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Side Event
#564
SBSTTA 11
2005-11-29

BioTrade: An incentive measure for sustainable use

The session will address three topics related to Articles 10 and 11 of the CBD: · Biotrade principles and the Addis Ababa principles · Biotrade and sustainability certification schemes · Biotrade and sustainable use plans

Side Event
#608
COP 8
2006-03-22

BioTrade: Incentives for Biodiversity Business

This workshop will present the contribution of the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative and its National BioTrade Programmes to implement the CBD through incentives for small and medium biodiversity business. It will present how the BioTrade Initiative and its partners use trade-related incentives measure ...

Side Event
#1972
SBSTTA 14
2010-05-12

Biocultural Community Protocols - a community approach to ensuring the integrity of environmental law and policy

The side event will present Biocultural Community Protocols as one approach by which indigenous and local communities can set out terms on how they expect other stakeholders to engage with them regarding their natural resources and traditional knowledge. BCPs can reference customary as well as n ...

Side Event
#3316
COP 12
2014-10-07

Biocultural Diversity in Cities: Mainstreaming policies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the context of Olympics Games

This side event seeks to contribute to the debate on implementation and effectiveness of the international regime on biocultural diversity at the local level. Firstly, it focuses on the relationship between nature and culture in cities and the role of culture in sustainability, particularly rega ...

Side Event
#2350
ICNP 1
2011-06-06

Biocultural Protocols: Nurturing ABS-TK Implementation and Nagoya Protocol Awareness Rising Approaches in the Andean Region

This workshop will present experiences and lessons learned from a variety of existing initiatives and activities related to the use of Biocultural Protocols for indigenous knowledge, access and benefit-sharing and related inter-cultural awareness-raising activities in the Andean region. Case st ...

Side Event
#2582
COP 11
2012-10-10

Biocultural approaches to community based adaptation and mitigation to climate change

This workshop will discuss the experiences of the Indigenous Peoples' Biocultural Climate Change Assessment initiative in developing community-based biodiversity and climate change assessments to create local mitigation and adaptation responses in the context of food security and livelihoods, wi ...

Side Event
#2752
COP 11

Biocultural heritage: from concept to practice. New policy instruments for times of uncertainty and change

Ensuring the effective implementation of articles 8(j) and 10 (c ) is critical for achieving the CBD objectives at local level. Traditional knowledge and customary use are closely inter-linked, and are themselves dependent on biodiversity, landscapes, customary laws and cultural and spiritual va ...

Side Event
#252
COP 7
2004-02-11

Biodiversity & Business

What synergies can and should Parties and NGOs develop with the private sector? How can this work?

Side Event
#3273
COP 12
2014-10-15

Biodiversity Bright Spots High Level Event: Celebrating Leadership in Resource Mobilization and Commitment to Action

This high-level, invitation-only evening event will be focused on celebrating country successes in light of the opportunities for replication and scaling up innovative approaches to mobilize resources identified during the bright spots exchange. During this evening reception, high level represen ...

Side Event
#3260
COP 12
2014-10-14

Biodiversity Bright Spots: Sharing and Celebrating Effective and Replicable Examples of Successful Resource Mobilization and Leadership

This lunch time learning event will use a world café / round-table format and participatory facilitation techniques to profile a selection of bright spots in support of the resource mobilization strategy and determine how they can be replicated and scaled in different contexts. This event is des ...

Side Event
#2015
COP 10
2010-10-19

Biodiversity Conservation Beyond Protected Areas: Integrating Biodiversity into Forestry Management Practices.

A seminar on the Introduction of a national project by the Government of Malaysia in reducing the loss of biodiversity by introducing improved tools and methods in Forestry Management Practices.

Side Event
#701
COP 8
2006-03-21

Biodiversity Conservation Strategies and Activities of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

The side-event will consist of: an overview of USAID's support for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use activities in developing countries; several case studies; and a period for questions and comments to the presenters. A light lunch will be provided for participants.

Side Event
#2690
COP 11
2012-10-17

Biodiversity Conservation and Education for Sustainable Development

Conservation of biodiversity cannot be achieved without the active participation and support from civil society. Students, Decision Makers, Business Professionals and others need to understand the key underlying issues involved in biodiversity conservation and the way development affects this. F ...

Side Event
#3276
COP 12
2014-10-13

Biodiversity Conservation in China: the national progress for the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)

In this workshop, the national progress of the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in China will be introduced. Meanwhile, the preliminary results of two pilot studies for economics valuation at local level and one for poverty reduction at community level in China will be shown respectively ...

