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Evidence based protected areas management. New information from the World Commission on Protected Areas – Species Survival Commission Joint Task Force on Biodiversity and Protected Areas

Protected areas serve many purposes but, at their core, they must protect biodiversity. The global community has set aside 13% of lands and 1% of seas in protected areas and the Aichi targets commit to increasing that significantly by 2020. There is a growing literature that indicates protected ...

Evidence of GMO health dangers is sufficient to justify their ban

With contributions from more than 30 scientists over two years, we have gathered evidence of 65 health risks of GMOs. They have been linked to thousands of toxic and allergic reactions, thousands of sick, sterile, and dead livestock, and damage to virtually every organ and system studied in lab ...

Evolving a Legal framework for Compensation to BD-Dependent Communities for Biodiversity Damage

After 6 years of intensive and politically fraught negotiations, the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP10) finally adopted the Aichi Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing. The Protocol is considered to be a milestone regarding the recognitio ...

Exchaging experiences: Implementation of National Laws on Access and Benefit Sharing and Protecting Traditional Knowledge.

The objective of this event is to present, compare and discuss the implementation of national legislations on Access and Benefit Sharing and on protecting traditional knowledge in order to exchange experience among countries of Latin America and Caribe.

Exchange Patterns and Practices: Preliminary Findings from a Multi-sector Study of Non-Plant Agricultural Genetic Resources in the United States

The US Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service is sponsoring this brief presentation of preliminary findings from a research study on the movement and use of non-plant agricultural genetic resources currently being conducted in the US. The presentation will illustrate common chall ...

Exchange of Experiences on National Strategies and Action Plans between the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean 2010-2020.

The purpose of the event is to exchange views about the national strategies and Action Plans 2010-2020 of the Region of Latin America and the Caribbean, also to Promote discussion about suggested indicators for the strategic plan for biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Aichi biodiversity targets, ...

Exhibition and Exploration : Uncultivated food plants in rural Bangladesh

More than 100 uncultivated wild food and medicinal plants will be exhibit in the coming COP-12. Basically we want to exhibit the herbarium sheets with detailed information and show the significance of natural resources to the people.

Exhibitions on linkages between various Indian Festivals and biodiversity.

It is proposed to organise a series of exhibitions for showcasing linkages between various Indian Festivals and biodiversity as a part of socio-cultural traditions in India and their role in biodiversity conservationin. The Nodal point for these exhibition will be DIG, Forest Policy of the Minis ...

Existing Liability Regimes and Biosafety

<p>This side-event will build on the general issues presented on 25 February and examine in more detail specific cases, either adjudicated by the courts or other cases:</p> <li>Liability and Environmental Damage: The Indian Experience <li>Switzerland: Specificities of the Federal Law relating to ...

Expanding the Protected Areas System: How to identify gaps and prioritize the creation of new protected areas?

Purpose of side event: Share experiences on what the Parties are doing to meet the goal of building representative systems of protected areas. Launch of the Gap Analysis Guide. At this event, participants will be provided with materials, guidance, and examples from country case-studies relevant ...

Experience in Implementing High Seas Marine Protected Areas

The side event will showcase the first successfully installed High Seas MPAs and the approaches organizations have taken for the establishment. From the North-East Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea and the Southern Ocean speakers will present institutions’ responses to the challenges of protectin ...

Experience in the construction of the Raizeiras Community Protocol on the traditional use of the biodiversity in Brazilian and the right to free, prior and informed consultation

From the collective construction of tools for valuation, validation and protection of traditional knowledge on sustainable use and free access to local biodiversity to safeguard and secure the practice of traditional medicine in the local communities of the Brazilian Cerrado, the Articulação Pac ...

Experiences in implementing the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation through botanic gardens in Latin America

A series of speakers will outline experiences from Brazil, Argentina and Mexico in implementing projects through botanic gardens in support of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. Key areas will be community native plant conservation projects, environmental education initiatives, staff t ...

Experiences in sub-national implementation

Some CBD Parties have federal systems of government, in which power is divided between a central government and state, territorial or provincial governments. Sub-national governments carry out various activities relevant to CBD implementation. Some have developed their own sub-national biodive ...

Experiences on Free Prior Informed Consent - A Discussion

The right to “free, prior, informed consent” (FPIC) is a fundamental right of indigenous peoples. Recent developments in international policy work have established this right and indeed, national governments are enacting laws and policies that seek to operationalize the principle of FPIC. Despit ...

