Hear what world leaders, authorities of multilateral organizations, indigenous and community leaders and many other ABS actors have to say about global environmental governance, nature-based solutions and sustainable development.
David Hafashimana
International negotiator
Ecologist, Biodiversity and Biosafety senior consultant, he represented Uganda in the ABS Negotiations of the ABS Working Group and drafted the Bonn Guidelines in 2000.
Former International negotiator at the CBD. Consultant on Environment and Sustainability, with more than 20 years of experience working in the natural resources, energy and sustainable development field.
Former head of delegation for New Zealand during the negotiation of the Nagoya Protocol. She also Co-chaired the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol (ICNP).
Manager of the UNDP-GEF Global ABS Project. He was directly involved in the negotiation of the Nagoya Protocol and since its adoption has been actively supporting its implementation globally.
ABS Senior Programme Manager at the Convention on Biological Diversity. He served as Africa’s Chief Negotiator for the negotiations of the Nagoya Protocol in 2010.
International Policy Officer at the European Commission, Multilateral Environmental Cooperation, focused on the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol and the development of ABS policies.
Co-chair of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources. Biological Scientist, with a PhD in Phthirapteran classification and coevolution.
Co-chair of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources (AHTEG). Deputy Director at the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries.
UNDP-India Consultant and Chair, Working Group on Seed Systems of Revitalizing Rainfed Areas Network. Former Director at ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research.
Advisor of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belarus. Former Research Associate at the United Institute of Informatics Problems and for the Institute of Genetics and Cytology of Belarus.
Senior Scientific Officer at The University of the South Pacific. Award winner for the best Master of Science by thesis in 2013. He is member of the Scientific and Academic bodies and Indigenous Science Network, Association of Commonwealth Universities.
Policy Specialist at Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture. Expert in biodiversity law, focused on genetic resources.
Information Management Officer at the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. In charge of the Access and Benefit-Sharing Clearing-House (ABSCH) Mechanism.
Lawyer with professional experience and specialization in Intellectual, Environmental and Sanitary Property. Responsible for the application of the law on ABS at Natura.
CEO at first cosmetic ingredients supplier worldwide to achieve, in 2017, the Internationally Recognized Certificate of Compliance (IRCC) at the ABSCH for investigating a new cosmetic ingredient.
Deputy Director & Senior Coordinator for ABS and Policy at the Union for Ethical Bio Trade, where she works since 2009. Lawyer and global expert on ABS.
Associate Director at AstraZeneca, Scientific & Technical Affairs. Vice Chair of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations CBD working group.
Associate Programme Management Officer for the Peoples and Biodiversity Unit at the CBD Secretariat. Doctorate on Juridical Sciences. He was a co-chair of the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus.
Chairman at the Endorois Welfare Council (EWC), a registered community-based organization of the Endorois Indigenous People living around the Lake Bogoria areas of Baringo County, Kenya.
Head Bioprospecting at Kenya Wildlife Service. He is actively involved in technology transfer on access and benefit sharing, community livelihoods and conservation linkages.
Network of Indigenous Women for Biodiversity – Latin America, Colombia’s focal point. She a specialist on Constitutional and Parliamentary law and has served in different responsibilities related to indigenous peoples.
She is a researcher with the National Research Foundation SARChI Chair in Social and Environmental Dimensions of the Bioeconomy at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Programme Manager at the francophone Hub of Natural Justice. He mainly works on ABS, TK protection and governance of natural resources and community land rights.
Director of Biodiversity and BCP at RITA Biodiversity, Mexico. She is specialized in conservation of biocultural heritage, Environment interpretation for Tourism, and is an active member of the FIIB.
He guided the transformation of the Africa-focused ABS Initiative into a multi-donor platform with long-term funding for ABS capacity development in the African, Caribbean, and Pacific regions.
Pioneer in the development of Payment for Ecosystem Services initiatives and strategies for forest restoration, ocean conservation, and de-carbonization. Expert on environmental policy.
He has more than 25 years of experience in project management and advising to multiple countries and international organizations in areas of environmental policy and biodiversity conservation.
She is the former coordinator of the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Policy Advocacy Program of Tebtebba – Indigenous Peoples’ International Center for Policy Research and Education.
Chairperson of the national committee for biodiversity and the founder of the Royal Botanical Garden of Jordan and is one of the champions of ABS and biodiversity conservation in the region.