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“Voluntary Peer Review of NBSAP Preparation and Implementation: Who, How, When?”

This event is being organized by CBD, with UNDP and Parties.

“Implementation framework for Global Taxonomy Initiative and protective measures form invasive alien species to support objectives of CBD”

The Side event will be discussion panel and interaction platform on Implementation framework for Global Taxonomy Initiative and protective measures form invasive alien species.

“Conservation finance and payment for ecosystem services: new developments and ways forward”

Informal presentations and discussion

“Building networks of support for implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020”

organized by Japan fund / NBSAPs team – NFPs will be invited to discuss the progress in targets setting for NBSAP

“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 ...

“ABS SPOKEN HERE?" - NEW EFFORTS FOR GETTING THE MESSAGE ACROSS

This side event will look at some of the challenges in communicating ABS: · Why is it that, 17 years after Rio, ABS still means "Anti-lock Braking System" to most people? · How to catch the attention of policy makers and administrators, to get their support for ABS? · ...

‘STRENGTHENING COMPLIANCE IN THE EU: CODES OF CONDUCT, GUIDELINES AND BEST PRACTICES FOR EUROPEAN TAXONOMIC INSTITUTIONS, AND THE REGISTER OF COLLECTIONS

Presentations and Panel discussion on the implications for biological collections of the proposed EU-wide Regulation on Implementing the Nagoya Protocol together with an examination of the roles of such collections in the utilisation of genetic resources. The development and adoption by sectors ...

‘Going Wise’: Mutual benefits for plant-based businesses and national policy makers

Over 50,000 medicinal and aromatic plants (MAP) species are used globally for health, food and cosmetics, providing an important source of income generation for many national economies and rural communities. At the same time, one-fifth of MAP species are threatened due to over-harvesting and lan ...

‘Bhutan for LIFE’: “A long term Innovative and sustainable financing solution to conserve Bhutan’s extensive network of protected areas”

Bhutan is one of the smallest countries in the world. But its commitment to conservation is bigger than almost any other. Conservation is one of the four pillars of Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Index. And the country’s constitution calls for maintaining 60 percent of the country’s forest co ...

Áreas Protegidas y Mecanismos Complementarios de Conservación - Perú

Presentación de Perú con panel internacional de expertos

¿FULFILLING THE AGREEMENTS? Information report for the Compliance Committee on the cases of Mexico, Peru and Brazil.

Mexico, Peru and the silence towards maize contamination derived from transboundary movements & Brazil's biosafety policy and the fulfillment of the Protocol: 3 case analysis.

the Prospective View of 2012 World Conservation Congress (WCC)

"the Prospective View of 2012 World Conservation Congress" aims to the promotion and preparation of 2012 World Conservation Congress(WCC) which will be held in the Republic of Korea in 2012. It is organized by Ministry of Environment (Republic of Korea), Korea National Park Service, Jeju special ...

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national strategies for the implementation of the CBD PRogramme for protected areas

The 7th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-7) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted a Programme of Work on Protected Areas. It emphasizes that the goals it has included allow a framework within which national and regional targets could be developed according to natio ...

la Octava Reunión de la Conferencia de las Partes

De conformidad con las reglas 6 y 7 del Reglamento de las Reuniones de la Conferencia de las Partes, las reuniones están abiertas a la participación de cualquier entidad u organismo, sea gubernamental o no-gubernamental, calificado en campos concernientes a la conservación y al uso sostenible de ...

independent monitoring of forest related commitments under the FFFC

Presentation of independent monitoring report on the implementation of FCCC Art.4.1(d)

incorporating CBD objectives into IMCAM iniatives

[Workshop] Making a smart and effective index for biodiversity friendly consumption.

In order to develop products and services that are friendly to biodiversity, what kind of ideas are more effective? In this session we will share ideas about · Variety ideas from marketing perspective. · Building better index for biodiversity friendly consumers. Introduction(10min) Presentat ...

Youth for the CBD: Diverse Networks, Common Purpose

Every day, organizations for youth and children around the world engage and take concrete action for biodiversity. The meeting of the Conference of the Parties is a unique occasion for them to demonstrate they are taking their planet and their future seriously. This event provides opportunity to ...

Yellow Sea Ecoregion – The strategic collaboration for its biodiversity

The event links to the Aichi CBD Target 11. The YSESP on-the-ground activities were implemented in Muan Tidal Flat Wetland Protection Area, Korea and Yalu River Estuary Coastal Wetland Natural Reserve, China. Ecosystem Based Management (EBM) and Community Based Management (CBM) approach were app ...

YOUNG INDIA FOR BIODIVERSITY AT COP-11

Sharing and showcasing efforts and actions of Young India for Biodiversity.

YOUNG HANDS TOGETHER FOR DIVERSITY LAUNCH

A side event to launch the youth quick guide to biodiversity and the biodiversity challenge badge (major learning materials to be disseminated through The Green wave and the WAGGGS network).

Worldwide Integrated Assessment of the Impact of Systemic Pesticides on Biodiversity and Ecosystems (W.I.A.)

An international scientific Task Force on Systemic Pesticides of independent scientists was created in 2009 to examine the relationship between the persistent, systemic and neurotoxic neonicotinoids and fipronil, introduced in the early 1990’s, and the catastrophic decline of insects and arth ...

