Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Indigenous Entrepreneurship Side Event at COP-9, Bonn, Germany

We have recently returned from the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 9) to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Bonn, Germany where Tribal Link organized an event highlighting sustainable indigenous businesses and their partners. We were honored that this side event was one of the events chosen to be webcast on the COP 9 website. To view the webcast please visit http://unfccc.meta-fusion.com/kongresse/CBD2008_2/templ/ply_cbd.php?id_kongresssession=1164&player_mode=isdn_real Opening remarks for the event were made by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the CBD. The event was moderated by John Scott, Programme Officer of Traditional Knowledge, Innovation and Practices for the CBD. Presentations were made by: (Via Video) Dr. Richard Walley of the Nyoongar People (Australia) and Stephane Piquart of Mount Romance; Parabat Gurung of the Gurung People (Napal) and John Brebner of S&D Aroma. A presentation was also made by Tashka Yawanawa of the Yawanawa People (Brazil) along with David Hircock from AVEDA regarding their 15 year business partnership. To learn more about the COP 9 and the convention, please go to the following link: http://www.cbd.int/cop9/

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