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The Alpine Ecological Network- a Contribution to the Global Network of Protected Areas

The Parties to the Alpine Convention started to set up an ecological network in the Alps approximately 10 years ago. Today this initiative is - together with the issues of climate change and the loss of biodiversity - embedded in a far reaching and overarching context and makes a significant co ...

The Access and Benefit Sharing Patent Index (ABSPAT): Mapping Commercial and Non-Commercial Research and Development for Genetic Resources

This side event will present the results of text mining 11 million patent documents for 6 million species name to identify biodiversity in the patent system as a contribution to mapping commercial research and development involving genetic resources. The event will also consider the use of scien ...

The ASEAN Heritage Parks: Effectively Managing Ecologically Representative Protected Areas in Southeast Asia

The ASEAN Heritage Parks (AHPs) are protected areas in Southeast Asia which are known for their unique biodiversity and ecosystems, wilderness and outstanding values. The establishment of the AHPs stresses that the ASEAN nations share a common natural heritage and should collaborate in efforts t ...

The ASEAN Biodiversity: Its Significance in Maintaining Global Ecological Sustainability

Lecture forum on the significant role of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Region in maintaining global ecological sustainability. Despite occupying only three percent of the earth’s surface, 20 percent of all known species live deep in the ASEAN region’s mountains, jungles, ...

The ABS for Africa Initiative: achievements and upcoming activities

The Activities held under the Dutch-German Capacity Development Initiative for Africa will be presented first-hand by African Participants and Delegates as a basis for a discussion with the audience on the Initiative's future steps : 1. Welcome addresses by Germany, The Netherlands and SCBD ...

The ABS Project -- Promoting Equitable, Efficient and Enforceable Implementation of the ABS Regime

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The 2010 Target: Experiences From Singapore

Singapore will share her experiences particularly on urban biodiversity conservation and the ABS regime in Singapore.

The 2010 Biodiversity Target and Civil Society

Civil society representatives and Parties from one Megadiverse country of each region will come together to reaffirm their commitment to the 2010 biodiversity target.

The 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership - Progressing towards 2010.

This event will present the latest progress in the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership, the initative which brings together the various organisations working on 2010 indicators at the global level. Covering all focal areas, the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership will deliver the full ...

The 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership - Progressing towards 2010.

This event will present the latest progress in the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership, the initative which brings together the various organisations working on 2010 indicators at the global level. Covering all focal areas, the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership will deliver the full ...

The 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership

UNEP and GEF will officially launch the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership at this high-level side-event. The GEF-funded 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (2010BIP) brings together organisations developing biodiversity indicators measuring progress towards the CBD's 2010 target. T ...

The 2010 Biodiversity Indicator Partnership - Working together to track global biodiversity trends

The 2010 Biodiversity Indicator Partnership (2010BIP) brings together over forty UN agencies, IGOs, NGOs, scientific institutions, Multilateral Environmental Agreements, and representatives of national governments to deliver and report on indicators measuring progress towards achieving the CBD 2 ...

The 2003 World Parks Congress and the WCPA Protected Areas Learning Network (PALNet): Implications for the CBD

Teufelskralle goes public

A plant from the arid regions in southern Africa begins its journey through Germany. The African Devil's Claw is at the centre of a travelling exhibition that makes "sustainability" and "equitable benefit sharing" accessible through the use of interactive elements. The "Botanischer Verein zu H ...

Testing the roadmap for risk assessment – lessons learned

Lessons learned from “The Eastern European Regional Course on Integrative Impact Assessment of Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) under the Cartagena Protocol “Advancing LMOs assessment: Principles, Practice and Progress”, a course organized 3-8 February 2014, in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova. O ...

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Terminator, GURTs and their Impact on Small Farmers

<br>This will be a presentation exploring the proposed uses of Genetic Use Restriction Technologies for preventing geneflow and the impacts of these technologies on small farmers and biodiversity.

Terminator technology - Potential Impacts of Genetic Use Restriction Technologies (GURTs)

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Terminator Technology: what impact will it have on the African farmer?

Presentations on the impact of Terminator (GURTS) technology on African culture and agriculture.

Terminator Technology and Farmers: Voices from the South

Presentation of research results based on the results of its fieldwork.

