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Steering Committee member Clark Peteru (Samoa) at workshop on Access and Benefit Sharing, Traditional Knowledge and Customary Law, Australia. Photo: UNU-IAS

L to R: Tagaloa Cooper (Niue Government) and Aroha Te Pareake Mead (New Zealand) at workshop on ABS, TK and Customary Law, Australia, Nov 05. Photo: Wendy Elliott

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COE Participation 2005
In 2005, Call of the Earth Llamado de la Tierra presented at and/or participated in the following events:
| Date/Place | Topic | COE Attendees | | 17-19 January 2005, UN Headquarters New York, USA | UNPFII Expert Workshop on Free, Prior and Informed Consent and Indigenous Peoples | Parshuram, Rodrigo VIEW REPORTS:(1) & (2) (REPORT 2 SPANISH ONLY) | | 20-22 January 2005, Panama | International Roundtable on Indigenous Autonomy: A Political Movement in Latin America | Atencio SEE DECLARATION HERE (SPANISH ONLY) | | 14-18 February 2005, Bangkok, Thailand | CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing, 3rd meeting | Aroha, Clark, Debra, Kent, Le'a, Parshuram, Rahera, Robynne VIEW REPORT HERE | | 1 April 2005, Panama | Protection of Traditional Knowledge for Medicinal Purposes in Kuna communities | Atencio | | 21- 23 April 2005, Brazil | International Seminar on Indigenous Peoples' Cultural Heritage | Marcos, Lucia | | 16-27 May 2005, UN Headquarters, New York, USA | UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 4th Session | Parshuram, Marcos, Debra, Le'a | | 30 May-2 June 2005, Tokyo, Japan | Conserving Cultural and Biological Diversity: the Role of Sacred Natural Sites and Cultural Landscapes | Parshuram, Rahera VIEW REPORT HERE | | 6-10 June 2005, Geneva, Switzerland | WIPO-IGC on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore, 8th session | Alejandro, Rodrigo | | 13-17 June 2005, Montecatini, Italy | CBD - 1st Meeting, Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas | Alejandro, Jannie VIEW RELEVANT DOCUMENTS HERE | | 11-14 July 2005, Montreal, Canada | CBD Advisory Committee for the Programme of Work on Article 8(j) and related provisions | Alejandro, Aroha, Jannie | | 18-22 July 2005, Geneva, Switzerland | UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations | Marcos, Atencio | | 19 August 2005, Wellington, New Zealand | Seminar on Aboriginal Australian Policy & Direction | Aroha | | 1-2 Sept 2005, Bogota, Colombia | Regional Workshop on Biopiracy in Andean Communities | Rodrigo | | 21-23 September 2005, Panama City, Panama | Workshop on Traditional Knowledge, the United Nations and Indigenous Peoples | Aroha, Atencio: VIEW PAPERS: (1) & (2) IN ASSOCIATION WITH ASOCIACION KUNAS UNIDOS POR NAPGUANA | | 4-6 October 2005, Brasilia, Brazil | Crossroads of Modernity: Struggle of the Indigenous Populations of Brazil in the Future of the CBD | Debra, Marcos, Le'a, Lucia | | 21 October 2005, Winnipeg, Canada | Acts of Self-Determination and Self-Defence: Indigenous Peoples Responses to Biocolonialism | Debra | 6-8 November 2005, Gland, Switzerland | IUCN/ICMM Roundtable on Indigenous Peoples and Mining | Aroha | | 21-23 November 2005, Brussels, Belgium | Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Africa and their Relevance for Sustainable Development | Ikechi: VIEW PAPER | | 21-24 November 2005, Cairns, Australia | Access & Benefit Sharing, Traditional Knowledge and Customary Law Workshop | Clark, Aroha | | 29 Nov - 2 Dec 2005, Wellington, New Zealand | Talking Biotechnology Conference: Reflecting on Science in Society | Aroha | | 4 December 2005, Wellington, New Zealand | The Genetic Revolution 'Promise and Peril' Lecture Series - Indigenous Peoples and Biocolonialism: Genetics and Justice in the 21st Century | Debra |

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Parshuram Tamang (Nepal), COE Steering Committee member at Sacred Sites meeting, Japan, May-June 05. Photo: COE

COE Co-Chairs Alejandro Argumedo (Peru) and Aroha Te Pareake Mead (New Zealand) at CBD Advisory Committee for Art 8(j), Canada, July 05. Photo: Aroha Mead

L to R: Gary Hawke (Australian High Commissioner to NZ), Sue Gordon, Jackie Huggins, Russell Taylor (Australia) Aroha Mead (COE Co-Chair) at Aboriginal Australian Seminar, New Zealand, Aug 05. Photo: Aroha Mead

Participants at UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues workshop on Traditonal Knowledge, Panama, Sept 05. Photo: Aroha Mead

Forum with Kuna students from the University of Panama, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues workshop on Traditonal Knowledge, Panama, Sept 05. Photo: Aroha Mead

Steering Committee members Marcos Terena (Brazil) and Debra Harry (USA) and Circle member Le'a Kanehe (Hawaii) with other participants at the Crossroads for Modernity Workshop: Struggle of the Indigenous Populations of Brazil in the Future of the CBD, Brazil, Oct 05. Photo: Marcos Terena

Participants at ABS, TK and Customary Law workshop, Australia, Nov 05. Photo: UNU-IAS

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