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Building synergies between traditional and scientific knowledge systems in biodiversity monitoring and assessments – such as for the Aichi targets and IPBES

This side event will build on the outcomes of the In Depth Dialogue of the WG 8(j) 8 meeting; “Connecting diverse knowledge systems and science, such as in the IPBES, including gender dimensions”. It will present recent developments of methodologies for connecting traditional and scientific know ...

Building synergies between traditional and scientific knowledge systems – a Multiple Evidence Approach

Traditional knowledge systems are increasingly recognized and brought forward as sources of understanding on ecosystem dynamics and sustainable practices, a potential that often has not informed decision making on ecosystem management beyond the local level. As a follow up on the theme for the I ...

Building taxonomic capacity for the goals of the CBD – new contributions and resources from Europe.

New initiatives and projects in support of the GTI from several European institutions will be presented and discussed, with the focus on taxonomic capacity building globally and regionally.

Business and ABS: Issues and Opportunities

The event will focus on links between ABS, markets and business with examples, case studies and opportunities for national action

Business and Biodiversity

Presentation of a first draft of the assessment of agricultural indicators for biodiversity. On the basis of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the draft of the EC for EMAS III approaches to indicators will be developed.

Business and Biodiversity in Thailand

Presentation on implementations of the business sector in Thailand on regarding the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity in accordance with the objectives of Convention on Biological Diversity.

Business and Biodiversity in Transition: 'Biodiversity in Good Company' as an example for creating business initiatives

The topic of business and biodiversity is progressing all over the world. Different kinds of platforms, initiatives, organizations, and of course governments are striving to integrate the private sector in the implementation of the CBD goals and targets as well as national strategy plans for bio ...

Business and Biodiversity: Country Perspectives and Approaches

A selection of countries will show-case their Business and Biodioversity-related activities and share both challenges and lessons learned. This will be an excellent opportunity to understand the current state of play for mainstreaming biodiversity, to develop networks and to facilitate partnerships.

Business and Biodiversity: Valuing Ecosystems Services

Biodiversity is a key indicator of sustainable development. Companies rely on many of the ecosystems services which biodiversity provides. Mismanagement of biodiversity by themselves or by others poses a lot of risks to the sustainability of businesses. The way companies respond to these risks a ...

Business and Ecosystem Services: Risks, Opportunities and Solutions

With an economy closely linked to its natural resource based and climate sensitive sectors, India is poised with the challenges of poverty eradication, sustaining the rapid economic growth and dealing with the global threat of climate change, biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation. All bu ...

Business and biodiversity: cooperation between stakeholders and strategies

Exchanges and cooperation between biodiversity stakeholders are crucial to comply both with business needs and research needs. The French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity and Orée, an organisation for companies, territories and environment, act as a science-society interface through the ...

Business and the 2010 Biodiversity Challenge

Introduction to, and outcomes of the Business and 2010 initiative, summary of business relevant findings of the MA

Business and the 2010 Biodiversity Challenge

Summary of outcomes of side events and way forward at the end of COP

Business and the 2010 Biodiversity Challenge

This side event will provide an overview of the Business and the 2010 Biodiversity Challenge initiative, which is a multistakeholder initiative that aims to more effectively engage business in the implementation of the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity. A presentation on the o ...

Business meets Biodiversity - Doing Business the Biodiverse Way

Leading companies from around the world, who are dynamically engaged in protecting biodiversity by conscientiously adapting business practices, will present their efforts at this side event. Participants will be able to hear from and interact directly with business members of the Business and B ...

Business perspectives on ABS

Workshop to share business experiences and perspectives on ABS issues

CAN GORILLAS SAVE THE EARTH? GREAT APES AS INDICATORS OF BIODIVERSITY HEALTH AND HUMAN WELL-BEING IN CENTRAL AFRICA’S RAINFORESTS

The Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP) is the unique alliance of member nations, UN agencies, research institutions, conservation organizations and private supporters that works to conserve great apes in Africa and Asia. By focusing on gorilla conservation in Cameroon, Cong and DR Congo, G ...

CAPACITY BUILDING AND MAINSTREAMING OF BIODIVERSITY IN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION. THE CASE OF BELGIUM

A side event with the focus on capacity building and mainstreaming of biodiversity in developing countries, explaining national case studies, tools, instruments, concepts, best practices and lessons learned.

