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Synthetic Biology and Potential Impacts on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity

COP 10’s request for SBSTTA to provide guidance and clarity on synthetic biology’s impact on biodiversity provides a unique opportunity to assess the risks of this emerging technology before many of the potential harms are actualized. From the creation of novel invasive species, synthetic geneti ...

Synthetic Biology and Potential Impacts on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity

COP 10’s request for SBSTTA to provide guidance and clarity on synthetic biology’s impact on biodiversity provides a unique opportunity to assess the risks of this emerging technology before many of the potential harms are actualized. From the creation of novel invasive species, synthetic geneti ...

Synthetic Biology : A New Challenge for ABS?

This event will provide an overview of some of the most recent developments in synthetic biology and explain in what way they constitute a challenge to the Access and Benefit Sharing regime.

Synthetic Biology - Exploring the Implications

A patent for the first human-made species has been applied for. What are the implications of synthetic life for the environment? for intellectual property? For how we define life?

Synergies Among Different Instruments and Processes on Access and Benefit Sharing

Sync Biodiversity

The UNEP Governing Council and Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC/GMEF) in its eleventh special session held in Bali, Indonesia discussed the need and possibilities for identifying synergies between biodiversity related Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). The discussions held rec ...

Swiss initiatives for the implementation of the ABS

Two 10 to 15 minutes presentations: 1. ABS: good practice for academic research on genetic resources 2. A guide to using the working draft ABS management tool Booklets describing these two tools will be available

Swiss Proposal: Disclosure of Source

Sustaining Marine Ecosystems Through Informed Policies - The role of a Global Reporting and Assessment of the Marine Environment (GRAME).

This information and brainstorm session will explore national and regional opportunities and needs in reporting on marine ecosystem health and outlooks to inform targeted marine policy development. Updates will be provided on the ongoing work under the United Nations to establish a legitimate an ...

Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity Book Launch

The Earth’s biodiversity is disappearing at an alarming rate, and while some of the ramifications of this loss have been explored in other works, Sustaining Life is the first to examine the full range of potential threats that diminishing biodiversity poses to human health. At this side event, j ...

Sustainably Financing Protected Areas: Lessons from the Vth World Parks Congress

Sustainably Financing Protected Areas

<br>Financing protected areas remains a significant challenge to effective biodiversity conservation. There are, however, a number of tools and approaches now used to diversify and stabilize financial flows to protected areas. Based on the themes and outcomes of the Vth World Parks Congress Sust ...

Sustainable, Poverty and Livelihoods

Sustainable use of cultural landscapes in Asia - implementing Aichi targets in Viet Nam, The Philippines, China and Japan

IIn this side event, international scientific projects funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in Vietnam, the Philippines and China, as well as a project in which German scientists collaborate with partners in Japan relate their scientific results to several Aichi ...

Sustainable use of Wild Plants

More than 50,000 medicinal and aromatic plants(MAP) species are used globally, especially for those in developing countries both in terms of their of their own health purpose and their income resource. However, at the same time, 20% of MAP species are endangered due to over-harvesting and land c ...

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.

Sustainable forest management in Europe.

The side event will demonstrate the achievements of SFM in Europe in support to biodiversity conservation. Regional approach to support implementation of the Expanded WP on Forest Biodiversity.

Sustainable agriculture for enhancing biodiversity in eco-tone by using rice based ecosystem

Various cases using rice paddies wisely and sustainably and to promote biodiversity in agricultural land and suggestions for the policies from many regions and various institutions will be disclosed. It will propose a forgotten role of agricultural land for the biodiversity.

Sustainable agriculture for enhancing biodiversity in eco-tone by using rice based ecosystem

Various cases using rice paddies wisely and sustainably and to promote biodiversity in agricultural land and suggestions for the policies from many regions and various institutions will be disclosed. It will propose a forgotten role of agricultural land for the biodiversity.

Sustainable Use and Sui Generis Protection of Traditional Knowledge

Presentation of case studies prepared by Indigenous Peoples commissioned by the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB).

Sustainable Use Indicators: Needs and challenges

This Side Event is designed as a public forum to examine and discuss the needs and challenges faced in the development and application of indicators of sustainable use. The experience of the European approach to development of sustainable use indicators will be shared. Attempts at developing su ...

Sustainable Use Indicators: Meeting the needs of the CBD

This side event builds on the previous session at the 11th SBSTTA (December 2005) and a meeting of the IUCN Ad Hoc Working Group on Sustainable Use Indicators (January 2006). The purpose of the side event is two-fold: • To promote greater understanding and clarity of the requirements and value ...

Sustainable Tourism as a means to Protect Biodiversity and Support to its Sustainable Use - CBD Guidelines on Biodiversity and Tourism Development (Working Title)

(Preliminarily): Rio+20 brought "Sustainable Tourism" as Win-win option to the attention of the internaitonal community. CBD provides for CBD Guidelines ón Biodiversity and Tourismus Development since 2004. COP11 will deal with the theme under decision X/20 (cooperation). The objective of this S ...

Sustainable Tourism and Biodiversity

Sustainable Public Procurement and Biodiversity

This will be joint event between the SCBD and UNEP-DTIE (and other partners as appropriate) with regard to the current work being done vis-a-vis Sustainable Public Procurement. This is an issue which has been raised in the business engagement decision and can act as a major driver to ensure not ...

Sustainable Ocean Initiative: Global platform for partnerships and capacity development toward achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets in marine and coastal areas.

This event will update on the results of SOI implementation since COP 11, in particular its regional implementation in West Africa and Asian regions. It will also brief on future activities.

