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Addressing the Bushmeat Crisis: Recommendations from the CBD Bushmeat Liaison Group

Please join the CBD Secretariat, FAO, CIFOR, and CIC to learn more about the Liaison Group on Bushmeat’s recommendations towards a more sustainable use of bushmeat. The recommendations will be addressed by COP 10 as part of the review of implementation of Article 10 of the Convention (Sustainab ...

Addressing the link between Conservation and Poverty Reduction – Community Conserved Areas (highlighting Extrativist Reserves in Brazil)

The central strategy of the side event Addressing the link between Conservation and Poverty - Community Conserved Areas (highlighting Extrativist Reserves in Brazil) is to – a) Promote the idea of Community Conserved Areas Globally as an important mechanism to address the link between conservat ...

Administrative and Judicial Remedies available for ABS Implementation -- Legal and Practical Analysis

Presentation of a legal study on the question of what remedies are already available at law for the implementation of ABS, and what additional legal and practical issues must be addressed to enable ABS implementation by legal means. The study will be presented by its author and discussed i ...

Adopted Indicators for Implementation of the Strategy on Resource Mobilization – Results of a scoping study to review data availability and current capacity

At CBD COP 10, 15 new indicators for implementation of the Strategy for Resource Mobilization were adopted. This side event will share the results of a scoping study to review the feasibility of the adopted indicators. Specific emphasis will be placed on current data availability and capacitie ...

Advancements and reflections on fulfilling National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs)

National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) are the principal instruments for implementing the CBD at the national level. Aichi Biodiversity Target 17 states that by 2015, each Party has developed, adopted as a policy instrument and has commenced implementing an effective, partici ...

Advances in Deep Sea Research and Application to Governance and Management of Marine Biodiversity

This event will showcase key research by the EU funded Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man’s Impact on European Seas (HERMIONE) Consortium, and demonstrate how scientific research can be utilised by decision makers and competent management authorities to aid the governance and management of deep ...

Advances in marine conservation in Chile: lesson learned, virtuous partnership and challenges for new MPAs

Since the time of Chile’s canoeist populations along its coasts, Chile has a long outstanding history of maritime vocation in the southeastern Pacific. In the last decade, this vocation has been reinforced by the need for the sustainable use of marine resources and their environments, which has ...

Advancing Regional Work on Invasive Species

Lessons learned from what works in different national contexts to enable implementation of commitments to Programmes of Work, drawing from examples with protected areas and island biodiversity. In collaboration with Parties, the Global Island Partnership, and the IUCN World Commission on Protect ...

Advancing the Understanding of Biosafety

During the side-event, international scientists will present their recent findings on GE crops risk research covering aspects from the level of organisms to landscapes. The session integrates the different disciplines and approaches into the concept of assessing the "systemic risks" (OECD 2003, ...

Advancing the biodiversity agenda: A UN system-wide contribution

The purpose of the event would be to launch the UN report on “Advancing the biodiversity agenda: A UN system-wide contribution” during the high level segment to share its findings with a wide audience present at COP and to discuss on further expectations and actions from the UN system for the fo ...

Affirming Life and Diversity: rural images and voices on bio-cultural diversity and food sovereignty in South India

Launch of a multimedia publication "Affirming Life and Diversity" , followed by discussion with the women film makers, farmers and co-inquirers who made these films in South India. The video films document a long term process of regenerating biodiversity in local food systems- from seed to plate ...

African experiences and challenges with the development and implementation of NBFs and how the EU sees risk assessment in relation to identification, liability and redress bottlenecks and capacity building needs.

The event will have African scientists sharing their experiences and challenges in the development and implementation of NBFs in Southern Africa, and discussing their capacity buiding needs in risk assessment and management. A represantative from Ministry of Environment in the Netherlands will ...

Afro Asian Food Sovereignty: Can Millets be the Bonding Crops?

An international meeting comprising of farmers and pastoralists from Western Africa, South Asia and South-East Asia to discuss the global challenges and threats facing indigenous knowledge systems and traditional farming and pastoralist communities, and the tools that can be employed in order to ...

Agenda 21 and the Convention on Biological Diversity

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

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.

Agricultural Biodiversity for Food Sovereignty

Civil Society Organisations and Farmers Movements will present key issues and examples concerning the relation of agriculture with biodiversity in the context of the multiple biological, technological, legal and commercial pressures on food production, including climate change and agrofuels. It ...

