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Geoengineering Climate Change

How are new technologies being deployed to mitigate climate change, and what are the implications of these for biodiversity and the environment?

Geoengineering Mother Earth: Science or Politics? Challenges for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Despite a clear decision at COP 10 that the views and experiences of indigenous peoples, local communities and other stakeholders on geoengineering and biodiversity needed to be sought and synthesized for SBSTTA, the discussion has been dominated by a small group of scientific experts, where the ...

Geoengineering and Biodiversity: Implications for the CBD

What are the geoengineering technologies in the research and development phase that could have dramatic impacts on biodiversity through technological adjustments to earth's albedo, large scale manipulation of marine ecosystems, and conversion of "biomass" to industrial uses in a post-carbon economy

German Business and Biodiversity Initiative

Germany’s commitment to business and biodiversity: Creating a new dynamic platform for action and dialogue between business, government and nature conservation institutions, and setting up TEEB Germany

The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety will showcase innovative activities for integrating business in successfully implementing the goals of the Strategic Plan and Germany’s National Strategy on Biological Diversity. Theyare a contribution to CoP 10 dec ...

Getting Started: Implementing the Programme of Work on Protected Areas

Global Acceptance of Biotech Crops

For over a decade, agricultural biotechology has enjoyed significant acceptance rates worldwide, with the potential to help address global challenges, such as rising food prices, food supply shortage and a growing global population. CropLife International will provide a number of perspectives ad ...

Global Biodiversity Outlook-3 and beyond

The Global Biodiversity Outlook-3 represents the scientific basis for the elaboration of the new strategic plan of the CBD and anticipates the types of assessments that the IPBES (International Science-Policy Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) might undertake. This side event will: - ...

Global Canopy Programme presentation on the revised `Little Biodiversity Finance Book`

Global Canopy Programme presentation on the revised `Little Biodiversity Finance Book`

Global Catalogue of Microorganisms (GCM) for tracking, monitoring and benefit sharing of microbial resources worldwide

Managing ex situ collections of microbial strains across the world has been hampered by the lack of an overarching tracking system. The coming into force of the Nagoya Protocol (NP) requires improved clarity on what strains are held where, how they can be accessed, and the conditions under which ...

Global Drylands Imperative: Challenging Concepts of Drylands Biodiversity

Global Drylands Imperative: Challenging Concepts of Drylands Biodiversity

Global Environment Outlook(GEO) - A UNEP Environment Assessment Initiative - links with GBO and synergies with CBD implementation

Power Point presentation of the UNEP's GEO Asssessment process, including the GEO Data Portal and linkages to CBD implementation and its GBO

Global Forest Resource Assessment: FRA 2005 and the Links with the CHD and other International Forest-Related Progresses

Global Governance of Genetic Resources. Access and benefit sharing after the Nagoya Protocol

The even includes a presentation of a new book “Global Governance of Genetic Resources. Access and Benefit Sharing after the Nagoya Protocol” (Rosendal and Oberthur (eds.), 2014, Routledge: NY). The book analyses the status and prospects of global governance of access to and benefit sharing (ABS ...

Global Industry Coalition Implementation Guide to the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress

The Global Industry Coalition (GIC) will share information about the implementation guide to the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol that we developed, and will provide an update on the status of the Compact.

Global Integrated Trends Analysis Network

This will be a lunch meeting, open to all COP8 attendees on a first-come, first-served basis, with a panel introducing and discussing the Global Integrated Trends Analysis Network (GITAN). Attendees will have the opportunity to meet with GITAN participants. Box lunches will be provided.

Global Invasive Alien Species Information Partnership

The Global Invasive Alien Species Information Partnership (GIASIPartnership) has come together to support Parties achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 9 (Invasive Alien Species). They are doing this by development of tools and improving access to existing resources. The Side Event will explore wh ...

Global Invasive Alien Species Information Partnership

Information on invasive alien species and their pathways is a key requirement to enable progress toward Aichi Target 9. The Global Invasive Alien Species Information Partnership has been formed to enable information Parties and other partners to share information for understanding the spread an ...

Global Islands Partnership (GLISPA) - status and perspectives

Review of progress on the implementation of the Islands Biodiversity Programme of Work through GLISPA, and support for new and additional commitments

Global Islands Partnership (GLISPA) High level Event [OFFSITE EVENT being held at the La Redoute Guest House, Bonn]

Global Options for Biodiversity Finance: A review of innovative financial mechanisms for biodiversity amd ecosystem services

The Global Canopy Programme and partners present an overview of their latest publication, The Little Biodiversity Finance Book. The event will explore the various options for generating finance (from traditional ODA to innovative green bonds), the range of mechanisms to deliver finance (includi ...

Global Overview of National and Regional ABS Measures: Release of 3rd Edition

Launch of the 3rd edition of the FOEN-sponsored CISDL study on ABS measures worldwide.

Global Partnership for Business and Biodiversity

This event will allow delegates to COP 11 to get a better understanding of the Global Partnership, how it interacts with the various national and regional initiatives for business and biodiversity, and the longer term goals of the Partnership.

Global Patform on Business and Biodiversity

Dialogue with international business person, deligation members of the parties and other stakeholders including NGOs.

Global Status and Trends in Intellectual Property Claims: Biodiversity and the Bioeconomy

Presentation of the results of a review of global trends in patent activity and their implications for debates surrounding ABS in the context of the emergence of the bioeconomy.

