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AGROFUELS IN BRAZIL: A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE FROM CIVIL SOCIETY

Biodiversity for a world without hunger: ABS of Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

A presentation of FAO's Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture on ABS and a debate on the peculiarities of GRFA.

Partnerships for Capacity-building in PoWPA Implementation: Latin American Chair on Protected Areas & Biological Corridors “Kenton Miller” initiative, CATIE

On July 1, 1973, the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) is created through an agreement between IICA and the Costa Rican government. The Center would focus on research and higher education. CATIE’s headquarters were established at IICA’s field office, in Turrialba ...

INSPIRING MARINE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION: BEST PRACTICES AND NEW IDEAS FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION AND EDUCATION WITH THE WORLD OCEAN NETWORK

Educational organisations, aquaria, science centres, natural history museums, research centres, zoos, media and NGO are at the interface of different publics and very good vehicles for communication towards the public at large. Together they reach hundreds of millions of people each year. World ...

Conservation Strategies of Aquatic Mammals and their Contribution to CBD

Brazil is a megadiversity and large country with an expressive number of species of aquatics mammals: about 45 species of cetaceans (whale, dolphins and porpoises – including two freshwater species in the Amazon), two of sirenians (Amazon manatee and Antilean manatee) as well as seven of pinipe ...

The Biodiversity Indicators Partnership - supporting the new Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

A combination of informal discussion and presentations around the theme of the renewed Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (BIP) - specifically on the role of the BIP in: 1) Capacity Strengthening the role of indicators in NBSAP implementation 2) Supporting the continued development of suita ...

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Biodiversity offsets: ensuring no net loss of biodiversity in the context of development projects

Presentation and discussion session for COP10 delegates to hear the latest on biodiversity offsets, an introduction to the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP) and participate in a discussion about COP10 Draft Decision text on biodiversity offsets.

SACRED SHRINES AND THE MYTH ATTZCHED TO THEM IN THE NORTH WEST PROVINCE OF CAMEROON

THESE ARE AREA RESERVED FOR TRADITIONAL RITUALS AND IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE TRADITIONAL HEADS DISAPPEAR AND GO TO SUCH PLACES FROM WHERE THEY HELP TO DIRECT THEIR SUCCESSORS;

Conservation of Tropical Rain Forest (Mata Atlântica)

Debate about the risks and opportunities for conservation and sustentable use of biodiversity in tropical rain forest (Mata Atlântica)

IMPLEMENTATION OF BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY IN FINLAND -STRATEGIES AND ASSESSMENTS

Good agricultural practices

Good agricultural practices

Good practice principles and codes of conduct

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Flyways of the world

Flyways are international frameworks for biodiversity conservation. They incorporated ecological networks. Experience and best practice from the four major flyways in the world will be exchanged.

MARINE PROTECTED AREAS AND SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES

This event would highlight the various aspects related to small-scale fisheries and marine protected areas.

“ASEAN Center for Biodiversity: Opportunities to promote CBD implementation in the Southeast Asian Region”

“The ASEAN Center for Biodiversity was recently established by the ten member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to promote biodiversity conservation in the region, which is well known for its diverse and rich tropical biological diversity. The Center reflects the st ...

Beginners Guide to the CBD

Beginners Guide to the CBD

Participatory Approaches in Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use

The need to have farmers at the center of agricultural biodiversity conservation along side other stakeholders should be factores in the work programme. Support for farmers movements and civil society organizations, not just the formal institutions in realizing the program of work should be set ...

Arguments for Protection Reports

The launch of a number of publications regarding the benefits of establishing protected areas.

Looking ahead to COP-10 for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas: WHat's working, what's not, and how we can improve it.

COP8 called for regional workshops to strengthen knowledge sharing and capacity for implementing the Programme of Work on Protected Areas. In response, a series of 9 regional workshops involving over 450 protected area practitioners were delivered in 2007-8. It is clear that a more comprehensive ...

