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The Brazilian Network on LMO Biosafety

The Brazilian Network on Biosafety - BioSeg- propose a presentation of a strategic collaboration among 13 Research Stations from Embrapa to develop the studies necessary to address environmental and food safety impact assessment of 5 transgenic crops under development by Embrapa. The proposal an ...

Biotechnology Biodiversity Interface (BBI): Competitive Grants for Risk Assessment Research

The BBI program is a component of the Program for Biosafety Systems (PBS). PBS, financially supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), addresses this need as part of a broader effort to support science-based decision-making and policy development. The Biotechnology and B ...

International Grain Trade - A Perspective on the Brazilian Economy and Logistic

Orientated to present a study on the implications of BSP implementation on the Brazilian International Trade, with regard to the economic, logistic and social issues.

PERMACULTURA E AGROECOLOGIA NA DEFESA DA BIODIVERSIDADE

Tenemos uma exposição de alto nível demonstrando a importância do surgimento de novos paradigmas sustentáveis no desenvolvimiento de uma nova agricultura e bioconstrução, e sua relação intima com uma nova nutrição vital bio-hemisférica e uma medicina preventiva e mais holistica.

Cocktail Reception celebrating the benefits of Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries

We plan to have a reception with a number of display tables set up with information and we will serve food and drinks (similar to what we did at COP/MOP-3 in Montreal) so would appreciate it if we could hold this in a public area easily accessible.

The Brazilian Industry and the Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Biodiversity - A Commitment

The purpose is to demonstrate current effective actions/programmes and future plans/projects of the brazilian industry in order to protect and regenerate the brazilian biodiversity

'experiences by developing countries in complying with the Cartagena Protocol through the development of National Biosafety Frameworks and Biosafety draft Laws'

The idea is to explain the potential regulatory challenges related to the Cartagena Protocol implementation based on the experiences of countries who have finished Phase I of the UNEP-GEF project in order to deal with cross-cutting issues and challenges that could interest countries that are sti ...

LMO labelling: How to reconcile trade, biosafety and consumer concerns?

At MOP-3, Parties to the Cartagena Protocol will again be under pressure to finalise the negotiations on documentation requirements for LMO shipments. Underlying these negotiations are important trade interests that favour unhindered flows of agricultural goods, consumer demand for choice, and c ...

The Role of Biotechnology in Developing Economies

Could the potential applications of biotechnology in agriculture, industry, medicine, environmental protection and resource conservation help solve the problems of developing economies? This side event focuses on findings of a series of UNU-IAS reports by Dr Albert Sasson*, UNU-IAS Visiting Pro ...

PRESENTATION OF THE INBI BIOSAFETY ASSESSMENT TOOL

The Centre for Integrated Research in Biosafety (INBI), formerly known as NZIGE, is a research centre of the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is an independent and transdisciplinary Centre engaged in assessing whether and how various products of biotechnology may pose ri ...

PUBLIC RESEARCH IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOSAFETY IN LATIN AMERICA

Corporate Responsibility on Transgenic Crops in Latin America. Testimonies of Victims of Agribusiness.

Liability in the Biosafety Protocol has become a very narrow concept. There is an urgent need to address the social and environmental impacts of GM crops that are being felt throughout Latin America. We will present testimonies of the victims of GM crop expansion, from Paraguay and Argentina. ...

Evaluation of GEF Biosafety Activities.

The briefing will discuss the results of the evaluation of GEF support for biosafety activities conducted by the GEF independent Office of Evaluation.

Biosafety in Center of Biodiversity - a multi-country approach for Latin America

A presentation of a new approach - a strategic collaboration among five countries in Latin America - to develop country capacity to address environmental and feed/food safety and socio-economic impact assessment of transgenic crops. The proposal and structure of the project (until in the pre-a ...

THE WTO RULING AND REGULATING LMOs UNDER THE PROTOCOL: NGO PERSPECTIVES

Panel- speakers will address the specifics of the ruling, the reactions of governments/industry/civil society/ and offer analyses of courses of action under the Protocol and othet international agreements.

