Hartmut Meyer is the team leader of the ABS Capacity Development Initiative and works in close cooperation with its sister project BioInnovation Africa on making ABS work. Hartmut's first encounter with ABS was during COP-4 in Bratislava, Slovakia in 1998. As a biologist with a PhD in plant biochemistry and several years of experience in environmental NGO work, he was fascinated by the ABS concept of the CBD and the early discussions on that topic. He managed to win the attention of the German developmental NGO Church Development Service (EED, now Protestant Agency for Diakonie and Development) for the ABS topic and participated as an EED consultant in the international ABS negotiations until the Nagoya Protocol was adopted. He had the honor to be part of a team of dedicated and experienced NGO and IPLC representatives during all these years. When it was time for countries to implement the Nagoya Protocol, he joined the team at the ABS Capacity Development Initiative – which he knew since its beginning.
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