INDIGENOUS AND FARMING PARTNERSHIPS, PRESENTED BY AVEDA AND ITS SOURING PARTNERS

Discussion on Access and Benefit-sharing

Discussion on Access and Benefit-sharing

Discussion on IPBES

Discussion on IPBES

Peatlands, Biodiversity, Biofuel and climate change

Side event to review the results of the global assessment on peatlands biodiversity and climate change as well as review in depth the emerging issues of extensive peatland degradation for cultivation for palm oil and other biofuels

Terminator 2.0 - A New Generation of GURTs

Despite the fact that Parties re-affirmed and strengthened the CBD’s de facto moratorium on GURTs in 2006, public and private sector researchers are expanding and refining research on a new generation of “suicide seed” technologies. Current research is being undertaken for the purpose of biologi ...

WATCHING THE ENVIRONMENT

SEMINAR ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL WARFARE IN THE MIDDLE EAST .

Forest Ecosystem Services Trading: A Market Solution to Conserve Biodiversity and Stabilize Climate

Tropical forests canopies sustain 40% of all life on earth and all subsequent ecosystem services are a function of interactions between this life, the soil and the atmosphere. 1.9-3.0 billion metric tonnes of carbon is released per year from deforestation. Conserving tropical forests offers th ...

Cooperation on transboundary rivers & water bodies

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses – how it works and why CBD Parties should ratify

Protected Areas and Poverty

Presentation of IUCN proposal to build on previous work on the links between PAs and poverty. Proposal has the aim of concretizing actions that enable local partners and communities to conserve PAs and at the same time reduce poverty.

"Research for conservation and regeneration of biodiversity in Africa”

BIOTA-Africa presents: www.biota-africa.org “Research for conservation and regeneration of biodiversity in Africa” Speaker 1: Dr. Karen Hahn-Hadjali (University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany) Speaker 2: Dr. Souleymane Konaté (University of Abobo-Adjamé, Abidjan, Côte d´Ivoire) Speaker 3: Wolfga ...

Brazilian-German Cooperation on biodiversity research in the Mata Atlântica region of Brasil.

Presentations and discussion of an integrated cooperative approach focussed on research for the protection of biodiversity of the Mata Atlântica region. (4-5 speakers from Brazil and Germany) plus discussion

Field excursion to an area close to Curitiba (Brazilian-German Biodiversity Research Cooperation)

Field excursion into the habitat of the Mata Atlântica region close to Curitiba. Presentation of an Brazilian-German cooperation project which is focussed on biodiversity research.

Brazilian-German Cooperation on biodiversity research in the Mata Atlântica region of Brasil.

Presentations and discussion of an integrated cooperative approach focussed on research for the protection of biodiversity of the Mata Atlântica region. (4-5 speakers from Brazil and Germany) plus discussion

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incorporating CBD objectives into IMCAM iniatives

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Development of a Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum

Marine protected areas for a Mediterranean cooperation

Agroforestry Technology Transfer: Opportunity or Threat to Protected Areas - A Symposium

Sustainable use in the Ecosystem Approach

This workshop will explore the overall relationships and commonalities between the principles of sustainable use and the Ecosystem Approach.

Biodiversity, Climate Change and the Forest Canopy

Traditional Knowledge Shared Among Indigenous Peoples in Brazil: implications on Prior Informed Consent and Benefit Sharing Policies

Several indigenous peoples in Brazil share their traditional knowledge among themselves in different ways. This free flow of information, although benefic to the conservation of this cultural heritage, brings difficulties in stablishing prior informed consent (PIC) and benefit sharing (BS) poli ...

People Equity and Governance in Protected Areas

Community Consultation: Local Voices and Dialogue at CBD COP7

The Equator Initiative is a partnership of UNDP together with BrasilConnects, Canada, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, IDRC, IUCN, The Nature Conservancy, TVE, and the United Nations Foundation.

Access and Benefit-Sharing Policies for Protected Areas

Island biodiversity

Climate Change And Biodiversity

Kaska Traditional Knowledge Network

The Kaska Dena Nation, in partnership with the ICT Development Group, is developing an integrated web-based information network to manage and share traditional knowledge among various Kaska communities in northern British Columbia and the Yukon. Through this initiative, the Kaska will benefit fr ...

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