Resumed Ninth Meeting of the Interregional NegotiatingGroup (ING) of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, which finally resulted in the adoption of the The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity. (HM, FM, AL, HP, CvW)

Participation in the UN-negotiations on Access and Benefit-Sharing for Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge: 9th Meeting of the Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing in Cali, Columbia including the Co-Chairs Interregional Consultations(CCIC), CBD Alliance Strategy meeting for Civil Society Organisations, and the Co-Chairs Informal Consultations: Meeting with Women's representatives and Civil Society organisations.

(CvW)