Side Event
#1613
COP 9
2008-05-27

Biodiversity Conservation in Montenegro - The Way Forward

Presentation of the national strategy for biodiversity and future activities. Overview of situation in the field of nature protection in Montenegro.

Side Event
#2590
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-01

Biodiversity Conservation leading to enhanced livelihoods

The side events is proposed to be organised to showcase the Biodiversity conservation which has led to the enhanced livelihoods from the host state of Andhra pradesh.The case studies will be presented by the grass root level workers and thus an oppertunity to interact with the honorary Biodivers ...

Side Event
#2973
SBSTTA 17
2013-10-14

Biodiversity Indicators Partnership – progress at the global and national level

Through Decision XI/3 the Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (BIP) was requested to support a number of actions concerning global, regional and national indicator development for the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020. This side event will provide an update on the work of the BIP and inc ...

Side Event
#27
SBSTTA 9
2003-11-11

Biodiversity Indicators for National Use

The side event will present the interim results of the UNEP-GEF project "Biodiversity Indicators for National Use" and hold a discussion, designed to support the discussion of this topic by SBSTTA. This is being organised in conjunction with Robert Hoft of the CBD Secretariat.

Side Event
#395
SBSTTA 10
2005-02-10
Side Event
#165
COP 7
2004-02-12
Side Event
#751
COP 8
2006-03-22

Biodiversity Management in the Oil and Gas Industry

This side event will present tools and guidances produced by the oil and gas industry for integration of biodiversity management in operations.

Side Event
#247
COP 7
2004-02-16

Biodiversity Nature Detectives - Launch of Pilot Platform

<br><b>BioDets: a pilot-website on nature observation</b> <br><b>BioDets:</b>Biodiversity Detectives <a href=http://www.BioDets.net>www.BioDets.net</a> is an Internet-based pilot-platform on nature observation, which is being officially launched at this COP-7 side event. <br> <br>The BioDets ...

Side Event
#1712
WGRI 3
2010-05-24

Biodiversity Offsets

This event will provide training and information to participants on the recent development on biodiversity offsets and its relevance under CBD.

Side Event
#1263
SBSTTA 13
2008-02-19

Biodiversity Offsets and the CBD

A panel discussion open to all delegates that will review emerging best practice on biodiversity offsets internationally; review progress with the Business and Biodiversity Offset Program (BBOP); and discuss COP draft decisions touching on biodiversity offsets.

Side Event
#1421
COP 9
2008-05-28

Biodiversity and Agricultural Commodites Program Launch Event

IFC wishes to announce the initiation of the Biodiversity and Agricultural Commodites Program (BACP) Phase One, an $8 million program to support private-sector initiatives to mainstream the adoption of better management practices in the commodity markets of cocoa, palm oil, soybean, and sugarcane.

Side Event
#3247
COP 12
2014-10-14

Biodiversity and Business

Biodiversity and Business: economic value for companies

Side Event
#1535
COP 9
2008-05-26

Biodiversity and Business

The event will showcase the mainstreaming of biodiversity principles into the private sector – focusing on 3 sectors and the partner institutions; Fair trade/flower production with Marks & Spencer (South Africa), transforming productive practices in the coffee sector by increasing market demand ...

Side Event
#2035
COP 10
2010-10-21

Biodiversity and Carbon in China: Opportunities and challenges for local governments

Biodiversity in China is under immense pressure. Loss of biodiversity is much worse than previously expected due to the cumulative impact of human disturbance and climate change. To achieve sustainable development and tackle climate change, biodiversity and carbon are vital for policy forming of ...

Side Event
#1068
SBSTTA 12
2007-07-03

Biodiversity and Climate Change: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation

Presentations will discuss the potential to trade forest canopy biodiverstiy and ecosystem services and investigate the implications for mitigating climate change.

Side Event
#2026
COP 10
2010-10-21

Biodiversity and Climate Change: The role of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)

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 systems have resulted in the maintenance and adaptation of globally signifi ...

Side Event
#2714
COP 11
2012-10-09

Biodiversity and Community health: operationalizing linkages between conservation and development on the ground

The interlinkages between biodiversity and health are well recognized. However, the need and potential of strengthening traditional understanding and practices related to health at the community level is an area that has not been sufficiently addressed in planning processes. Unlike mainstream he ...

