Preparing for ABSWG9

Kabir Bavikatte and Olivier Rukundo from Natural Justice, were in Windhoek, Namibia as the legal advisors to the African Group in its preparations for the 9th Meeting of the Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABSWG9) in Cali from the 22nd to the 29th of March 2010. The African Group deliberated on its position for ABSWG9 over three days. The work of the African Group concluded with the development of a consensus position that will be presented to the African Ministers for Environment and will be advocated as the African position in Cali.