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The development of Bio-cultural Community Protocols as Sui Generis Systems for Ensuring Conservation, Sustainable Use and the Protection of TKIP

A seminar to explain and foster discussion about how bio-cultural community protocols can be used by communities to secure their rights under Article 8j

The cost of knowledge – investments to date in authoritative biodiversity knowledge products

Both planning and monitoring strategies and actions for biodiversity require authoritative knowledge, but surprisingly little is known about the levels of investment necessary to develop and maintain such knowledge products. This is deeply problematic: without such information, those who need it ...

The contribution of zoos to biodiversity conservation: the link between in-situ and ex-situ

Introduction to the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) and their partners (like IUCN) in the worldwide "Amphibian Ark" campaign. Concrete case studies will be presented from Germany and Vietnam and information provided on the European zoos involvement in education and ex-situ conserv ...

The contribution of Sustainable Development Reserves for the conservation of biodiversity in the Brazilian Amazonia.

A short symposium with presentations on the importance of SDRs on the conservation of biodiversity and poverty alleviation in the Brazilian Amazonia. Speakers will include representatives of four Sustainable Development Reserves (Cujubim and Mamirauá, in the Amazonas State, Iratapuru in Amapá St ...

The challenge to produce more food & energy with less pollution: Towards a Global Nitrogen Assessment.

Reactive nitrogen is needed to feed the world, but pollutes the world’s air, land and water, threatening biodiversity and contributing to climate change. With projected increases in human population and standard of living, this makes for a major global challenge to produce more food and energy, ...

The captain Hook Awards for Biopiracy

This is an annual award ceremony hosted by a coalition of international NGO's to recognise both those who are taking action to prevent the theft of genetic ajnd natural resources and those who are the worst offenders. Would require a large room or hall/ga thering place.l

The Yasuní-ITT Initiative: Bridging the Gap between Biodiversity Conservation and Economic Growth

The Yasuní-ITT Initiative is an innovative and holistic proposal from the government of Ecuador, which aims to protect the unique biodiversity of Yasuní National Park while accounting for the sustainable development of Ecuador and its citizens. A panel of scientists and economists will address ...

The World Heritage Convention and other site-based instruments of UNESCO and their contribution to CBD

The side event will focus on the contribution of the World Heritage Convention to CBD. Topics that will be discussed are World Heritage and Climate Change, the development of a joint programm of works on POW on protected areas and marine biodiversity, the World Heritage forest programme and the ...

The World According to Monsanto

Screening of new video documentary by Marie-Monique Robin.

The Whakatane Mechanism: Addressing equitable governance and management in protected areas

The Whakatane Mechanism aims to support conflict resolution in protected areas by ensuring that conservation practices respect the rights of indigenous peoples and promotes best practices in the implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas. Participants in the side event will hear ...

The Western Indian Ocean: Resilient ecosystems for sustainable livelihoods, adaptation, and human security

Discussion and presentations from countries and institutions in the Western Indian Ocean (islands of the Indian Ocean and coastal areas of East Africa) hosted by the Global island partnership. Will including the environmental and climate change needs and threats and how to address these through ...

The WIPO Intergovernmental Committee: State of Play, Future Prospects , Linkages with the CBD

The Universal Value of Biodiverse “Ussuri Taiga” Forest of Southern Russian Far East: Tiger Protection and Indigenous Peoples Sustainability

Middle and Upper Bikin River basin (11,500 km2), a habitat for about 50 Amur tigers and a traditional homeland of the Udege and other indigenous peoples is in need of international attention and effective conservation as the area contains the largest intact Ussuri-Taiga forest in southern Russia ...

The UNEP/NEPAD initiative on biodiversity

Informal presentations and discussion

The UNEP Global Environmental Outlook and how it relates to CBD

Over more that ten years, UNEP has established a process for regular delivery of a peer-reviewed state of environment report, the Global Environmental Outlook. There is clear potential both for ensuring that this report and the associated process are of more direct value to the CBD, and for ensu ...

The UN List of Protected Areas: Launch of a New System for National Authorities to Update, Edit and Add Information

This session will provide an opportunity for participants to view the newly redeveloped UN List of protected areas system (part of the World Database on Protected Areas, a joint project of UNEP and IUCN) built specifically for national authorities to provide data into the global system by reveal ...

The UK GM Crop Farm-Scale Evaluations

<p>Presented by: Dr Nick Brickle<br> Chemical and GM policy Division<br> UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>The UK GM-crop farm-scale evaluations were a four-year programme of studies aimed at investigating the impact of the management of four types o ...

