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Disclosure requirements in patent applications: A tool to prevent misappropriation or an obstacle to innovation?

The side-event will assess the different arguments that have been made in favour and against requiring patent applicants to disclose the origin of genetic resources and traditional knowledge along with evidence of prior informed consent and benefit-sharing. As a contribution to the ABS negotiati ...

Discussion on Access and Benefit-sharing

Discussion on Access and Benefit-sharing

Discussion on IPBES

Discussion on IPBES

Diversity of species

SOME ANIMATIONS MAY BE USED TO DEMONSTRATE INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF SPECIES.

Does biodiversity matter for development? EU's development cooperation launches its B4Life Flagship Initiative.

The EU Biodiversity for Life (B4Life) flagship initiative is designed to help developing countries protect ecosystems, combat wildlife crime and develop green economies. It takes the novel approach of emphasising the economic benefits of protecting biodiversity and ecosystems in the interest of ...

Does facilitated access of non-commercial research contribute to conservation and sustainable use?

What are the most common and most wanted benefits derived from non-commercial research? What are the main challenges for implementing “facilitated access for non-commercial research”? What are the risks? The Nagoya Protocol calls for “facilitated access for non-commercial research, taking into a ...

Dr. David Suzuki presents "The Sacred Balance - Episode One - Journey Into New Worlds"

<br>David T. Suzuki PhD, Chair of the David Suzuki Foundation, is an award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster. <br><br> During this event, Dr. Suzuki will present the film “Journey Into New Worlds”. This one-hour film is the first in the series of 4 documentaries prepared by D ...

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.

Draft guide book on how to apply the international regulatory framework in relevance to invasive alien species

Generic regulatory framework applicable for minimizing the risks associated with introduction of alien species and more specific guidance to fill the gaps of regulatory framework will be discussed.

Drifting woods: the voyage from Eastern Africa to Nagoya

Climate change, a truly global challenge, has brought the strong interconnectivity of global ecosystems to the highest political agenda. Yet, in other environments, the understanding of global ecosystem functioning may be relatively well understood by scientists, sometimes recognized by Governme ...

Driving Innovation for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Asia and the Pacific

Innovative policy measures and local actions are key to promoting biodiversity/ecosystem service conservation and sustainable use of biological resources for environmental sustainability and human well-being. Panellists address key factors for driving innovation through enhanced macro-policy and ...

Durban + 5: Future directions for protected areas

The IUCN Vth World Parks Congress (WPC) convened in Durban, South Africa, in 2003, marked a paradigm shift in ensuring that protected area benefits extend “beyond boundaries”, and reinforced their role as the best means globally to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. ...

Dysfunctional Philanthropy: African Responses to the Gates Foundation's "Green Revolution in Africa"

Northern foundations have mounted aggressive programs to influence the evolution of African agricultural practices, including the substantial promotion of the planting of GMOs. These actions are congruent with the agendas of some governments and corporations. Many African civil society organizat ...

EA-AGRICULTURE

ECLOGICAL, ECONIMIC, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL BENEFITS OF PROTECTED AREAS

Although protected areas provide a vast amount of goods and services to the people, specially to the poor; they are greatly undervalued by markets, politicians, and by the general public. As a result, they are extremely under-funded, overlooked and face constant threats. During this side event, ...

ECOLOGY OF HEALTH AND CONSERVATION MEDECINE

ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF BRAZILIAN PROTECTED AREAS

To understand that protected areas are necessarily to be "untouched" is overpast. Most of the soil uses and natural resources exploitation allowed in brazilian conservation units - a type of protected area - suppose and enable those activities that contribute to the income and employment generat ...

ECOREGIONAL BASED CONSERVATION IN CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN AND ALPS ECOREGIONS AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MANAGEMENT IN MARINE PROTECTED AREAS. Areas.