Sustainable Ocean Initiative: An Integrated Approach for Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

This side-event will highlight the key results of the Meeting on Sustainable Ocean Initiative Programme Development, held 2-4 August 2011 in Kanazawa, Japan, consolidate ways and means to implement the vision and specific goals of the Sustainable Ocean Initiative, and articulate specific message ...

Sustainable Ocean Initiative High-level Side Event

Sustainable Ocean Initiative High-level Side Event

Sustainable Management of Coastal and marine biodiversity

Coastal and marine ecosystem provides considerable ecosystem services. Due to increased anthropogenic pressure and possible adverse impact of climate change conservation and sustainable utilization of these resources are of immense importance. Science based, people centric and process oriented i ...

Sustainable Infrastructure Development consistent with biodiversity conservation in Japan

Japanese approaches (experiences and techniques) for harmonizing development and biodiversity will be presented to formulate agreements on the Revised Strategic Plan of the Convention. Japan has experienced environmental problems caused by rapid development, and has solved them through various ...

Sustainable Fisheries Management - The Biological Basis

Sustainable Financing of the Taï National Park (PNT), Ivory Coast

After fifteen years of joint and successful conservation efforts by the “Office Ivoiren des Parcs et Réserves (OIPR)” and its partners (KfW, GTZ, WWF, WCF), securing sustainable financing of the Park management has become a major challenge for the “Fondation Ivoirienne des Parcs et Réserves (FPR ...

Sustainable Development Law and the Proposed International Regime on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing

Sustainable Coffee - Ecosystem value and benefits of shade grown coffee in India

Launch of a report on The Ecosystem Valuation and Biodiversity Services of shade grown coffee in the Western Ghats of South India . The report, prepared by GIST Advisory Services, focuses on the the value provided by this unique shade-grown coffee sector to the forest ecosystem and the livelih ...

Sustainable Biotechnology and Technology Transfer

The American BioIndustry Alliance (ABIA) Side Event for COP-VIII will focus on the key enabling factors necessary to promote the development of biotechnology and technology transfer in CBD member states on a sustainable basis.

Sustainable Agriculture through Innovation

Supporting the post-2010 Strategic Plan through implementation of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC)

IUCN's position on the post-2010 GSPC including how it links to the Strategic Plan of the CBD will be presented at this event. Some GSPC and Strategic Plan targets will be presented in detail with discussion about implementation strategies for both.

Sumatra Landscape Conservation --Riau, Jambi and West Sumatra Case

WWF projects in Sumatra contain a variety of fundamental elements for biodiversity conservation. During this seminar style event, we address governmental efforts, WWF plan for protected area network, community development, sustainable financing based on our ongoing projects experience

Sulu Sulawesi Seas Marine Ecoregion

Sui Generis Protection Mechanisms: the Asia Indigenous Peoples' Experience

Features indigenous community experiences on "sui generis" protection mechanisms in the Asia region providing an overview of "sui generis" protection from the context of indigenous peoples.

Sud Expert Plantes initiative, the way ahead

Sud Expert Plantes helps countries in Africa, Indian Ocean and South-east Asia better know, preserve and sustainably exploit their plants, through training, research and collections & networks support. Results since 2007 achieved in cooperation with GBIF and UNESCO will be shown, and the way ah ...

Sud Expert Plantes Développement Durable (SEPDD)

Discussion of Sud Expert Plantes (SEP) results and of SEPDD objectives and scheduled activities. SEP focused on the development of scientific capacities in plant biodiversity in 22 countries of Africa and Asia. The next phase, SEPDD will bring academics to work at the interface between researc ...

Strengthening what works— recognising and supporting the conservation achievements of indigenous peoples and local communities

Case examples, distilled lessons and tools will be presented and distributed to the side event's participants providing practical support to the implementation of PoWPA and, in particular, its element no.2 on Governance, participation, equity and benefit sharing

Strengthening capacities to combat poaching and the illegal wildlife trade in support of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

The current dimension and growth in the illegal trade in wildlife products pose a significant risk both to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and to social and economic development. Past and recent successes in conservation, protected area management and the governance of natur ...

Strengthening biodiversity management in the Amazonian region of the Andean Community

The Andean Community is the intergovernmental integration organization of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. These countries are considered some the most diverse and rich countries in flora and fauna species. Taking into account this richness, the Andean Countries have developed policy instrum ...

Strengthening What Works— Recognising and supporting the conservation achievements of indigenous peoples and local communities

Territories and sites conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities (ICCAs) are a phenomenon of global significance for the earth's biodiversity, livelihood security, cultural diversity, and meeting a host of other human development objectives. Properly accounted for, recognized and supp ...

Strengthening Scientific and Technical Cooperation in support of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

Scientific and technical cooperation is a key mechanism necessary for a functional Convention on Biological Diversity. In its guiding principles, Article 18 of the Convention calls for cooperation in the development and implementation of national policies, in human resources development and inst ...

Strengthening Risk Assessment - Lessons learnt from Environmental and Health Research

The scientifically meaningful planning and conduct of Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) and Health Risk Assessment (HRA) of genetically engineered organisms has been a matter of dispute since the first deliberate releases and commercialisation of genetically engineered organisms. ERA and HRA h ...

Strengthening National Capacity to Implement the Programme of Work: Activities since WGPA1 and a potential plan of action through to COP-10.

WGPA1 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 2008. It is clear that a more comprehensive ...

Strengthening National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP) via the appropriate integration of governance issues and conservation capacities of indigenous peoples and local and traditional communities

The National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) are an integral requirement of CBD for all the Parties to the Convention. A first round of NBSAP preparation/development/ implementation has been completed by many countries, often financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) th ...