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Circle member Leonor Zalabata Torres (Colombia) at CBD-ABS 4th meeting, Spain. Photo: COE

John Scott (CBD) & Le'a Kanehe (COE Hawaii) at CBD-ABS 4th meeting, Spain. Photo: COE

Circle member Le'a Kanehe (Hawaii) and Co-Chair Aroha Mead (NZ) during IIFB negotiations at CBD-ABS-4, Spain. Photo: COE

Steering Committee member Debra Harry (USA) during workshop at Tsleil-Waututh International Gathering, Canada. Photo: COE

COE members at UNPFII, 5th session, New York, USA. Photo: COE

Participants at the UNPFII, 5th session, New York, USA. Photo: COE

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COE Participation 2006
Call of the Earth Llamado de la Tierra is presenting at and/or participating in the following events:
| Date/Place | Topic | COE Attendees | | 9-10 January 2006, Quito, Ecuador | IUCN/ UNU-IAS Andean Regional Workshop on the Role of Customary Law in the Protection of Traditional Knowledge | Alejandro, Rodrigo | | 14-28 January 2006, Cusco, Peru | International Training Center of Indigenous Peoples (ITCIP): Spanish Session in South America | Atencio, Alejandro | | 23-27 January 2006, Granada, Spain | CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and related provisions | Alejandro, Aroha, Debra, Jannie, Le'a, Leonor, Lucia, Marcos, Parshuram, Rahera SEE IIFB STATEMENTS HERE | | 30 January-3 February 2006, Granada, Spain | CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing, 4th meeting | Alejandro, Aroha, Le'a, Leonor, Lucia, Marcos, Parshuram, Rahera, Rodrigo SEE IIFB STATEMENTS HERE | | 25 February-1 March 2006, Vancouver, Canada | Tsleil Waututh International Gathering: Indigenous Perspectives on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing | Alejandro, Aroha, Debra, Ikechi, Kent, Le'a, Rahera, Suman (TKDN), Te Tika | | 2 March 2006, Arizona, USA | Arizona State University Lecture Series: Conflicting Sovereignties: The Protection of Genetic Resources and Indigenous Knowledge in International Fora | Debra | | 20-31 March 2006, Curitiba, Brazil | Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity VIII (COP-8) | Alejandro, Clark, Debra, Le'a, Lucia, Marcos, Parshuram, Rodrigo SEE IIFB STATEMENTS HERE | | 29 March 2006, Curitiba, Brazil | IUCN Side Event at COP-8: Customary Law, Traditional Knowledge and the International Regime on ABS | Marcos, Rodrigo | | 24-28 April 2006, Geneva, Switzerland | WIPO-IGC, 9th session | Alejandro, Kent, Rahera | | 4 May 2006, Sydney, Australia | Macquarie University Law Seminar Series: Implications for Pacific Indigenous Peoples regarding the Proposed International Regime on ABS, Genetic Resources & TK | Aroha | | 11 May 2006, Brasilia, Brazil | The Protection of Indigenous Peoples Traditional Knowledge in wake of the CBD | Lucia Fernanda Kaigang | | 15-26 May 2006, UN Headquarters, New York, USA | UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 5th Session | Alejandro, Debra, Le'a, Marcos, Parshuram, Rahera, Tarcila SEE STATEMENT HERE | | 16 May 2006, New York, USA | Cornell University Lecture Series: Biopolitics Gender, Race and Science | Debra | | 8-9 June 2006, Brisbane, Australia | United Nations University International Advisory Meeting on Establishment of Traditional Knowledge Centre | Aroha, Rahera | | 14-17 June 2006, Wellington, New Zealand | Traditional Knowledge: Indicators of Indigenous Well-Being: Perspectives, Practices, Solutions | Aroha | | 27 October 2006, Seattle, USA | Seattle University Conference: Who Owns Nature: Biotechnology, Bioprospecting and Indigenous Peoples Rights | Debra, Lea | 5-9 November 2006, Chiang Rai province, Thailand | 10th International Congress of Ethnobiology: Ethnobiology, Biodiversity and Community Development | Alejandro | | 30 Nov - 8 Dec 2006, Geneva, Switzerland | WIPO-IGC, 10th session | Alejandro, Debra, Le'a VIEW STATEMENTS (1) & (2) | 12 – 16 December 2006, Bangkok, Thailand | Workshop on the Ecosystem Approach and Customary Practice in Protected Areas in Small Islands | Aroha, Clark |
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| COE members at Tsleil-Waututh International Gathering, Canada. Photo: COE
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Former Steering Committee member Marcos Terena (Brazil) delivers opening address during CBD Art 8(j) meeting, Spain. Photo: COE

Co-Chair Alejandro Argumedo (Peru) during Art 8(j) meeting, Spain. Photo: COE

Agenda at CBD Working Group on Art 8(j), Spain. Photo: COE

Participants at the CBD-ABS 4th meeting, Spain. Photo: COE

Participants at Tsleil-Waututh International Gathering, Canada. Photo: COE

L to R: Steering Committee member Kent Nnadozie (Nigeria) and Circle member Dr Ikechi Mgbeoji (Nigeria) presenting at Tsleil-Waututh International Gathering, Canada. Photo: COE

Former Steering Committee member Marcos Terena (Brazil) delivers opening address at COP-8, Brazil;. Photo: IISD

COE members at WIPO-IGC, 9th session, Switzerland. Photo: COE

COE Co-Chair Aroha Mead and participants at UNU International Advisory Meeting. Photo: UNU-IAS

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