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Toward achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets by 2020 ~ Contribution of Sub-National Governments

The Aichi Biodiversity Targets are 20 ambitious goals that make up part of the CBD’s Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, adopted by the parties in Nagoya, Aichi prefecture in 2010. The targets provide a framework for action for all stakeholders, including sub-national and local government ...

Tourism, Islands and Biological Diversity: Presentation of the SCBD/INSULA/UN-SIDS Joint Publication and Preparatory Meeting of the Universal Forum of Cultures

<p><b>Principal Presenters:</b></p> <p>Tomas Azcarate, President of the Institute of Responsible Tourism, Cipriano Marin, Vice Secretary-general of Insula (International Scientific Council for Island Development), and Paola Deda Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.</p> <p><b>M ...

Tourism concessions and partnerships in parks

CBD and SEMEIA are launching a publication on tourism concessions and partnerships in parks. The side-event and publication aim to mobilize stakeholders (park agencies and relevant networks) at the global level and to develop their capacity to work with the tourism sector, from training to tech ...

Tourism and protected areas

Presentation of Case studies from tourism and sustainable financing in World Heritage sites in Europe and Latin America

Tourism and biodiversity :how to achieve common goals towards sustainability

The UNWTO side-event will present the work undertaken by the organization on tourism and biodiversity such as a UNWTO background paper on tourism and biodiversity, the activities developed within the framework of the YDB and World Tourism Day (WTD) and other global initiatives relevant for bio ...

Tourism and Protected Areas

Acto will be presenting and discussing its Protected Areas Programm as well as its Tourism Programm, specially its Initiative Destination Amazonia Year 2009

Top 10 COP-10 - the Top 10 Issues for Civil Society at COP10

In preparation for COP10, many civil society groups working around the CBD, facilitated by the CBD Alliance, joined together to identify the 10 most critical issues to be resolved at COP 10 from a civil society perspective. This side event will feature speakers from North and South, small and la ...

Tools to support environmental risk assessment of transgenic plants

Tools to support environmental risk assessment of transgenic crops

Tools to Support Environmental Risk Assessment of Transgenic Crops

GMO ERA Project members will give presentations about scientific methodologies and teaching tools for environmental risk assessment and management of transgenic plants, in accordance with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and other international agreements.

Tools for mainstreaming NBSAPs in broader development processes

“During this side event the CBD-Secretariat will launch a tool box with new training modules for NBSAPs, several sectoral and a cross-sectoral good practice guides for mainstreaming biodiversity into broader development and poverty reduction processes. The guides cover a wide range of fact sheet ...

Tools and resources for managing biological prospecting

UNU-IAS will present the tools it is developing on ABS. These include a pocket guide and a bioprospecting database.

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Time for Technology Assesment? Creating precautionary governance in a time of rapid technological change.

From the rise of Synthetic Biology and new nanotechnologies to the introduction of climate-ready crops and next generation biofuels, for SBSTTA to fulfill its mandate requires a capacity for continual monitoring, reflection and foresight with regard to new technologies. In its latest foresight r ...

Timber Trade and Conservation of Ramin (Gonystylus spp)

Tiger Conservation: Scenario of the World and Role of the Global Tiger Forum

<br><b>Principal Presenter</b> - Mr. S.C. Dey, Secretary General, Global Tiger Forum. <br><br> <b>Main Topic </b> - Scenario of Tiger Conservation over years – Role of Global Tiger Forum. <br><br> The presentation will cover worldwide historic distribution and shrinkage of tiger habitat an ...

Threats to the island biodiversity by military base constructions in Okinawa, Japan and Jeju, Korea

The theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity 2014 was "Island Biodiversity". Islands and their surrounding sea has often unique ecosystem connected to rivers and forests. They are rich in biodiversity, endemic and endangered species/subspecies. However, in islands and their coasta ...