Experiencias de la Cooperación Española en la Protección de la Biodiversidad: Programa Indígena y Programa Araucaria

Experiencias de la Cooperación Española en la Protección de la Biodiversidad: Programa Indígena y Programa Araucaria

Exploring Issues raised by Synthetic Biology

A patent for the first completely human-made species has been applied for - what are the implications for the environment, for intellectual property, etc.?

Exploring a Global Island Partnership

A lunch event sponsored by The Nature Conservancy and other NGOs to discuss the importance of islands as it relates to biodiversity and the livelihoods of local communities; and to announce recent government and NGo commitments to work together to get island conservation to scale.

Exploring biodiversity co-benefits of climate change mitigation measures: Bringing the CBD and UNFCCC agendas closer together

Through the implementation of climate change mitigation measures it is likely that co-benefits, such as biodiversity conservation and the maintenance of ecosystem services, can be gained in addition to emission reductions. Jointly organised by BfN, the LifeWeb Initiative and UNEP-WCMC, this side ...

Exploring the Cross-cutting Nature of Protected Areas THIS SIDE-EVENT HAS BEEN COMBINED WITH SIDE-EVENT NO. 2433 - The IUCN V World Conservation Congress in room 3 at 18:15

In Paragraphs 12 and 13 of Decision X/43, the Conference of the Parties called for an in-depth dialogue on ecosystem management, ecosystem services and protected areas at the 7th Working Group on Article 8(j). This event will explore the cross-cutting nature of these issues, with a particular fo ...

Exploring the environmental and developmental dimensions of geographical indications

The growing interest for traditional ecological knowledge at all levels is generating significant demand for information, case studies and research. In France, approaches based on the concepts of heritage and the terroir have been developed, thus making it possible to better understand, conserv ...

FINANCIAL MOBILIZATION FOR FOR FORESTS AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Mobilization of financial resources on Forests and Biodiversity Conservation remains one crucial aspect in meeting the challenges of Biodiversity resource Conservation, poverty and hunger, climate change and improving lives of communities and forests users. Unfortunately several communities and ...

FINANCING AFRICAN PROTECTED AREAS

FISHERIES AND BIODIVERSITY

The purpose of this event is to share the information on the most recent status of marine protected areas and other coastal conservation activities in Japan. Discussion will be made on governance mechanisms and socio-economic incentives behind several good practices. The role of coastal fishing ...

FOREST EUROPE: Enriching Biodiversity — 2010 and beyond

The side event will: • present FOREST EUROPE contributions to actions for achieving 2010 Biodiversity Target; • highlight the existing and potential role of sustainable forest management and actions towards achieving 2010 target and post-2010; • stimulate discussion on how to strengthen sust ...

FORUM ON ESTABLISHING NORTHEAST ASIA ECO-BELT VIA CONNECTING BAEKDUDAEGAN MOUNTAIN RANGE ECOSYSTEMS

The European Green Belt initiative epitomizes a successful international cooperative project that utilized the DMZ and connected eco-networks along borders as part of efforts to preserve ecosystems in Europe after German reunification. The forum proposes to establish a Northeast Asian Eco-belt a ...

FORUM ON REINTRODUCTION OF ORIENTAL STORK IN KOREA AND JAPAN

Present the process of reintroducing oriental stork in Korea and Japan; Discuss the future directions of bilateral cooperation between Korea and Japan.

FPIC: Experiences of Indigenous Peoples

The SEARCO and IPF, with support from Misereor conducted a two year project on FPIC aimed at learning from direct experiences of indigenous communities. The project looked at how FPIC was used by indigenous communities in securing their rights to lands and resources, including biological resour ...

FROM CARBON NEGATIVE TO BIODIVERSITY POSITIVE: A NEW PARADIGM FOR BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY? Merged side event: “Net Positive Impact: A New Business Trend” And “Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme

This side event aims to share information on actions by leading companies to ‘neutralise’ their residual environmental impacts and to introduce the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme. It seeks feedback from CBD delegates on what Parties and others can do to stimulate more companies to ...

FUNBIO: a strategic mechanism in pursuit of financial sustainability of Brazilian protected areas

Support for Protected Areas (PAs) have been the main focus of the work of FUNBIO the past 18 years. On the one hand, FUNBIO designed financial mechanisms for resource mobilization from different sources and on the other hand has created mechanisms to assure that these resources reach the PAs as ...

FUTURA Channel: a platform for education and community outreach in Brazil

Founded in 1997, as the first private TV channel in Brazil totally dedicated to education, FUTURA is committed to providing quality information and addressing the most challenging subjects in the agenda of the Brazilian society. Thus, a large portion of FUTURA’s programs aim at encouraging sust ...