Agricultural Biotechnology Trends - What Opportunities for post-patent data access and stewardship?

The event will discuss the possibilities of accessing post-patents' data for genetically modified traits in crop biotechnology and the approaches that interested parties could use to ensure proper stewardship. This is particularly important for developing countries and public sector researchers ...

Agricultural Biotechnology in Korea

In 2011, The world’s population reached 7 billion people, and by 2050 it will surpass 9 billion. This means farmers will need to produce 70% more food on less land than ever before. Crop protection products and plant biotechnology can improve yields to help farmers meet this goal. Biotech crops ...

Agricultural Producer Perspectives on Biosafety

Objective: to provide information on growers' practical experience and concerns with respect to growing and handling products of agricultural biotechnology

Agriculture and biodiversity

Presentation of activities for biodiversity conservation in agricultural sector in Japan. Agriculture is an essential production activity on supplying necessary food and daily commodities for human lives, and also on the viewpoint of food security. For the maintenance and development of sustaina ...

Agrobiodiversity Conservation and Development: Experiences from the Communities on Climate Change Adaptation

In the light of intensifying concerns about Climate Change and with the food (price) crisis happening in our midst, the Community Biodiversity Development and Conservation (CBDC) Network will present perspectives and highlight the experiences of farmers in adapting to climate change and in ensur ...

Agrodiversity and Food Security

Depletion of Agrodiversity has reduced the food basket available for the community. This had serious impacts on the food security and nutritional security of the people. With changing climate the risk of crop failures are increasing. There is urgent need to bring back agrodiversity into the ce ...

Agroforestry Technology Transfer: Opportunity or Threat to Protected Areas - A Symposium

Agroforestry Technology Transfer: Opportunity or Threat to Protected Areas! - A symposium

Aichi 2020 in Mongolia

To introduce and share National Biodiversity Action Plan and the Aichi Targets and the progress, results, success And challenges of implementation.

Aichi Target 11 - Reshaping the agenda for Marine Protected Areas

During this event, we will provides a review of current MPA coverage (July 2012), showing dramatic increases in recent years. While this gives the impression that the 10% MPA target might be attainable, we revisit such information in the light of the Aichi Target 11 which introduces important n ...

Aichi target 3, agriculture and biodiversity: the case of the livestock sector

The side event will feature a presentation of a new report on the impacts of livestock and fodder production on biodiversity, indigenous peoples and local communities in Paraguay, the country with the highest deforestation rates on Earth. It will discuss how the effective implementation of Aichi ...

Aid flows targeting CBD objectives

Donors report to the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) on their aid flows in support of the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The OECD will present the methodology used to collect the data ("Rio marker") and most recent statistics by donor.

Alien species management-1

Presentation and discussion on management of alien species causing problems all over the world (the first part: legal frameworks, strategic and scientific eradication of alien mammals etc.).

Alien species management-2.

Presentation and discussion on management of alien species causing problems all over the world (the second part: involvement of local government, NGOs and private sector etc.).

All you should know about market-based schemes and non-market based schemes for the conservation of biodiversity and traditional knowledge, and the prevention of climate-related disasters

The event will elaborate on the advantages and disadvantages of different market-based and non-market based approaches to conserve biodiversity and mitigate and adapt to climate change, including Payments for Environmental Services, REDD+, redirecting perverse incentives that promote drivers of ...

Alliance for Zero Extinction

The Alliance for Zero Extinction helps countries achieve their CBD targets while halting the loss of species most at risk of extinction.

Amazon Biodiversity Information Facility debriefing session for European and North American Natural History Collections (by invitation only)

ABIF debriefing session on existing efforts to mobilize amazonian data housed in natural history museums and herbaria

Amazon Protected Areas Program (ARPA): past 10 years, future 25 years – financially sound and sustainable Protected Areas for the Biome on a continent wide scale

The event intends to address the accomplishments after 10 years of implementation of the ARPA Program and its future: the 25 year strategy for achieving financial sustainability and sound management of Protected Areas. This is a follow-up side event on the launching of the ARPA for Life initiati ...

Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA): Innovation in Protected Areas System Management

Created in 2003 by the Brazilian government for the conservation of a significant sample of Amazonian biodiversity, the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program (ARPA) has developed a range of best practices concerning the management of Protected Areas in Brazil. The ARPA Program is coordinated by ...

An ABS Case Study – The Astra Zeneca/Griffith University Natural Product Discovery Partnership

Presentation on the UNU-IAS Case Study of the Astra Zeneca/Griffith University Natural Product Discovery Partnership

An ABS Regime for Non-Commercial Biodiversity Research: Roundtable Discussion on Sharing the Benefits of Research

The Consortium for the Barcode of Life is one of many international initiatives devoted to basic, non-commercial research on biodiversity. The Bonn Guidelines do not differentiate between commercial and non-commercial research, even though the risks and benefits are very different for developin ...

An Attempt of Higher Education to Integrate the Rio Conventions – Seeking Environmental Leaders for Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Desertification

This event intends to introduce unique and ambitious higher education program, Nagoya University Global Environmental Leaders Program (NUGELP). NUGELP focuses simultaneously three crucial areas such as biodiversity, climate change, and water and waste management. This combination is rare as one ...

An Ecosystems SDG without People?

A Sustainable Development Goal on ecosystems protection has been proposed, but until now the goal and its targets fail to recognize the role and rights of indigenous peoples, local communities and women in biodiversity conservation. Also, some of the proposed targets might be devastating for bio ...

An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

<p>This side event marks the conclusion of the preparation of the Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, already available in English, French and Russian. The Spanish version of the Guide will be available -and launched- at the side event. </p><p>IUCN, FIELD and WRI, partners ...

An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on ABS

A clear understanding of the text of the Nagoya Procol on ABS and the resulting obligations for the contracting Parties as well as ABS procedures is of essential importance for the future implementation of the Protocol at the national level. IUCN is developing an explanatory guide to the Nagoya ...

An Indicators Approach to Understanding resilience of Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes: a community-level perspective

An indicator approach has become increasingly used to monitor progress towards achieving specific goals and targets identified in the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Millennium Development Goals and other relevant international agreements. While it has played an important role in underst ...

An Interactive Ocean Data Viewer: Enhancing marine and coastal data accessibility and quality, and building technical capacity for implementation of CBD Programmes of Work.

Effective use of data and information, and the technical capacity to do so, is an essential prerequisite for successful implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity, including the Programmes of Work on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity, Island Biodiversity, and Protected Areas. However ...

An easy, low-cost strategy to stop species extinction and meet 2010 and post-2010 targets: the Alliance for Zero Extinction

The Alliance for Zero Extinction is seeking a bold post-2010 target to halt loss of Earth’s species. Hear from nations that have already demonstrated that protecting species threatened with extinction can be low cost and easy and has helped meet the 2010 target. Sites with AZE species are also h ...

An integrated approach to the valuation and sustainable management of agrobiodiversity: Is it what the Doctor orders?

Following a review of the state of the art of valuation of the components of agrobiodiversity (crops, livestock, trees and aquatic genetic resources), an integrated research agenda is presented for discussion based on the hypotheses that: i) scientific research about agrobiodiversity can be adva ...

An interactive USB key Tool Box on Biodiversity for Development / Food Security / Human Health

Biodiversity and Food Security

An international regime on ABS: Essential Questions with Regard to Scope

The functionality and strength of an international regime on ABS depends to a great extent on its scope. Whether the parties will agree to a broad and inclusive scope depends on how the different sub-sectors of genetic resources will be dealt with in an international regime and what genetic reso ...

An introduction to DOPA, a Digital Observatory for Protected Areas

The Digital Observatory for Protected Areas (DOPA) is a biodiversity information system currently developed as a set of interoperable web services at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in collaboration with other international organizations, including GBIF, UNEP-WCMC, Birdlife ...

An overview of the threatened plant species diversity of Tropical Forests, with emphasis on Araucanian Forest from South America

List of threatened plant species of Atlantic Forest. Biological contamination by invasive and alien species that threaten ecosystems on forest fragments. Successful experience with conservation of Araucaria araucana in Argentina.

Analysis of the biodiversity effects of different policy options. A contribution to the TEEB report

The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) worked out 9 policy options that could contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of global biodiversity and a few ecosystem goods and services. Policy options are defined here as alternative pathways for policymakers along which to i ...