MISE EN OEUVRE DU PROTOCOLE DE CARTAGENE EN AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST: ÉTUDE DE CAS

L'objectif de cette presentation est de montrer l'état d'avancement de la mise en oeuvre du protocole en Afrique de l'ouest, particulièrement au Burkina.

THE CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION ON NEGOTIATION AND CELEBRATION OF TREATIES

Conference and debates about the role of organized civil society (universities, NGOs,etc) in international negotiation and treaty celebration- in general and the case of CBD/Cartagena Protocol/COPs and MOPs)

Trading Precaution: The Precautionary Principle and the WTO

This side event draws on the UNU-IAS report "Trading Precaution: The Precautionary Principle and the WTO". This report examines the debate on the evolution of the precautionary principle in the context of the WTO. It clarifies proposals to enhance the incorporation of this principle in the rules ...

Draft Elements for a GEF Biosafety Strategy for implementation

The side event will briefly described the elements under consideration for the elaboration of a biosafety strategy as requested by the GEF Council. It will then invite exchange of views with interested Parties and other stakeholders.

V-GURTs (Terminator technology) as a biological containment tool?

V-GURTs (Terminator technology) as a biological containment tool?

"Voices From Africa: Biotechnology and the Subsistence Farmer"

A screening of 20 minute DVD followed by panel and presentation by attendees

VOICES FROM AFRICA:BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE SUBSISTENCE FARMER

A screening of 20 minute DVD followed by panel and presentation by attendees

IPPC-CBD COOPERATION IN PEST RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT

The IPPC will outline its pest risk analysis framework, including risk assessment and management, and describe how it can be used to evaluate the plant pest risk of living modified organisms.

Implications of Biotechnology and Nanotechnology for Intellectual Property Rights

Brief explanation of the most important discussions related to the interrelationships between Intellectual Property Rights and Biotechnology, particularly in certain agro products and technological elements.

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF FRAGMENTATION OF Araucaria angustifolia FOREST (BRAZIL) IN LANDSCAPE, BIODIVERSITY AND GENETIC LEVELS

Technical approach

Avian Influenza - Linking Animal Health with Biodiversity Conservation

Short Presentations and Panel Discussion. 1) What is Avian Influenza (speaker from Pan American Health Organization 2) Avian Influenza as a Threat to Biodiversity: Inter-sectoral collaboration and global networks. (W.B. Karesh, Co-Chair, IUCN SSC Wildlife Health Specialist Group. 3) The I ...

Monitoring the 2010 target (SEBI2010) - The European contribution to CBD implementation

The intention is to present the process and preliminary outcomes of the European co-operation on biodiversity indicators – the so-called Streamlining European 2010 Biodiversity Indicators (SEBI2010), which is a joint pan-European activity with countries and other interested bodies. An overview p ...

Family farming and biodiversity

Panel with experts bringing a state-of-the-art view of relationship family faming and biodiversity.

NATURAL LINKAGES: Genetic Resources, Ethnobotany and Pre-Breeding - the beautiful case of the domestication syndrome

In the beginning of agriculture was the consumer, and the consumer was farmer, and the farmer was breeder. The marvelous histories about the domestication syndrome has been the natural linkage between ecologists, ethnobotanists and plant breeders. This side event intend to review some interesti ...

Key Biodiversity Areas and AZE sites: defining conservation priorities based on species distribution data.

Key Biodiversity Areas and AZE sites are new concepts proposed to pinpoint priority areas for conservation at site scale. This event seeks to discuss the current progress in the identification of these sites in different parts of the world as well as to evaluate how this process will help countr ...

Demonstrating progress in implementing the Programme of Work on Protected Areas and management effectiveness through NISP agreements.

This side event will showcase how three countries have made significant progress in advancing the Programme of Work on Protected Areas and, particularly, management effectiveness, through collaboration with NGOs, including the World Wide Fund for Nature and The Nature Conservancy.

Protecting and Encouraging Customary Use of Biodiversity: the Implementation of Article 10(c) of the Convention and its Relevance to Article 8(j) and Related Provisions

A workshop to discuss and explore ways and means to further the implementation of Article 10 (c) of the Convention, which requires Parties to "protect and encourage customary use of biological resources in accordance with traditional cultural practices that are compatible with conservation and s ...

