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Jorge Cabrera Medaglia

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Jorge Cabrera Medaglia
Born
EducationBCL, LLM, MBA, DCL, University of Costa Rica
AwardsLatin-American Leaderships for the New Millennium (Líderes Latinoamericanos para el Nuevo Milenio), 1999 (Time Magazine and CNN), La Nacion
Jorge Cabrera Medaglia is an international jurist in biodiversity law and legal aspects relating to Access and Benefit Sharing, and a professor in the graduate program in law at the University of Costa Rica.[1] In addition, he is a Legal Adviser to Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad in Costa Rica,[2] a consultant, and Lead Counsel for Biodiversity at the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law.[3]

Education

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Cabrera completed his Bachelor of Civil Law, Master of Law, and later a Doctorate of Civil Law at the University of Costa Rica. In addition, he obtained a Master of Business Administration from the National University of Costa Rica.[4]

Professional career

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Cabrera was a negotiator for Costa Rica at the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity,[5] as well as a member of the National Biodiversity Commission (1995-1998).[6] He continued on the delegation of Costa Rica from 2000-2010, and at COP 10 in 2010 co-chaired the negotiations on Traditional Knowledge.[7]

In 1999 Cabrera was named Latin-American Leaderships for the New Millennium (Líderes Latinoamericanos para el Nuevo Milenio), La Nacion[8]

Cabrera is a professor of environmental law at the University of Costa Rica.[9] and a Legal Adviser to Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad. In addition, Cabrera is Lead Counsel for Biodiversity at the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law,[10] and has acted as a consultant for intergovernmental organizations such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, FAO, ICTSD, and UNCTAD among others.[11]

Through his work Cabrera has contributed in the drafting of ABS laws in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Chile, Dominica, Bhutan, Seychelles, Honduras, and Paraguay.[citation needed]

Publications

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Cabrera has contributed to over 100 articles and technical reports on ABS.

References

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  1. ^ "Cabrera Medaglia, Jorge Alberto". University of Costa Rica. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  2. ^ "Jorge Cabrera Medaglia". ICTSD, Experts Network. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  3. ^ "Dr. Jorge Cabrera". CISDL. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  4. ^ "Jorge Alberto Cabrera Medaglia, Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). CBD. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  5. ^ "List of Participants, CBD COP1, Delegation of Costa Rica, p.24" (PDF). CBD. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  6. ^ "Jorge Alberto Cabrera Medaglia, Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). CBD. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  7. ^ "Summary of the Tenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Earth Negotiations Bulletin (18-29 Oct 2010)". IISD. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  8. ^ "REVISTA TIME. AMERICA LATINA, LIDERES PARA EL NUEVO MILENIO". El Tiempo. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  9. ^ "Cabrera Medaglia, Jorge Alberto". University of Costa Rica. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  10. ^ "Dr. Jorge Cabrera". CISDL. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  11. ^ "Addressing the Problems of Access Protecting Sources, While Giving Users Certainty, IUCN ABS Seriers No. 1, p. 73" (PDF). IUCN. Retrieved 2018-12-27.

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