🚨 Exciting news! 🚨 The first meeting of the new Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j) and Other Provisions of the @UNBiodiversity Related to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities is set: 📅 27–30 Oct 2025 📍 Panama City It will be milestone for #biodiversity @SchomakerAstrid

Today #SB8J_1, the 1st meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j) of the CBD, begins in Panama City. Consensus at #COP16Colombia delivered the historic agreement that established it. We owe it to indigenous peoples and local communities around 🌍 to make that moment count.

HAPPENING NOW: Press Conference: "Indigenous Peoples Defend the CBD's de facto 2007 moratoria on genetically engineered trees" organized by Global Justice Ecology Project (SB8J) 🗣️Florina Lopez, Tom Goldtooth, Ninawa Huni Kui, Valentina Figuera Martinez https://t.co/FVASdST6NL

Want to dig deeper into Tuesday's @UNBiodiversity talks for #SB8j_1 in Panama? Read the full Earth Negotiations Bulletin daily report ➡️ https://t.co/ROGMn7iknR #IndigenousPeoples #IPLC

We held a media briefing on the @UNBiodiversity meetings in Panama (20–30 Oct.): 🔹 #SBSTTA27 🔹 #SB8J_1 Outcomes will support the implementation of the 🌍Biodiversity Framework #KMGBF ahead of the review of progress at #COP17Armenia. 🎥Full recording: https://t.co/zghqDszcrt

Delegates at #SB8j_1 addressed recommendations of @UN4Indigenous, resource mobilization, and the process to update the glossary, while contact group talks continued on the subsidiary body’s modus operandi and programme of work Highlights ➡️ https://t.co/hm6JurYFnh #IPLC #KMGBF

At #SB8j_1, delegates discussed the process of updating the glossary and advising on Traditional Knowledge for the progress report on implementation of the #KMGBF, while a contact group addressed guidelines for the subsidiary body’s programme of work ➡️ https://t.co/qG7aUpqhra

🌿SB8J-1 | Panama, 27–30 Oct 2025 📱CBD Events App: In-session documents, calendar & updates 🍎App Store: https://t.co/ISHrGOfsWv ▶️ Google Play: https://t.co/EjryErIjh8 💻 Website: https://t.co/ThqcVXM7Xn 📺 Follow Live: https://t.co/SwdL74fgMA 📌 Official #: #SB8J_1 #SB8J

The @UNBiodiversity new Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j) (traditional knowledge, innovation, and practices), SB8J-1 began its inaugural meeting today in Panama. This is a historic milestone for Indigenous Peoples, like the Kalinago people and local communities across the region.

At #SB8j_1 on Monday, delegates discussed resource mobilization and addressed the modus operandi of the newly established subsidiary body for #IndigenousPeoples and local communities Highlights ➡️ https://t.co/wp5WTRUmLj #biodiversity

Dive into the world of biodiversity with our #WordOfTheDay series! Presenting today's word: "Traditional Knowledge". Join in the conversation as the Panama @UNBiodiversity Meetings continue! #SB8J_1 #SB8J

Congratulations to @gunn_beretter, the Co-Chair of the Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j) of the CBD, who joins H.E. @IreneVelezT, #COP16Colombia President, at the helm of #SB8J. #SB8J_1 is in very capable hands. Thank you for your commitment. (📷IISD/ENB Mike Muzurakis; 📷CBD)

🟢Provisional agenda for the 1st meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j) and Other Provisions related to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities: 🔗 https://t.co/ryj0tjmG5F #SB8j_1 will take place from 27-30 October 2025 in Panama City, Panama. 📽background ⬇️

#SB8J just wrapped up a historic first meeting in Panama City. This Subsidiary Body is the outcome of decades of advocacy. #SB8J_1 made important progress. To tackle biodiversity loss, we need all hands on deck, including the hands & voices of the custodians of biodiversity.

@UNBiodiversity met with the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (@IIFB_indigenous) in preparation for the twenty-seventh meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (#SBSTTA27)

An event organised by @unepwcmc in Cambridge discussed how the information gathered by Indigenous Peoples and local communities can be used to link local knowledge to national level monitoring and global processes. 🔍 Read more: https://t.co/hoMVtSQOKW #TransformativePathways

Workshop on the assessments adopted by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services @ipbe in 2024 and forthcoming assessments, held on 18 October 2025 at @UNBiodiversity https://t.co/05RIbWs26u

🌿#SBSTTA27 and #SB8J1 are starting soon in Panama City, Panama. In preparation for these meetings, make sure to check out the many side events that will take place: 👉 https://t.co/eQPv3CPQXT

🌿 SBSTTA-27 | Panama, 20–24 Oct 2025 📱CBD Events App: In-session documents, calendar & updates 🍎App Store: https://t.co/ISHrGOfsWv ▶️ Google Play: https://t.co/EjryErIjh8 💻 Website: https://t.co/bZSHhmHQnn 📺 Live: https://t.co/SwdL74fgMA 📌 Official #: #SBSTTA27 #SBSTTA

On #RuralWomenDay we highlight the contribution of Indigenous women to agricultural & rural development &echo the call: for States to guarantee their rights, to health care, education, land rights, direct finance & in decision-making. #WeAreIndigenous 📸 AP Photo/Rafiq Maqboo

Indigenous Peoples’ rights are human rights“Indigenous Peoples have the right to the full enjoyment, as a collective or as individuals, of all human rights and fundamental freedoms as recognized in the @UN Charter , the Declaration of Human Rights and international HR law”#UNDRIP