Threatened Ecosystems, Vulnerable People

This event will showcase two of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management’s latest flagship products: the recently-initiated process to develop categories and criteria for assessing the conservation status of ecosystems, and a new publication on ecosystems and climate adaptation – the latest i ...

The “National Commission for the Sustainable Development of Peoples and Traditional Communities” in Brazil: an experience in the criation of public spaces for indigenous peoples and local communities”.

The main objective of the event will be to present the experience of introducing the National Commission for the Sustainable Development of Peoples and Traditional Communities in Brazil as an initiative in the creation of spaces for the inclusion of indigenous peoples and local communities in th ...

The view from up here: Arctic biodiversity in a warming world

The Arctic environment is experiencing unprecedented and rapid change from a variety of stressors that often interact in unpredictable ways. Understanding and responding to current and emerging concerns facing Arctic biodiversity requires coordinated circumpolar scientific information. Panelists ...

The value of effective stakeholder participation in the CBD-process

Jointly organized by the Global Youth Biodiversity Network and the CBD Alliance, the side event will focus on how engagement by youth, civil society organizations as well as indigenous peoples and local communities adds value to the CBD-process. It will look at ways and platforms for stakeholder ...

The use of genetically modified crops in developing countries - ethical and regulatory issues

The use of bird indicators for the 2010 Target

The status of the world’s leading species-level biodiversity indicators: What will they tell us about biodiversity trends in 2010 and beyond?

The presentations will highlight current trends in species level biodiversity, outline some of the major gaps in our knowledge, and discuss the type of policy relevant information the LPI and IUCN SRLI could potentially produce for the 2010 target and beyond.

The significance of the potato in relation to the CBD or, "mucho mas que un alimento..."

The potato; biological resource industrial feed stock, part of the Andean culture....Are these factors a help or a hidrance in the task of combating hunger and poverty? One of the themes of the CBD COP9 in Bonn is biological diversity for food and agriculture ( agricultural biodiversity work pr ...

The role of User Measures in International ABS Governance

The role of Research, Training and Education in the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the safe application of biotechnology

Outcomes of the January 2004 IUBS Conference. Presented jointly by SCBD and UNESCO

The role of Customary Law in Regulation of Access to Genetic Resources, Distribution of Benefits and Protection of Traditional Knowledge in the Andean Countries

Analysis and experience exchange on the importance of Customary Law and its role in conservation and sustainable use of the biodiversity, as well as in the protection of the associated traditional knowledge.

The role of Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF)

Participants including donor countries/organizations and recipient countries/organizations will discuss the achievement and future roles of CEPF in implementing CBD.

The results of the International Youth Conference on Biodiversity in Aichi 2010.

Presentation on the results of the International Youth Conference on Biodiversity in Aichi 2010., which will be held from 21st to 27th of August. Youth participants of the conference will serve as presenters and will present their statement and action plans for their own future.

The repatriation of traditional knowledge including genetic resources. How it does work? Relation with the Nagoya Protocol on ABS.

During this side-event, indigenous and local community organizations and experts will share their experience on repatriation of traditional knowledge and genetic resources. After they discuss how it will complement or not the effective implementation of the Nagoya Protocol. They will share infor ...

The realization of the society maintaining biodiversity through the reintroduction of the crested ibis into nature

The history of the conservation of the once disappeared Crested Ibises in Japan, and the history and current status of their reintroduction.

The realization of the society maintaining biodiversity through the reintroduction of the crested ibis into nature

The history of the conservation of the once disappeared Crested Ibises in Japan, and the history and current status of their reintroduction

The project SelfPAs (Self-financing Protected Areas): guidelines, tools, best-practice and guidance on how to improve their financial self-reliance.

Thanks to the variety of points of view and experiences that Federparchi and the other partner PAs have contributed with, a vast series of elements have emerged that have allowed the project to identify the “ingredients” that make the difference between a thriving PA and a PA trying to survive. ...