Ecoregional based Conservation is an approach promoted by WWF worldwide to identified Priority areas and strategy for biodiversity. In the last years, WWF Italy and several partners, has developed two processes for definition of Biodiversity Vision in Central Mediterranean and Alps Ecoregions. ...

ECOSYSTEM BASED VISION OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION FOR THE AMAZON BIOME

Demostrate progress in the implementation of the program of work of protected area in the Amazon Biome, as complementarity effort among the Amazonian countries’ national system of protected areas. The Ecosystem Based Vision of Biodiversity Conseration for the Amazon Biome has the goal of comple ...

EFFECTIVE BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM POLICY AND REGULATION – BUSINESS INPUT TO THE CBD

In response to the emerging reality of natural resource limits, ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss, business must anticipate new and changing policies and regulatory frameworks to be developed and deployed by governments to address these pressing environmental challenges. However, busin ...

EFFORTS TO RESTORE ENDANGERED SPECIES, PROVIDE WILDLIFE HABITATS, AND ENSURE HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS

Share the experiences of managing rice paddies and enhancing their biodiversity to provide wildlife habitats for Japanese Crested Ibis and Oriental White Stork. Discuss how public services can support the restoration of White-naped Cranes and how partnerships among companies, universities, and ...

ENHANCING BENEFITS FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD FROM THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES

Lunch required

ENSURING MOMENTUM TO ACHIEVE THE STRATEGIC PLAN 2011-2020: IUCN'S VIEWS

IUCN will invite experts representing different constituencies and views to discuss the key issues behind the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity in the next decade. Why is it urgent to go back to the science and facts behind the Aichi Targets' rationales? What are the specific ...

ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP (EMG) OF THE UNITED NATIONS, ISSUES MANAGEMENT GROUP ON BIODIVERSITY

With representatives of the UN entities of the EMG, the event will inform stakeholders and Parties to the CBD on the UN system response to the implementation of the Strategic Plan and Aichi Targets and the future steps.

EU GMO Regulatory System and Activities towards International Harmonisation of GMO Analysis

A general overview of the legal frame regulating GMOs and GMO-derived products in the EU, their release into the environment, cultivation, importation and their utilisation as food, food ingredients and animal feed will be provided. These rules were established to guarantee a high level of prot ...

EU-China Biodiversity Programme: Lessons on Mainstreaming Biodiversity

Presentation and Panel Discussion and Open Forum

EVALUATION OF THE GEF BIODIVERSITY PROGRAM

<br><b>Locale</b><br>Pan Pacific Kuala Lumpur Hotel <br>Biliki Meranti Room – Level 4<br><br> <b>Introduction by: </b>Claudio Volonte, GEF M&E Unit, GEF <br><b>Chair: </b>Dr. Holly Dublin, Lead Consultant on the Evaluation <br><br>The Monitoring and Evaluation Unit of the Global Environment Fa ...

EXPERIENCES OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PROTECTED AREAS AND INDIGENOUS LANDS IN PAN AMAZONIAN

Meeting of the cases and experiences of relationships between protected areas and indigenous lands in Pan Amazonian. Cases of Brazil, French Guiana and Bolivia.

EXPLORING SYNERGIES BETWEEN THE NAGOYA PROTOCOL AND THE PROGRAMME OF WORK ON PROTECTED AREAS

The event will present on the outcomes and of expert meetings in Gland (July 2011) and Washington DC (October 2011) that have rigorously explored the potential gaps and opportunities in the interface between the Nagoya Protocol and the PoWPA.

EXTERNAL RESPONSIBILITY. AN ASSESSMENT OF ITS EFFECTS ON GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY LOSS

The growing internationalization of the economy is responsible for the effects that domestic decisions have beyond any political or administrative boundaries. That applies not only to States and unions of States such as the European Union, but also to subnational and local governments. In the co ...

EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE LMMCS ON 13TH FEBRUARY 2005 AT AROUND 2.30 P.M

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

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Earth Charter and the Convention on Biological Diversity

Seminar. Participation of panelist from Canada, France and Brazil, from government and civil society sectors.

East Asia coastal wetlands in ecological crisis

Recognizing the crucial need for improving marine habitats protection, the CBD approved at its COP4 the Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Programmes of Work, adopting the ecosystem approach as key for its implementation and recognizing the implication of the water cycle in sediment levels and ecos ...

East and Southeast Asia Biodiversity Information Initiative (ESABII)

Introduction of the goal and progress of ESABII, activities for the development of biodiversity information and taxonomic capacity building in accordance with 2010-2011 ESABII Work Plan.

EcoFunds database – Monitoring Conservation Investments in the Andes Amazon Region

The Latin American and Caribbean Network of Environmental Funds - RedLAC - and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation present the Ecofunds Database, a georeferenced portal for monitoring conservation needs and investments in the Andes Amazon region. Ecofunds has tracked more than 600 projects and ...

EcoValores Mexico: Mainstreaming Natural Protected Areas´ ecosystem services within the development agenda

Mexico´s Natural Protected Areas (NPA) provide ecosystem services necessary to human wellness and key economic activities. However, multiple anthropic pressures and limited infrastructure, financial and human resources compromise their effective management and the provision of ecosystem services ...

Ecoagriculture: Conserving Biodiversity in Working Landscapes

<br>Ecoagriculture refers to resource management systems and practices that integrate productivity goals (for crops, livestock, fish, trees and forests) with provision of ecosystem services (such as biodiversity and watershed services) at a landscape scale. <br><br> Ecoagriculture Partners is ...

Ecole d’été francophone sur la comptabilité écosystémique: formation au démarrage de comptes, méthodes, outils et organisation

Présentation de l’école d’été pour la mise en oeuvre de l’objectif d’aiche 2 sur l’intégration des valeurs de la biodiversité dans la comptabilité nationale qui sera organisée en mai 2016 après la réunion du Sbstta 20 à Montréal pendant trois semaines conjointement entre le CIRAD et l’Université ...

Ecological network of Central Asia – integrated method, regional GAP analysis and commitments of the countries

Presentation of the results of GEF-UNEP-WWF project: GAP analysis and regional Ecological network design, adopted by the countries of the region as the main base for protected areas system development and sustainable land-use development. Integration of biodiversity conservation into the Regio ...

Ecological networks and conservation corridors

Ecological networks: an ecoregional approach

Ecological, Economic, Cultural and Social Benefits of Protected Areas: Launch of SCBD publication "The Value of Nature"

Although protected areas prove a vast amount of goods and services to the people, especially to the poor; they are greatly undervalued by markets, politicians, and by the general public. As a result, they are extremely under-funded, overlooked and face constant threats. During this side event, ...

Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas

Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas

Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas in World Oceans

This event will update the results of EBSA regional workshops held in six regions, convened by CBD Secretariat together with various global and regional partners, involving about 100 Parties and other Governments.

Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas in World Oceans

This event will update the results of seven regional EBSA workshops held in various regions around the world, convened by the CBD Secretariat together with various global and regional partners, involving more than 100 Parties and other Governments.

Ecologically or Biologically significant Marine Areas (EBSAs)

Pursuant to CBD decisions X/29 and XI/17, the CBD Secretariat has convened six regional workshops on ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs) since November 2011. So far, experts from 92 countries and 79 organizations have contributed to the six CBD workshops. The results of ...

Ecology of health or Conservation Medicine

Economic Assessments

This event will provide training and information to participants on the recent development of economic valuation of land resources, and global study on ecosystem services.

Economic sustainability for implementation of protected areas national systems

At its first meeting, in Montecatini, Italy, June 2005, the ad hoc open-ended working group on protected areas adopted through its subgroup on “Options for mobilizing financial resources for the implementation of the programme of work by developing countries, in particular the least developed an ...