CAPACITY BUILDING OF SABUJA VAIDYA (TRADITIONAL HEALERS)

CAPACITY BUILDING, KNOWLEDGE DOCUMENTS, FEATURE OF TRADITIONAL HEALERS AND RESOURCES OF MEDICINAL PLANT, FOR TRADITIONAL HEALERS

CBD Regional Workshops on EBSAs (ecologically or biologically significant areas): Key Results and Scientific Issues

This event is being convened by the CBD Secretariat and the Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative in collaboration with various partners that were involved in the organization of the regional EBSA workshops conducted thus far, in order to highlight key results and discuss various scientific and t ...

CBD and REDD: Whose rights, who's wronged?

Indigenous peoples and local communities are gaining increasing international recognition of their roles in the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity under the CBD. At the same time, they struggle to retain similar rights under UNFCCC REDD. This side event brings together community re ...

CBD enforcement and benefit sharing undermined by commercial takeover

Two decades of CBD implementation have not led up to the initial expectations; Many of the CBD provisions are not respected, resulting in increasing biopiracy and other violations. In this side event, different legislations, legislative proposals and violating conditions like biopiracy will be c ...

CEPA - Challenges to communicating Biodiversity issues

CEPA APPROACH UTILIZING "TANGIBLE EARTH"-1 (FEAT. MIRAIKAN/NATIONAL MUSEUM OF EMERGING SCIENCE AND INNOVATION)

“Tangible Earth” is the world’s first interactive globe, invented by Prof. Shinichi TAKEMURA. It is a medium which makes it possible to visualize in real-time various aspects of our planet (such as cloud movements, cyclones, global warming, the global migration of birds and whales) as well as so ...

CEPA APPROACH UTILIZING "TANGIBLE EARTH"-2 (FEAT. MIRAIKAN/NATIONAL MUSEUM OF EMERGING SCIENCE AND INNOVATION)

“Tangible Earth” is the world’s first interactive globe, invented by Prof. Shinichi TAKEMURA. It is a medium which makes it possible to visualize in real-time various aspects of our planet (such as cloud movements, cyclones, global warming, the global migration of birds and whales) as well as so ...

CEPA DEMONSTRATION OF PORTALS

CEPA-Communication, Education and Public Awareness

The IUCN Commission on Education and Communication has a long record in promoting CEPA as an ‘incentive’ instrument for governments and civil society to build national support for the conservation of biological diversity. The side event will focus on national experiences in with CEPA and priorit ...

CETAF Code of Conduct and Best Practice for compliance with the ABS Regulation

CETAF representatives will present the CODE OF CONDUCT and the BEST PRACTICES produced by CETAF and adopted by this Consortium of Natural History Museums and Botanic Garden and other research Centers. Development and Implementation procedures will be shared with the audience for its awareness a ...

CHM Activities and Partnerships in Support of Technical and Scientific Cooperation and Technology Transfer

CHM TechTrans "The 40 shades of technology transfer"

CHM/CEPA

CIC Markhor Award Ceremony (OFFSITE LOCATION)

Awards Ceremony

CITIES AND BIODIVERSITY

CITIZEN SCIENCE MODEL AT WORK: SUCCESS STORIES OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN INDIA

Time and again, ‘citizen scientists’ – members of the public who voluntarily help scientific studies have made a real difference to research, for example by meticulously collecting data. With a planned project, and a strong leader who can ensure that volunteers are productive, citizen science ca ...

CIVIC WORKSHOP ON MONITORING BIODIVERSITY IN URBAN CENTERS

KFRI will host a workshop on monitoring biodiversity in urban centers, which will be participated by citizens representing Seoul Green Trusts and Seongnam City. It will raise the awareness of the importance of civic participation in monitoring biodiversity and share exemplary cases. Also, specif ...

CIVIL SOCIETY ENGAGEMENT IN GEF AND CBD

This side event will focus on options and constraints for civil society engagement in GEF and the CBD. The GEF-NGO Network will highlight the current mechanism to ensure civil society engagement in the implementation of GEF programmes and projects. Experience in CSO engagement through the Small ...

CIVIL SOCIETY OPEN FORUM CO-SPONSORED BY KOREA AND JAPAN; RADIATION, A NEW CHALLENGE FACING BIODIVERSITY

Co-sponsored by Korea and Japan, the civil society open forum deals with the issue of ‘Biological Diversity and Radiation.’ It would be a good opportunity to discuss the current and potential impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and seek for multilateral countermeasures.

