of Environment, in Nagoya and Tokyo, organized by the MOP 5 Citizens Network, Aichi Prefecture International Forum on Interrelationsship between Nature and Human Beings

Participation in the Group of Technical and Legal Experts on Traditional Knowledge associated with Genetic Resources in Hyderabad, India

Participation in the Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS 7) in Paris, France

Participation in the Fifth Coordination Meeting for Governments and Organizations Implementing and/or Funding Biosafety Capacity-building Activities and the Sixth meeting of the Liaison Group on Capacity-building for Biosafety in San José, Costa Rica

Participation in the First meeting of the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs Concerning Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in Mexico City, Mexico.

Participation in the Fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the context of the Protocol in Montreal, Canada

Participation in the Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J 5) in Montreal, Canada

Meeting of the Project Group on COP9 of the German NGO Forum Environment and Development, in Bonn, Germany