Notifications
Announcement of the Global Consultation on Farmers’ Rights, 27-30 September 2016, Indonesia, and invitation for contributions
17 March 2016
17 March 2016
I have the honour to refer to Resolution 5/2015, Implementation of Article 9, Farmers’ Rights, adopted by the Governing Body at its Sixth Session in October 2015, whereby the Governing Body, inter alia, “request[ed] the Secretariat to engage Contracting Parties...
I have the honour to solicit relevant written inputs and reports as contribution to the work of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-Sharing.
Deadline: 15 April 2016
Update on the process for identification of possible areas of interrelations between the International Treaty and relevant instruments of UPOV and WIPO
01 February 2016
01 February 2016
The purpose of this notification is to provide an update on the process for the identification of possible areas of interrelations between the Treaty, especially its Article 9 on Farmers’ Rights, and relevant instruments of UPOV and WIPO, following the...
National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and Synergies among biodiversity-related Conventions
06 August 2015
06 August 2015
As part of the ongoing cooperation between the secretariats of the International Treaty and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), I have the pleasure to bring to your attention the notification recently issued by the Executive Director of the UNEP in...
Global Survey on descriptors required to identify plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
16 July 2015
16 July 2015
The Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is pleased to announce the opening of the Global Survey on descriptors required to identify plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA). The results of...