The ABS Project -- Promoting Equitable, Efficient and Enforceable Implementation of the ABS Regime

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Biological diversity and nutrition

Presentation of outcome of stakeholder consultation and discussion of options for a cross-cutting initiative.

ARCTIC FLORA AND FAUNA - Status and efforts towards conservation leading to 2010.

Side event focusing on Arctic Flora and Fauna, led by CAFF - Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Working Group of the Arctic Council with assistance from UNEP, WCMC, WWF and other international organizations.

The Benefits of Plant Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention. Language: English

Presentation on the benefits of plant variety protection under the UPOV Convention based on an Impact Study carried out by UPOV. Information on the relationship between the UPOV Convention and other international agreements will also be provided. It is planned to use half of the allocated time ...

Business and the 2010 Biodiversity Challenge

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

Mainstreaming Local Authorities and Private Sector Participation in Biodiversity Conservation

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is developing a new capacity building program for local authorities on biodiversity. The objective of this program is to strengthen the role of local authorities in biodiversity conservation and management. To inaugurate this progr ...

South America Medicinal Plants Network: dialogues for sustainability

The South America Medicinal Plants Network is made up of local groups, NGO, researchres, universities and other colaborators. It is organized in national networks of the following countries: Brazil (“Articulação Pacari” - Medicinal Plants of Cerrado), Argentina (“Rede Salud y Plantas”), Urugua ...

Early lessons learnt from the Access and Benefit Sharing Management Tool, developed by IISD and Secrétariat d'Etat à l'économie, Suisse (seco).

workshop

Aboriginal Languages in Canada

Presentation about the preservation, revitalization and promotion of Aboriginal languages in Canada as a vehicle for the protection of Traditional knowledge.

Formal - Informal sector partnerships as models of Access and Benefit-Sharing and Institutionalizing agricultural biodiversity conservation

Presentation of case studies and statements from farmers, representatives from public research institutions or public seed sector. Linkages/partnership between the formal (public research institutions, government agencies, academe) and informal (farmers, communities) seed sector promotes a valua ...

Agricultural Biodiversity Food Fair

A presentation of the different food baskets in the different regions and linking farmers as keepers of agricultural biodiversity, food and nutrition. Actual presentation of different dishes from different regions.

Les Parcs naturels régionaux de France : des collectivités territoriales engagées pour la protection de la biodiversité Regional nature parks of France : local authorities involved in protection of biodiversity

Outre le concept de Parc naturel régional, ce side-event permettra de comprendre comment les Parcs : - Fondent leur projet de territoire sur la biodiversité - appliquent le principe de développement durable et d'utilisation rationnelle des ressources, - mobilisent et associent les élus et l'ense ...

IMPLEMENTING ARTTICLE 8 (J)- THE SWEDISH APPROACH

The Swedish government has decided to launch a national programme dealing with issues regarding traditional knowledge and traditional uses of biodiversity. This work will be described and discussed.

PARTNERSHIPS FOR BIODIVERSITY

Several business sectors present direct or indirect impact on the biological diversity, such as the direct footprint, supply chain and financing & insurance business. Considering that biodiversity is the corner stone for sustainability of current and future generations, it is fundamental the ...

Transnational Cooperation on Management of Fresh Water: the Guarani Aquifer

Presentation of legal research and case studies from representative regions as potential models and a draft agreement for management of the Guarani Aquifer (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay) building on article published in Texas Law Review, June, 2005 by Benjamin, Tinker, Lima Marques

Update on high seas and deep seabed issues.

IUCN and invited speakers will highlight recent scientific discoveries about life in the open ocean and deep seabed beyond national jurisdiction and provide an update on discussions at the UNGA open-ended informal Working Group on issues related to marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdicit ...

DESD and its potential role in CBD process

The event will introduce the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) as a means to advance Communication, Education and Public Awareness for CBD process. The goals of DESD and its strategies will be presented and followed by the relevance of DESD process for CBD.

Transboundary Protected Areas & the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas. Launch of 2006 World Database on Protected Areas.

The objective of this side event is to emphasize the importance of Transboundary Protected Areas (TBPAs) for achieving biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in line with the objectives of the CBD and the Programme of Work on Protected Areas. The side event is intended to showcas ...