Global Strategy for Plant Conservation: National and Regional Experiences in its Implementation

Global Sustainable Tourism Council

The event will highlight the work of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC). The GSTC is an international membership council that aims to foster the increased knowledge and understanding of sustainable tourism practices and the adoption of universal sustainable tourism principles. At the ...

Global Taxonomy Initiative: national, regional and global perspectives

Global Tiger Initiative: Mainstreaming Conservation and Biodiversity into the Development Agenda

Partners of the Global Tiger Initiative will take stock of the commitments made by tiger range countries and the international community at the September Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. The World Bank, with President Robert B. Zoellick, would report on this flagship initiative and its En ...

Global Understanding in Forestry Education

Forest as the one of ecosystem containing with biodiversity was threatening by human activity for supporting of economic growth and social development. People in every sector and level of education should be aware to create good management in forestry to make sustainable natural resources to fu ...

Global partnership for ecosystem valuation and wealth accounting: learning from other initiatives and country experiences

Biologically diverse ecosystems in countries served by the World Bank provide an array of valuable economic services to people. The benefits of conserving ecosystems frequently outweigh the costs but conversion occurs anyway, because many ecosystem benefits are public goods. Some public goods ...

Global progress on Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 (protected areas) in marine and coastal environments, with case studies from the LifeWeb and HERMIONE projects

The side event will review global progress with marine protected areas (MPAs) and explore practical and innovative ways to accelerate progress towards Aichi Biodiversity Target 11. At the side event we will present key findings from the Protected Planet Report 2012 on the current status and tren ...

Globallast Water: Health perspectives

To incite the discussion about the theme. Leading to ponder about the importance of Sanitary Watch fulness for the maintenance of port waters and the impact caused by the environment. Round table with the participation of Globallast Program and Brazilian Government.

Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS): A heritage for the future

Worldwide, specific agricultural systems and landscapes have been created, shaped and maintained by generations of farmers and herders based on diverse natural resources, using locally adapted management practices. These traditional and unique agricultural systems have resulted in well-balanced ...

Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS): a legacy for the future!

The Food and Agriculture Organization recognizes the enormous contributions and important role of family farmers, indigenous peoples and local communities in managing, conserving and sustaining our biodiversity. Ten years after its initiation by FAO in 2002, during the World Summit on Sustainabl ...

Globally Important Bird Areas Identified in Brazil: Atlantic Forest IBA Book Launch

Launching of the Atlantic Forest Important Bird Areas Book

Going beyond mitigation: How can private sector drive biodiversity conservation?

The event will present views, experiences and recommendations from the private sector actors on how to advance towards effectively engaging business in supporting the implemetation of the three objectives of CBD, in particular in the use of BioTrade approaches.

Gola Forest Conservation Concession Project

Presentation of major forest conservation concession project in Sierra Leone by the government of Sierra Leone, the Conservation Society of Sierra Leone (CSSL) and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (the RSPB).

Golden Rice: Applying the Protocol methodology for risk assessment

Introduction on the general methodology for Environmental Risk Assessment. Appling the methodology of Risk Assessment on the case of Golden Rice. Explaining the procedure and going trough the different steps to be followed; hazard identification, likelihood estimation, evaluation of the conseque ...

Good Practice in Mining and Biodiversity: From Practice to Action

ICMM's Good Practice Guidance for Mining and Biodiversity, which was developed in the context of our dialogue with IUCN, the World Conservation Union, will be presented briefly. Case studies will show how it is being applied at sites, followed by discussion on how to use the guidance to improve ...

Good agricultural practices

Good agricultural practices

Good practice principles and codes of conduct

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Good practices, conflicts and necessities to the integrated management of one of the most important remaining areas of Atlantic Rainforest – EPA of Guaraqueçaba, Brazil

This event has as objective to present and to debate the interrelated efforts carried out during 20 years to protect an area of great interest to conservation of biological diversity. Despite of of many positive results reached by these efforts, this area is still deficient of a model that app ...

Governance and Protected Areas

Governance and Sustainable Use of Ocean Ecosystem Services and BBNJ

When conservation and sustainable use of the oceans are discussed, it is often with a direct focus on immediately tangible elements such as the enforcement of fisheries regulations. Insufficient attention, however, is generally paid to material cycling across ocean ecosystems both at a regional ...

Governance and rights: What works? Towards effective and equitable conservation for biodiversity and livelihoods

Governance and rights security have significant implications for biodiversity conservation effectiveness and for the livelihoods of people relying on resources within and outside of protected areas. These linkages are recognized in numerous Articles, Programmes of Work, and Guidelines of the CBD ...

Governance of Protected Areas -- crucial concepts and tools for PoWPA

The event will review PoWPA requirements on governance of protected areas and illustrate how they can be met by taking advantage of advances in understanding and practice, drawing from IUCN guidance.

Grains of Wisdom versus False Solutions: Farmer innovations, agricultural biodiversity and climate change

The role of agriculture in adapting to and mitigating climate change is crucial and there are basically two alternative approaches. Industrial solutions such as GM crops, biofuels and biochar present a serious threat to biodiversity and agriculture, but are presented as climate solutions. Mean ...

Great Apes Survival Project (GRASP)

<br>UNESCO and UNEP will be presenting the Great Apes Survival Project (GRASP) GRASP is an innovative Partnership with the mission of lifting the threat of imminent extinction from the great apes and ensuring positive interactions between these species and people in shared habitats. Presentatio ...