Side Event
#2694
COP 11
2012-10-11

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Safeguards of Standards and Certification Schemes

This will be a joint presentation by UNEP-WCMC and SCBD on the latest phase of their work analyzing the biodiversity and ecosystem service provisions of standards and certification schemes, addressing gaps and the best ways of creating convergence around common terminologies and approaches, and ...

Side Event
#2487
SBSTTA 16
2012-05-01

Biodiversity and Health: Linkages and Benefits

Biodiversity and health have inextricable links, with biodiversity offering critical health-supporting ecosystem services, and public health arguments increasingly acknowledged as an opportunity for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Emerging infectious diseases presents an ex ...

Side Event
#947
COP 8
2006-03-29

Biodiversity and Human Health

Experts will discuss the links between biodiversity and human health, based on the work done for the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, and a current report on the links between health and the Rio Conventions

Side Event
#1452
COP 9
2008-05-20

Biodiversity and Indigenous People of Latinamerica

Presentation of a declaration made in a previous workshop in Panama where different indigenous organizations of latinamerica discussed all subjetcs concerning CBD.

Side Event
#2156
COP 10
2010-10-26

Biodiversity and Marine protected areas: Building capacities for the development of regional MPAs networks toward effective large marine ecosystem-based management

Panel session with three components : 1. Presentations of the recommendations on “ Biodiversity and MPAs” - 5th Global Ocean Conference in Paris-UNESCO – May 2010 ( session "preserving life" implemented by French Marine Protected Areas Agency) 2. Regional MPAs networks initiatives: - CAMPAN ...

Side Event
#1626
COP 9
2008-05-29
Side Event
#3243
COP 12
2014-10-09
Side Event
#2756
COP 11
2012-10-11

Biodiversity and ecosystem services benefits of climate change mitigation and adaptation projects

Climate change mitigation and adaptation projects can potentially deliver benefits for biodiversity and ecosystem services. However, in some instances, for example, where afforestation leads to the establishment of monocultures or the introduction of exogenous trees, climate projects may have ne ...

Side Event
#567
WG8J 4
2006-01-26

Biodiversity and local ecological knowledge : what lessons from the French experiences ?

Presentation of a collective book presenting some French experiences of TEK protection and promotion

Side Event
#2563
COP 11
2012-10-09

Biodiversity and people attacked by disasters and conflicts: A challenge for the implementation of the Convention

WGRI4 requested the Executive Secretary to undertake "a review of the short- and long-term impacts of disasters and conflicts on biodiversity and ways and means to take actions for implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets under such ...

Side Event
#1489
COP 9
2008-05-29

Biodiversity and the Climate Change Adaptation

A brief overview of relevant decisions, publications and joint activities implemented within the framework of the CBD including examples of national-level activities linking biodiversity and climate change adaptation

Side Event
#1221
WG ABS 6
2008-01-24

Biodiversity and the Patent System: Indicators and Incentive Measures

The patent system features prominently in debates on an international regime for ABS. However, trends in the patenting of biodiversity and traditional knowledge remain obscure. This side event presents the results of a review of international patent indicators for biodiversity and traditional kn ...

Side Event
#1198
COP 9
2008-05-28

Biodiversity and the Sub-global Assessment of Satoyama and Satoumi in Japan

This side event will present the process and preliminary outcome of an ongoing assessment initiative on satoyama and satoumi – traditional rural landscapes – in Japan, which has been developed building on the framework of the sub-global assessments of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA). Th ...

Side Event
#2552
COP 11
2012-10-17

Biodiversity as an engine of inclusive green growth

Biodiversity and livelihoods are inextricably linked and provides for the needs for over 400 million people in south Asia alone. The linkages between biodiversity and poverty are complex and not fully understood due to their free availability as public goods, undervaluation, not considered as ex ...

Side Event
#2779
COP 11
2012-10-17

Biodiversity conservation in the mangrove wetlands

To discuss about the wise use of mangrove wetlands for their conservation

Side Event
#1970
COP 10
2010-10-22

Biodiversity conservation in tropical forests

1) Debate on the ITTO/IUCN Guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests. 2) Report on the ITTO/IUCN/CBD Conference on Biodiversity Conservation in Transboundary Tropical Forests (Quito, Ecuador)

Side Event
#3253
COP 12
2014-10-15

Biodiversity criteria for REDD+ - how science can contribute to make safeguards work

For the implementation of REDD+, biodiversity is considered as one of the key elements of safeguards. Biodiversity is also highly related to both ecosystem and social services from tropical forests. Practical, effective, and efficient criteria and indicators to secure biodiversity are called for ...

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