Regions International Meeting Applaud's Australia's Support for Indigenous Peoples Organisations Biological Diversity | International Meeting Applaud's Australia's Support for Indigenous Peoples |
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PRESS RELEASE The CBD meeting, continuing for one week until 9 April 2009, is the seventh session of the working group developing a regime for access to and benefit sharing of genetic resources. In acknowledging Australia's improved position on the Declaration Mr Mattias Ahren, the chairperson of the Saami Council of Arctic and northern Europe region, expressed the view in the meeting that the stance of the government represented not only a significant benefit for the Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia, but all Indigenous Peoples of the world. He said Indigenous Peoples welcomed the decision of the government and thanked the government of Australia for its positive change in international policy. The brief announcement, made during the morning discussions, drew immediate and prolonged applause from the 600 participants at the meeting, including governments, environmental groups, industry and Indigenous Peoples. One of the subjects under discussion at the meeting is the protection of Indigenous Peoples' traditional knowledge rights in obtaining access to genetic resources. The objective is to identify an international regime which might be adopted at the 10th session of the Conference of Parties, the general assembly for the Convention, to be held in Japan in 2010. Les Malezer < This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it > |
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