CBD: Local Communities Meeting

The Secretariat of CBD will convene an ad hoc expert group meeting for local community representatives in Montreal (Canada) from 13-15 July 2011 in regards to paragraph 21 of Decision X/43 and the revised programme of work for Article 8(j) and related provisions of the Convention. Through this process CBD is seeking to identify common characteristics of local communities and to gather advice on how local communities can more effectively participate in Convention processes, including at the national level, as well as how to develop targeted outreach, in order to assist in the implementation the Convention and achievement of its goals.

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