Margaret Raven's Page

What is your name?

Margaret Raven

What is your job title?

Indigenous Human Rights Network Australia (IHRNA) Coordinator

What organisation do you work for?

Australian Human Rights Commission

What aspects of biodiversity are you most interested in?

Access and benefit sharing, CBD negotiations, Communicating biodiversity, Education, Trade and biodiversity, Traditional knowledge

What languages do you speak?

English

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I have been involved in the last two COPs of the CBD in Curitiba and Bonn. My interested are in traditional knowledge and ABS, but I contributed to the negotiations on coastal and marine biodiversity from an Indigenous perspective at the last COP in Bonn. I have also been involved in negotiations through WIPO IGC. I was an OHCHR Indigenous Fellow in 2009. My main purpose for joining this network is to communication biodiveristy informtion through IHRNA.