The Swedish Taxonomy Initiative - documenting and describing all multicellular organisms in Sweden

Learn about the challenge to find and describe unknown species and producing one of the largest encyclopedias of the world! The event will provide a presentation of a unique project with the aim to document all living organisms found in Sweden and to present them in the Encyclopedia of Swedish ...

The Swedish Species Taxonomy Initiative – a unique charting of an entire country's flora and fauna and its description in a popular science Encyclopedia

The goal of the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative (STI), to be completed within 20 years, is to chart and describe every multi-cellular species in Sweden. This includes a major effort in educating new taxonomists, specializing in groups where there is no competence available today. Beside the scientif ...

The Strategic HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan

The side event will present the strategic HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan adopted last year by the nine Baltic Sea coastal countries and the European Community. It is an ambitious overarching programme of actions to drastically reduce pollution to the Baltic Sea and restore its good ecological sta ...

The Steppe and the Saiga: large-scale landscape scale steppe protection and species conservation – Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative

Steppes are the least protected ecosystem worldwide and under great threat. Kazakhstan once held large part of these natural grasslands. The Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative (ADCI) is a large-scale programme of the Government of Kazakhstan in partnership with the Association for Conservation ...

The Status of CBD Implementations and Development of ABS Regional Framework in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) 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. ICIMOD plans to make two introductory presentations on (1) th ...

The State of the World's Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture

The FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture decided to assess the state of the world’s biodiversity for food and agriculture with a view to launch the first ever report on The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture in 2017. The side event will offer gov ...

The Space for Life: a place, a commitment, a movement

The Montreal’s Biodôme, Insectarium, Botanical Garden and Planetarium are launching a daring, creative urban movement, urging everyone to rethink the bonds between humankind and nature. The Montreal Space for Life is also a place where people come together to create, cultivate a new way of livin ...

The South Asia Regional Vulture Recovery Programme

Over the last 20 years, South Asia has witnessed the precipitous decline of three vulture species: the white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis); the Indian vulture (Gyps indicus); and the slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris). Once numbering in the tens of millions, the combined population o ...

The South African Story-The Business Case for Biodiversity

A side event, highlighting South Africa’s experience regarding the Nagoya protocol, business and biodiversity and trade issues. The event provides the opportunity for the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs to sign the MOU with Vietnam and the People’s Republic of China in the field of ...

The Social and Ecological Impacts of Genetically Engineered Trees

An expert panel will address the impacts on forests and forest-dependent communities that would result from the release of genetically engineered trees into the environment. The panel will also look at the impacts of using GE trees as a feedstock for "second generation" cellulosic ethanol.

The Social Impacts of the New Biodiversity Markets

The side event will feature a number of presentations from different parts of the world on the new biodiversity markets: the gene market, the biodiversity offset market, the carbon offset market and other market-based approaches to biodiversity conservation like ecotourism and certification. The ...

The Science of Synergies: Biodiversity and Climate Change

Presentation of the draft report of the Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change.

The Science behind GBO4 - Introducing the Technical Support Document

A number of chapter lead authors of the GBO4 technical support document will introduce delegates to the different lines of evidence used for the assessment of the state of biodiversity. They will also provide more detailed information on findings and country case studies related to specific targ ...

The Satoyama Initiative (Part 2)

The Satoyama Initiative is a global effort led by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MoEJ) and the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) which aims to understand, maintain and restore socio-ecological production landscapes or human-influenced natural environmen ...

The Satoyama Initiative (Part 1)

The Satoyama Initiative is a global effort led by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MoEJ) and the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) which aims to understand, maintain and restore socio-ecological production landscapes or human-influenced natural environmen ...

The Sangha Tri-National Landscape: an African Test-Bed for Conservation Innovation and Sustainable Natural Resource Management

The Sangha Tri-National (TNS) Landscape in Central Africa covers over 32,000 km2 and includes three contiguous national parks managed in coordination with each other: Lobeke National Park in Cameroon, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park in the Central African Republic, and Nouabale-Ndoki National Park in ...

The Role of the European Union in Biosafety Capacity Building

Presentations and discussion on Biosafety Capacity Building activities of the European Commission and Member States of the European Union. Presentations will be given by Donor Countries on the possibilities and on ongoing projects and by Beneficiary Countries on accomplished projects, further ne ...

