Jorge Cabrera Medaglia

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]}

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

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