Facing the Challenges of Mountain Biodiversity Conservation and Management in Changing Climate across the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region

During the side event, ICIMOD aims to invite a high level delegation from its eight regional member countries namely, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region. A panel discussion by the high level delegation is envisaged. ...

Fair and equitable benefit-sharing for the protection and full realization of the human rights of indigenous peoples and local communities: challenges and opportunities in international law

This event aims to discuss new research findings on actual and potential interactions between the CBD and international human rights law on fair and equitable benefit-sharing of relevance to indigenous peoples and local communities. It will focus on: 1) benefit-sharing from the sustainable use ...

Falconry and Falconer’s Activities associated with Sustainable Wildlife Management

Falconry is a worldwide traditional hunting art using trained birds of prey with a history of over 3,000 years. It is listed as an Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. Recently, sustainable use of wildlife is being recognized as a way to help conserve biological diversity; sustainable use o ...

Family farming and biodiversity

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

Farmer Access to Crop Diversity and Sustainable Utilization: Lessons from the Field

OBJECTIVE: Share findings of innovative field activities of FAO related to small farmer access and sustainable utilization of crop diversity. The presentation will take a systems approach and examine the importance of markets for crop diversity, gender and diversity in the informal seed sector a ...

Farmers and GM crops: experiences from around the world

Farmers’ Rights in Practise: Farmers’ Experiences in Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use

This side event will contribute to the realization of the previous program of word on agricultural biodiversity. It will highlight the elements/gaps in implementation based on its own experiences to further the work on agricultural biosdiversity and the need to involve other stakeholders to sup ...

Field excursion to an area close to Curitiba (Brazilian-German Biodiversity Research Cooperation)

Field excursion into the habitat of the Mata Atlântica region close to Curitiba. Presentation of an Brazilian-German cooperation project which is focussed on biodiversity research.

Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J-5)

PROGRESS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMME OF WORK ON ARTICLE 8(j) AND RELATED PROVISIONS AND ON THE INTEGRATION OF THE RELEVANT TASKS INTO THE THEMATIC PROGRAMMES OF WORK UNDER THE CONVENTION AND AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL

Final Outputs of The ABS Project -- Detailed studies of ABS Contracts and a Project Overview

This event will launch the final two books in the series of books published by the IUCN under The ABS Project, and will introduce IUCN's new work on this issue. It will feature presentations by Thomas Greiber, IUCN; Tomme Young, IRIS; and many other persons.

Finance Mechanisms and Funding for Biodiversity Conservation in Indigenous Lands: the Case of the Amazon Basin.

This side event has the objective of evaluating international funding mechanisms for biodiversity conservation in indigenous lands. As such, it will discuss the current strategies of the GEF (Global Environment Facility) and other multilateral and bilateral institutions for biodiversity conserva ...

Financial Mechanisms for Strict Protected Areas

The event has the objective of discussing the existing mechanisms for finanacial sustainability of protected areas. The roundtable will be composed by people that are developing and implementing these mechanisms. Aditionally, some sucessful national and international cases will be presented. The ...

Financial Sustainability for Protected Areas’ System: the Brazilian case

This event will describe and analyze the latest mechanisms to support the financial sustainability of the Brazilian Protected Areas’ System. Environmental compensations, as described in Brazilian law, are demanded when infrastructure projects generate significant environmental impacts. Compensat ...

Financing Protected Areas

This side event will illustrate the trends in financing for protected areas including current needs and gaps. It will also explore opportunities and barriers to securing a diversified set of funding, including financial mechanisms based on extraction of natural resources (royalties, severance fe ...

Financing the Aichi Targets

Review and discussion of existing information on costs of achieving the Aichi Targets.

Financing the Stewardship of Global Biodiversity: GEF Support to Achieving the Aichi Targets

GEF Secretariat will provide an overview of: 1) the GEF-5 biodiversity strategy; 2) programming of resources during the first two years of GEF-5; and 3) how this support is contributing to the achievement of the Aichi Targets.

Findings and recommendations of the High-Level Panel on Global Assessment of Resources for Implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

Following the request from COP-11, through decision XI/4, the High-Level Panel on Global Assessment of Resources for Implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 will present the outcomes of its bottom-up research on the range of the costs of implementing the activities needed to a ...

Fingerponds - Biodiversity support in dense populated flood zones in Africa

There is going to be a film about internation research project called Fingerponds - about the possible way of supporting biodiversity in dense populated flood zones in rural areas of Africa. Fingerponds are small shallow ponds tested in flood zones of Lake Victoria (Uganda, Kenya) and the Rufiji ...

Finnish Biodiversity Research Programme: Key Outcomes