[Ip-health] Save the Date!!

[Dalindyebo Bafana Shabalala]

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Dear Friends,



>From 13.45 to 14.45 on Tuesday, October 16 in Montreal, Canada during the
Convention on Biological Diversity Working Group on Article 8j, CIEL will be
holding a Side Event on "TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, FOLKLORE AND GENETIC
RESOURCES: DEVELOPMENTS AT WIPO AND OTHER MULTILATERAL FORA"
The issues of folklore, traditional knowledge, and genetic resources that
are being discussed and addressed in multiple fora at multiple levels.
Indigenous and other local communities will be particularly affected by the
outcomes of these discussions and it is important to ensure that
developments in one forum do not negatively affect progress in others. The
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) will present this update
at the CBD as part of its work at cross-fora capacity-building and
information sharing aimed at ensuring coherent and positive outcomes for
indigenous and other local communities in multilateral processes of
traditional knowledge, folklore and genetic resources.



Confirmed Speakers on the Panel are:



Dr. Gregory Young-Ing (confirmed)

Dalindyebo Shabalala (CIEL)



A short synopsis of the purpose of the meeting is available at
http://www.cbd.int/register/side-events/list.aspx?mtg=WG8J-05).

Please pass the invitation on to all your colleagues and networks.



Regards,

Dalindyebo Shabalala

Director, Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development Project

Center for International Environmental Law

15 Rue des Savoises

1205 Geneva

Switzerland

Phone: +41 22 321 4774

Fax: +41 22 789 0739



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