CLIMATE CHANGE - IMPACT ON BIODIVERSITY

PAPER PRESENTATION - POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PLANS IN MEXICAN PROTECTED AREAS

Facing climate change threats to ecosystems and species is a major challenge for the conservation of Protected Areas. This side event aims to share Mexico’s experience in developing the Climate Change Strategy for Protected Areas as well as the project “Pilot Programs for Climate Change Adaptati ...

CLIMATE CHANGE AND EMERGING DISEASE: EARLY WARNINGS FROM A VULNERABLE COMPONENT OF BIODIVERSITY

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COLLABORATIVE RESOURCE MOBILIZATION AND KNOWLEDGE FACILITATION THROUGH GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP: ACTIVITIES OF THE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR THE SATOYAMA INITIATIVE (IPSI)

The International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) has been recognized for its potential and actual contributions to biodiversity conservation in decisions of every CBD COP since 2010, and its membership has been involved in a wide variety of activities for resource mobilization, c ...

COLLECTIVE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES & IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 8 J IN MEXICO

COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES: SOME PERSPECTIVES ON ACCESS AND BENEFIT-SHARING

The Nagoya Protocol reaffirms the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities over their biological resources and associated traditional knowledge. The panel will provide guidance on implementing the Protocol from several case studies: (a) ABS agreements between plant breeders and farmers ...

COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE COSTS OF ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACROSS JURISDICTIONS

<p> <b>Presentation(s):</b> <ul> <li><a href="/doc/side-events/abs/abswg-07/ID1643-scbd.pdf">International Litigation Costs: Comparative Study</a></li> </ul> </p>

COMPLETING THE CATALOGUE OF LIFE: THE ROLE OF MEGADIVERSE COUNTRIES AND REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS

(Four short presentations and a round-table discussion) 1) One Million Species - the present Catalogue of Life (Michael Ruggiero & Frank Bisby) 2) The Species 2000 China Node (Keping Ma) 3) El Catalogo da Vida Brasil (Vanderlei Canhos) 4) Using the infrastructure to access further biodive ...

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SIXTH TRONDHEIM CONFERENCE ON BIODIVERSITY 1 – 5 FEBRUARY 2010 – “GETTING THE BIODIVERSITY TARGETS RIGHT . WORKING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The Trondheim Conferences on Biodiversity have since 1993 provided a valuable forum for science-policy dialogue. The sixth conference was held on 1 – 5 February 2010 in Trondheim, Norway, and gathered more than 300 participants from 100 countries, representing governments, the scientific communi ...

CONNECTING THE BIODIVERSITY OF CHEONSU BAY IN SEOSAN, AN INTERNATIONALLY IMPORTANT WETLAND IN KOREA, WITH LOCAL CULTURES AND PROMOTING THEM

* Background and purpose: To make a diagnosis of the values of biodiversity in Cheonsu bay which constitutes the East-Asian Australasian Flyway and serves as a large stop-over and wintering ground for migratory water birds including Hooded Crane, Oriental White-stork, Baikal Teal etc. and also t ...

CONOCIMIENTO TRADICIONAL “EVALUACIÓN DE ECOSISTEMAS INDIGENA DE BAJO CHIRRIPO”.___Millenium Ecosystem Assessment.

Vamos a presentar los resulatados de evaluacion de Ecosistemas Local Indigena de la cuenca Media y Baja del Chirripo, situado en Costa Rica. Esta evalaucion forma parte de las evaluaciones locales impulsadas por Millenium Ecosystem Assessment. LA evaluación fue realizada bajo conocimiento tra ...

CONOCIMIENTOS TRADICIONALES Y SU RETROALIMENTACION CON LA INTRODUCCION DE RESULTADOS CIENTIFICOS: SUSTENTO DE LA ELEVACION DE LA CALIDAD DE VIDA DE COMUNIDADES COSTERAS DEDICADAS A LA PESCA Y AL TURISMO.

Una Mesa redonda donde dos expertos del Proyecto GEF/PNUD y un Funcionario del Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente expondrán las experiencias en la utilización de los conocimientos tradicionales que durante años se acumulan en las comunidades costeras, pueden convertirse en bases ...

CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY IN MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS

<br><b>Locale</b><br>Pan-Pacific Hotel<br>Ballroom C<br><br>Lunch will be provided