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The Pan-European Ecological Network and protected areas : a major instrument for implementing the CBD in Europe

The Pan-European Ecological Network (PEEN) provides the governments of the countries of the Pan-European Region with a political framework for action at all levels – local, regional, national and international – enabling them to provide sustainable socio-economic development in their respective ...

The Operation of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

The event will provide information on the experiences and update on recent developments in the operation and functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing, as well as the Benefit-Sharing Fund under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.

The Operation of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

The event will provide information on the experiences and update on recent developments in the operation and functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing, as well as the Benefit-Sharing Fund under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

The Operation of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

The event will provide information on the experiences and update on recent developments in the operation and functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

The Observatory for Central African Forests: a tool for monitoring the sustainable use of the biodiversity in Congo Basin.

The Congo Basin forests cover 200 million hectares in the heart of the African continent. Altogether, the forests provide the daily resources of 60 million people, generate financial revenue for the States of the region, sequester huge quantities of carbon, support a unique biodiversity and con ...

The Next Challenge – the role of finance institutions in accounting for biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Asia Pacific region

Between Copenhagen & Rio+20 - UNEP FI aims to capitalize on the platform of the CBD COP 10 in Nagoya to raise awareness amongst financial institutions on the latest findings and expertise regarding the risks involved in the inadequate valuation of nature. Additionally, it aims to increase awaren ...

The New Bioeconomy: Innovative Financial Mechanisms, Payments for Environmental Services, REDD+ and the Financialization of Biodiversity

The side event will address the potential impact of proposed markets in environmental services and other innovative financial mechanisms on Indigenous Peoples, local communities and women. It will also discuss new phenomena like the financialization of biodiversity and how the proposed bioeconom ...

The Nestle-Rooibos and Honeybush Case: Lessons Learned and Constructive Ways Forward within the Draft Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing

Recent allegations have flagged five patent applications by Nestle as contravening international and domestic South African law relating to access of genetic resources. This event will explore the theoretical and practical "ins and outs" of the draft protocol on access and benefit sharing, drawi ...

The Nature Index for Norway – a new measure of biodiversity

The side event will include a presentation of the Nature Index of Norway, to be made by Dr Signe Nybø, scientific coordinator in the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA). There will also be a discussion on how the index may be used by the CBD community in providing information on the ...

The Nature Diversity Act- Best Biodiversity Policy for the Future Policy Award 2010

The Norwegian Nature Diversity Act entered into force on the 1st. of July 2009. Although it was adopted less than a year ago, The Nature Diversity Act has been nominated as Best Biodiversity Policy for the Future Policy Award 2010. The Act is a following-up of national and international obligat ...

The Nagoya Protocol and Synthetic Biology Research: A Look at the Potential Impacts

The United Nations is working to ensure that the benefits of genetic resources are shared in a fair and equitable way via the Nagoya Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). How synthetic biology will be interpreted and whether the CBD will treat synthetic biology separate from ...

The Museum of Tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro

Designed to be a platform to think the future, the Museum of Tomorrow will be inaugurated in the city of Rio de Janeiro in 2012. The narrative of the Museum explores two ethical axes: sustainability and solidarity. In the area of sustainability, it aims to discuss “How will we live?” And in the ...

The Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Update on the progress in the implementation of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing and the Benefit-sharing Fund of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

The Micronesia Biosecurity Plan - An unprecedented cooperative effort to proactively analyze and prevent invasive species threats to the region of Micronesia.

The US Government, in conjunction with partners in Micronesia, is completing a comprehensive, science-based biosecurity plan to minimize invasive species threats to the region of Micronesia associated with the pending US Military build-up on Guam. The plan will include risk analyses of invasive ...

The MPA Network in West Africa: The Subregional Programme on Marine and Coastal areas Management (PRCM) delivering on CBD Commitments

Enable the countries of the PRCM region to use the opportunity of the COP 9 to showcase outstanding achievements towards the 2010/2012 targets of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA).

The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2012: Lectures by the 2012 Winners

The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity is a biennial international prize co-organized by the AEON Environmental Foundation and the Secretariat of CBD to honour individuals who have made outstanding contributions for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. At this event, winners of the 2 ...