World Wide Views on Biodiversity: Closing the democratic gap between citizens and global policymaking

World Wide Views on Biodiversity was the first-ever global citizen consultation on Biodiversity. 3,000 citizens from 25 countries, chosen to reflect the demographic diversity in their country/region, participated in day-long meetings at 34 sites around the world on September 15, 2012. They delib ...

World Indigenous Network (WIN) – Connecting Indigenous People and Local Community Land and Sea Managers

Introduction and overview of the recently created World Indigenous Network (WIN) and its transition to the United Nations Development Programme – Equator Initiative. WIN will help local and indigenous communities share stories, cultural experiences and ideas to better manage ecosystems, protect ...

World Flora online by 2020

This event will outline the process being made towards the achievement of a World Flora online by 2020, to support the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) and its national implementation. The event will highlight recent initiatives, including the formation of an international consorti ...

World Data Base on Protected Areas & the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Launch of the 2006 version of the WDPA. Discussion on future needs and opportunities to improve data quality and coverage.

Workshop on the national and regional implementation of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation

Workshop on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

Workshop on the Implementation of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation

<br>The Purpose of the workshop is two fold:<br> - To provide an interactive forum for parties and regional initiatives to deliberate on the ways and means for supporting national parties in the implementation of the strategy. <br> - To provide a platform for the relevant regional and internatio ...

Workshop on the Establishment and Implementation of the Local Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plan (LBSAP) for Sub-national Governments

A working-level meeting for sub-national governments on the establishment and implementation of the Local Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (LBSAP) geared towards reinforcing the ground for local biodiversity policies in the CBD COP12 participating countries, and providing measures to lin ...

Workshop on a Management Tool for Genetic Resource Access and Benefit Sharing Activities

Workshop on Management Tools for Genetic Resources Access and Benefit-sharing Activities

Workshop on CBD Implementation: National and Regional Experiences

Presentation of experiences and indigenous participation at the national and regional level (Asia and Latin America) in the implementation of the Convention, in particular Article 8(j).

Working Together to Scale Up Protected Areas Work

A lunch event hosted by The Nature Conservancy and other NGOs to discuss how to work together to follow through on Proected Areas commitments.

Work in the WTO on the relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and the CBD

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Will the access of Genetic and Biological Resources ensure sharing of benefits and sustainable use?

Experiences of the Kani People in India on the access of genetic resources and benefit-sahring as a model, to indigenous communities of Thailand and Indonesia on sustainable use of biodiversity.

Will next generation biofuels be sustainable? Synthetic biology and biodiversity

As artificial life forms are being created in laboratories for various industrial uses, unsubstantiated claims that these new technologies allow for greater sustainability mask fundamental gaps in global regulation as well as serious threats to bio-diversity and human health and livelihoods. T ...

Wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and Welfare as an essential wildlife conservation tool

The value of rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing individual wild animals back into their ecosystem is often undervalued in the conservation debate. At the side event some outstanding examples contributing to the conservation of biodiversity will be presented and participants are invited to di ...

Wildlife Watching and Tourism

The side event explores: 1. information on: · the numbers of tourists engaging in “wildlife watching” tourism activities, · the range of “wildlife watching” tourism activities (for example, ranging from bird watching to whale watching, from interest in large mammals to coral reefs and sharks) ...

Wild flora for improved rural livelihoods - supporting the GSPC sustainable use objective

This side event will present the results of a study funded by the UK Government, "Wild flora for improved rural livelihoods in Brazil, China, India and Mexico". Based on a review of plant case studies in the four countires, a report has been produced with recommendations to support implementatio ...

Wild Brazil, the last natural refuges

The event squedulle is: *7 minutes of video projection to show the Atlantic forest, the Native forest, the Pantanal, the Caves of South Pantanal, flora and fauna and the water quality. *Short explanation of the Project, research and academic levels of the information, and final objetives. *Util ...

Why do we need an international liability regime for biotechnology?

<p>Ambassador Beat NOBS (SAEFL, Switzerland) will open this side-event with a keynote address. Four short presentations will then take place, covering the following subjects:</p> <li>Specificities of Liability in the Context of Biotechnology <li>Existing Rules on Liability and Identified Gaps ...

Why Global Forest Governance Matters

Forest challenges, such as REDD and access and benefit sharing, are highly cross-sectoral, necessitating engagement across sectors and interests in a complex forest regime. Over the past 10 months, an IUFRO-led Expert Panel on the International Forest Regime carried out a global scientific asses ...

Whole Forest Observatories: A proposed Internaitonal Network for Monitoring Canopy Biodiversity and Global Climate Change

Who is liable for the socio-economic and environmental damage caused by GM monocultures in Latin America and Europe??

Liability for damage resulting from transboundary movements of GMOs will be at the centre of attention during MOP4. And at last, socio-economic concerns will be discussed in the context of the international biosafety negotiations (article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol). To address this issue ...

White Clouds, Green Oceans and the End of Blue Skies Geoengineering and Biodiversity

COP 10's decision on geoengineering has provoked an overdue international discussion on the impacts on climate techno-fixes for biodiversity. While it is now broadly recognized that the protection of biodiversity is key to fostering more climate resilience, geoengineers propose large-scale tec ...

Where to get biodiversity data to produce your national reports, strategies and action plans.

GBIF will make live demonstrations of its data portal and tools to help CBD parties in the preparation of their national reports and NBSAPs. We will also show some practical applications that can be downloaded by the CBD parties.