cbd alliance

 By Third World Network on behalf of Civil Society Organizations

Thank you, Co-Chairs.  I speak on behalf of the Civil Society Organisations present at this meeting.

We strongly reiterate our key positions on the fundamental aspects of the final outcome of the negotiations mandated to this Working Group.

On nature, we fully support a legally binding single instrument and look forward to Parties adopting a Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit sharing under the Convention on Biological Diversity. Read the rest