The LifeWeb Initiative: Progress and Opportunities

Join the CBD Secretariat and partners for an overview of progress and opportunities through the LifeWeb Initiative*. Specific projects that address climate change and secure livelihoods through biodiversity conservation will be highlighted. A recently-developed web-based mapping tool to estima ...

The LifeWeb Initiative - A global initiative on protected areas (launch at CBD COP 9 - High Level Segment)

Presentation of/discussion on the LifeWeb Initiative for enhanced designation and financing of protected areas. The initiative aims at gathering voluntary commitments of Parties and will be launched at the COP 9/CBD High Level Segment.

The Launch of the Ecosystem and Human Well-Being: A Manual for Assessment Practitioners (MA Methods Manual).

Building on the experiences and lessons learned from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) and sub-global assessments, Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: A Manual for Assessment Practitioners (MA Methods Manual) is a how-to guide to conducting assessments of the impacts on humans of ecosystem c ...

The Italian commitment to the Countdown 2010 Initiative

The International Youth Forum Go4BioDiv : Giving voice to indigenous values and knowledge for the benefit of nature conservation

The International Youth Forum Go4BioDiv, held in parallel to COP10, brings together young people from the most precious natural sites our planet has to offer. The participants come from more than twenty natural World Heritage sites in i.e. Mexico, Peru, Congo, Cameroon, Mauritania, Vietnam, Chin ...

The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the flow of germplasm facilitated by the CGIAR Centres under the Treaty's framework (tentative title)

Speakers will highlight the importance of the Treaty and share information about the flows of germplasm facilitated by the CGIAR Centres under the Treaty's framework.

The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - Implementing Farmers' Rights in Practice

At the side event, the organizers will present a workshop module on Farmers' Rights and the results of a sub-project collecting Farmers' Rights success stories. The side event will also mark the launching of the new Farmers’ Rights Legislation & Policy Database.

The International Regime on Access and Benefit Sharing: Regional Perspectives and Negotiation Options

The International Regime - implications for pharmaceutical research and development

The event will provide a view on the IR from the perspective of Europe's pharmaceutical industry. The event will be based on two seminars organised by EFPIA in 2005 and 2006 which focused on the characteristics of the R&D process and on successful partnerships which some of our member companies ...

The International Regime - Addressing Traditional Knowledge and Customary Rights

IIED will present key findings of research on customary laws and practices for TK protection and ABS conducted with indigenous and local communities in Peru, Panama, India, China and Kenya; and recommendations for the International Regime. ANDES (Peru) will present more detailed findings of thei ...

The International Islands Initiative to Achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 9

Prevention of entry of alien species through the common pathways of introduction in islands via sea ports and air ports was highlighted as a priority action in SIDS at the capacity-building (Montreal, Canada, 14-15 June 2014). In addition, invasive alien species currently present in SIDS can pos ...

The Interlaken Conference: From the State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture to the Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources

The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES); status, next steps, and implications for the biodiversity community.

At the 3rd IPBES meeting, held in Busan, Republic of Korea in June 2010, governments agreed to establish a new mechanism to strengthen the interface between science and policy on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Whilst it will now take a while to become operational, IPBES is likely to signif ...

The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ( IPBES)

This event will present the background and provide an update on IPBES, and its potential role for supporting the CBD SBSTTA in providing scientific advice to the CBD.

The Importance of Biodiversity Data for the Post-2010 Targets

This side event will introduce participants to the importance of biodiversity informatics and the role of international cooperation in the establishment of a common framework and infrastructure for the sharing of biodiversity data to address transboundary issues such as protected areas, marine c ...

The Impacts of Destructive Fishing Practices, Unsustainable Fishing, and Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing on Marine Biodiversity and Habitats

The Impacts of Destructive Fishing Practices, Unsustainable Fishing, and Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing on Marine Biodiversity and Habitats

The IUCN V World Conservation Congress: An opportunity to strengthen the role of indigenous peoples and local communities in the conservation of their lands, territories and resources.

The event will present information on the V World Conservation Congress of IUCN, to take place in Jeju, Republic of Korea, in September 2012. IUCN Congresses have been important venues where indigenous peoples and local communities can make their voices heard on conservation topics. The Congres ...

The ITT Initiative: keeping the oil in the ground

Present the proposal to keep close to one billion barrels of heavy crude in ground. The oil reserves known as Ishpingo, Tambococha, Tiputini (ITT) would remain underground in exchange for intenational compensation of at least 50% of Ecuador`s forgone revenue if extraction had taken place.