The Role of Private Lands Conservation in Implementing the CBD: A Regional Vision for Latin America.

NGOs, the government and private sector will discuss experiences that focus on private lands conservation as an effective tool for biodiversity conservation in Latin America. Experts and practitioners will highlight how these experiences have been used to support the development of a regional vi ...

The Role of Marine Reserves and Wildlife Sanctuaries in Conserving Large Pelagic Species

The side event will consist of a presentation on the current state of global marine biodiversity. Specifically, the presentation will focus on marine biodiversity as it relates to large pelagic species including tuna, sharks and whales. Time will be allotted for discussion and questions.

The Role of Law in Achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: Scoping the State of Knowledge

IDLO and the CBD Secretariat, with support from the Swiss Federal Office of the Environment are hosting an interactive session on new thinking on how countries can use law to achieve their goals related to the Aichi Biodiversity Targets - together with partners from the CISDL, IUCN, Natural Just ...

The Role of Ecological Networks in the Conservation of Migratory Species

Habitat destruction and fragmentation are recognized among the primary threats to migratory species. The Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and its related Agreements acknowledge that migratory species’ conservation merits particular attention in the designation and implementation of initiat ...

The Role of Biotechnology in Developing Economies

Could the potential applications of biotechnology in agriculture, industry, medicine, environmental protection and resource conservation help solve the problems of developing economies? This side event focuses on findings of a series of UNU-IAS reports by Dr Albert Sasson*, UNU-IAS Visiting Pro ...

The Role of Biodiversity Offsets in Conservation: An Open Roundtable Discussion

An open meeting to convene key stakeholders from government, the conservation community, local and indigenous communities, business, and scientific communities to explore issues surrounding the concept of biodiversity offsets.

The Role of Biodiversity Offsets in Conservation - an open Roundtable Discussion

Biodiversity offsets are an increasingly used and advocated as a potential mitigation option for residual impacts. They have been defined as “conservation actions intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, so as to ensure no net loss ...

The Rites of Access and the Mysteries of Benefit Sharing

a panel discussion concerning facilitated transboundary movement of biodiversity and traditional knowledge

The Rights on Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas: identifying criteria for the Work Program on Protected Areas

Protected areas will fail in their delivery if the interests of local communities are ignored. Too often are the rights of indigenous peoples to their land ignored when protected areas are being identified and proposed. ‘Consent’ and ‘control’ are benchmarks against which the establishment and ...

The Protection of Collective Bio-Cultural Heritage/ La Protección Colectiva de Patrimonial Bio-Cultural

The aim of this event is to further explore the relatively new concept of 'Collective Bio-Cultural Heritage', an alternative, more responsive approach to developing international standards regarding access, use and benefit sharing of indigenous traditional knowledge. / El objetivo de este event ...

The Power of Human Awareness in Safeguarding Biodiversity & Sustainable Development

Since the earliest of days, there has been an awareness of a deep connection between the living system of human thought and the living system of the natural world. Over time however, the awareness of this connection has become critically fragile. We will discuss ways of restoring and strengtheni ...

The Power of Human Awareness in Safeguarding Biodiversity & Sustainable Development

Through history, there has been an awareness of a deep connection between the living system of human thought and the living system of the natural world. Over time however, the awareness of this connection has become critically fragile. We will discuss ways of restoring and strengthening this awa ...

The Potential of the ARPA program in reducing deforestation and associated carbon emissions in the Brazilian Amazon

An event in which the WWF and IPAM will present the conclusion of a study related to the potential of the ARPA Program in reducing deforestation and associated carbon emissions in the Brazilian Amazon. The study includes an evaluation of the historical effect of ARPA Program in the management o ...

The Pilot Phase of the ABS Clearing-House

Presentation on the Pilot Phase of the ABS Clearing-House

The Phlebodium decumanum project, an experience of ABS in Honduras:innovation, co-development, biodiversity protection and patentability of inventions derived from natural resources

The presentation will cover the identification of the plant, methods of propagation, isolation of fractions from leaves and rhizomes, scale-up, study of the biological activity, patent policy, a survey of potential clinical targets and the way how the biological material has been protected. Spec ...

The People’s Convention: A panel discussion on the legal status and implementation of the CBD from 1992-2020

An assessment of the CBD conducted by the CBD Alliance highlights significant gaps in implementation of the Convention itself as well as of the many COP decisions and instruments adopted since 1992. It also raises concerns over the undermining of the legally binding nature of the CBD, which tran ...