The partnership for Yellow Sea between local governments, NGOs, GEF and corporate

This meeting gives an introduction to emerging multiple layers of partnerships at international as well as local levels from diverse sectors including international organizations, local governments, NGOs as well as the corporate sector for conservation and management of biodiversity of the Yello ...

The outcome of Tokyo Symposium on Domestic Measures and Next Steps

The result of the International Symposium on Domestic Measures to Implement Obligations under the Nagoya Protocol held 8 March in Tokyo will be presented. In addition, some ideas for effective implementation of the Protocol will be presented to seek any other ideas, opinions and inputs. Expect ...

The new strategic plan - have we got the targets right this time?

The Event will present Friends of the Earth's views on the priority areas in the context of the upcoming CBD strategic plan and illustrate some of the core areas of work

The new FAO biodiversity agenda for food security: the Multi-Year Programme of Work of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

1. Presentation of the the Multi-Year Programme of Work (MYPOW), adopted by the Commission, at its Eleventh Regular Session and discuss the work plan for CGRFA-12. 2. Identification of possible country-led initiatives to support the implementation of the sectorial and cross-sectorial components ...

The new CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas Web Portal and E-Curriculum

The completely revised and updated PoWPA web portal on the CBD website is unveiled with new functionalities including thousands of easily searchable resources and an e-curriculum on the PoWPA.

The new Atlas of Soil Biodiversity

The European Commission has completed the new Soil Biodiversity Atlas as a contribution to the International Year of Biodiversity. The Atlas represents a major initiative to compile and disseminate information on soil biodiversity, its interaction with above-ground biodiversity, and other soil ...

The need to consider the technological package in the international regimen on liability.

This side event will feature a discussion about the need to include, in the definition of damage; the impacts produce by the technological package used in the GE crops, based on cases studies of RR soy plantations in the South Cone.

The need for public research in modern biotechnology

In this side event public researchers will present the rationale for and progress of public research on GMOs.

The movement of genetic resources: understanding the needs and obligations of providers and users

The markets of biodiversity

Presentation of the research carried out at the French Research Institute for Development (IRD) on the market approach to biodiversity conservation, genetic resources and local knowledge.

The importance of protecting coastal environment gradients ～How can we attain marine Aichi targets ～

The Japanese NGOs in marine fields(Marine and Coastal Biodiversity network-Japan, Nakatsu Waterfront Conservation Association, Kaimin Network, NPO Omotehama network, and Nature Conservation Society of Japan) would like to hold a side event for information exchange of status of coastal areas of J ...

The importance of gender in ABS

The promotion of gender equity and equality has been pointed out as one of the key elements to sustainable development and poverty alleviation. An analysis of the importance of mainstreaming gender criteria in ABS process will be examine. Suggestions of practical ways of addressing gender issue ...

The impacts of destructive fishing practices, unsustainable fishing, and illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing on marine biodiversity and habitats

Achieving a viable balance between human use of marine living resources and conservation of marine biodiversity and habitats is essential to secure long-term ecosystem service delivery, including healthy and productive fish populations. This side event will present a report prepared by FAO,UNEP ...

The identification of Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas; progress to date and future challenges.

The process of defining EBSAs around the World has begun with a number of regional workshops. This side event will address some of the lessons learnt from these first workshops and will look forward to the progress that can be made to realise the CBD 2020 Aichi Biodiversity targets.

The future of biodiversity, linking figures to landscapes and global to local scales

The future of biodiversity according to GBO2 and GEO4, the main causes, and policy options to achieve the 2010-target. The results will be visualised from figures into maps and into real landscapes, from global to local. A Powerpoint presentation combined with Googel Earth visualisation

The effective regulation of GMOs in a developing country: The South African experience

The lunch-time meeting will focus on the prerequisites for the effective regulation and sustainable utilisation of GMOs in a developing country. It will consist of three short (10min each) presentations covering aspects of a workable regulatory framework, sustainable GMO utilisation and South Af ...