The Human Dimensions of Biodiversity Conservation - Aligning the conservation agenda with the social sciences to achieve the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its Aichi Targets

The objectives of this side event are to bring attention to the human and social dimension of biodiversity conservation, with a specific focus on exploring mechanism for promoting pro-biodiversity conservation behaviors at the human-biodiversity interphase; and, to start a dialogue with the con ...

The Hoodia case: the San experiences with benefit-sharing agreements

At this side-event representatives of the San are going to inform about their benefit-sharing agreements regarding the use of Hoodia. Representatives of European NGOs inform about (non)compliance with these agreements in user countries. - Working Group for Indigenous Minorities in Southern Afri ...

The Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON)

Some 100 governmental and non-governmental organizations are collaborating through GEO BON to make their biodiversity data, information and forecasts more readily accessible to policymakers, managers, experts and other users. This GEO BON event is co-sponsored by Japan's Ministry of the Environm ...

The Green Initiative Experience - Enhancing Biodiversity through Carbon Neutral Projects

Based on GHG inventory commissioned by private companies seeking the carbon free status, The Green Initiative developed a model, which foresees that the yearly GHG emissions will be offset through riparian forest restoration. Thus, these forests planted by TGI will, in a 30-year period, remove f ...

The Green Development Mechanism (GDM) and innovative finance

In light of the deliberations of the Parties on innovative financial mechanisms, this side event will explore how a GDM could generate additional funding from the private sector in support of biodiversity and development. A high-level panel will discuss the case for further consultation and work ...

The Green Customs Initiative and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

The Green Customs Initiative is a partnership of the Secretariats of six multilateral environmental agreements and four international organizations. It aims to enhance the capacity of customs and other relevant enforcement personnel to monitor and facilitate the legal trade and to detect and pre ...

The Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) - building a global coalition among young people to halt the loss of Biodiversity!

This Side Event will introduce participants to the newly established Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) and will also provide a space to present and discuss the positions of youth organizations on the main issues of COP11 as well as the state of youth participation in the CBD, compared wit ...

The Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI) - progress in implementing the Program of Work and challenges ahead.

Several projects and initiatives in support of the GTI Program of Work will be presented by different stakeholders from the insititutional, national and international level. Presenters will include representatives of individual projects, national GTI focal points, and international organisations.

The Global Taxonomy Initiative

The experts in taxonomy and biological invasions will organize an activity aimed at highlighting and reviewing progress on Aichi target 9 and 19 , and how countries are prepared to identify invasive alien species and other species that are critical to achieve the goals of the Strategic Plan for ...

The Global Taxonomy Initiative

The GTI capacity building strategy for 2011-2020 and examples of activities that provide capacity building and the implementation of the CBD

The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation - building capacity to support national implementation

This side event will highlight the on-line toolkit developed to support national and regional implementation of the GSPC. The toolkit is available in the 6 UN languages and the various language versions will be demonstrated. The side event will also discuss the linkages betwen the GSPC targets a ...

The Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources The new framework for livestock biodiversity for food and agriculture.

The Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources, the first ever international framework to promote the wise management of animal genetic resources for food and agriculture, was adopted by an intergovernmental forum in September 2007 in Interlaken, Switzerland. Representatives from governm ...

The Global Partnership for Plant Conservation

This side event will include a series of speakers who will present information on the Global Partnership for Plant Conservation (GPPC) established in 2004 to support the achievement of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. Presentations will focus on how the GPPCit can be of assistance to ...

The Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI): applying the CBD criteria to identify ecologically significant areas in the high seas

This side event is an introduction to the Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI). Speakers will provide illustrations of how this international partnership is advancing the scientific basis for conserving biological diversity in the deep seas and open oceans. The work under this initiative ...

The Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI): applying the CBD criteria to identify ecologically significant areas in the high seas

This side event is an introduction to the Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI). Speakers will provide illustrations of how this international partnership is advancing the scientific basis for conserving biological diversity in the deep seas and open oceans. The work under this initiative ...

The Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP) and the CBD Clearing House Mechanism

<br>The newly established international Secretariat for the Global Invasive Species Programme seeks to introduce its role, function and potential services to - and cooperation with - CBD member states in accordance to its mandate regarding Invasive Alien Species (IAS) from the CBD to become the ...