Terminator II - New Strategies for Seed Sterilization

An examination of a number of new initiatives and technologies that engineer seed sterility under the guise of biocontainment.

Terminator 2.0 – A New Generation of GURTs

Despite the fact that Parties re-affirmed and strengthened the CBD’s moratorium on GURTs in 2006, public and private sector researchers are expanding and refining research on a new generation of “suicide seed” technologies. Current research is being undertaken for the purpose of biological conta ...

Terminator 2.0 - A New Generation of GURTs

Despite the fact that Parties re-affirmed and strengthened the CBD’s de facto moratorium on GURTs in 2006, public and private sector researchers are expanding and refining research on a new generation of “suicide seed” technologies. Current research is being undertaken for the purpose of biologi ...

Temperate Grasslands Conservation Initiative

An information and discussion session about the world's most altered biome and the earth's most endangered ecosystem - temperate grasslands. The event will further discuss the Temperate Grasslands Conservation Initiative (TGCI) and the work TGCI is doing to protect temperate grasslands across ...

Technology transfer activities under the UNFCCC

The development and transfer of technologies play an important role under the UNFCCC. Lessons learned from the technology transfer activities undertaken sofar under the UNFCCC will be discussed, in particular in the areas of technology needs assessments, innovative financing and technologies for ...

Technology Transfer: The View from Civil Society

Technology Transfer: Benefits from Biotech

This side-event, organized by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) will explore how CBD members can best gain potential benefits from commercialization of biotechnology through technology transfer to provide economic and social benefits like job creation and improved living standards.

Technology Transfer and Cooperation: Operationalising the issues within CBD

Technology transfer and cooperation is one of the key issues within the CBD that require better focus and discussion to achieve the objectives of the Convention. This event will present a suite of options for addressing issues of technology transfer and cooperation.

Technology Transfer Beyond IPRs

Technological Capacity and Biotechnology in Brazil

To discuss with delegates and attendants the availability of human and technological resources in-country orientated to develop biotechnology, protecting the fundamental principles of biosafety.

Technical and Financial Resources Available for the Ratification and Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol

This is an opportunity for the parties to the CBD to learn the opportunities to obtain technical and financial support for the ratification and implementation of the Nagoya Protocol. There will be presentations by the GEF Secretariat, GEF Agencies and Executing Partners. This is a very good oppo ...

Taxonomy for conservation - Implementing the GTI

Taxonomy - Doing Taxonomy Without Resident Taxonomists

Tapping the potential of environmental funds

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Taking off – birds as a trigger for action

The Middle East, located at the juncture of three continents - Europe, Asia and Africa – is a region almost second to none in the world for tracking, researching and studying bird migration. The Middle East is a “bottle neck” for the migration from Europe and Asia to Africa and back. Once many ...

Taking ActionⅠfor UNDB ―Message from the Fukushima for CBD/COP11

Presenting to and share with the world both the current reality brought by Fukushima Nuclear Accident and challenges for the future in terms of sustainable use of biodiversity, together with the voices of the Fukushima disaster victims.

Tackling the challenges of biodiversity mainstreaming: Dialogue on TEEB implementation in Brazil, Germany and India

The world’s socio-economic systems strongly depend on biodiversity and ecosystems as these provide people with a wide range of benefits - known as ecosystem services. Nevertheless, ecosystems continue to deteriorate worldwide. This is largely due to the fact that most are unaware of their values ...

Tackling common drivers of disease and biodiversity loss: a One Health approach

Human disease and biodiversity loss share common drivers, providing opportunities for cross-sectoral collaboration for co-benefits for health and biodiversity. For example, the overexploitation of wild fauna and flora places pressure on wild populations and threatens the health-supporting ecosys ...

TWO PRACTICAL TOOLS TO HELP IN THE NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF ABS: A FOLDER AND AN ELECTRONIC PRESENTATION TEMPLATE

This event will launch two new tools developed by the Quebec Government, and its collaborators, to help countries to implement policies on ABS at national level, especially in developing countries. These attractive colour tools, in English and French, are intended to be used by ABS focal points ...

TROPICAL SAVANNA BIOMES: SUSTAINABLE USE AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Successful examples of sustainable use of principally non timber products by traditional communities, in Savanna Biomes from Brazil, Venezuela and two African Countries, will be presented as repliable models for poverty alleviation. Advance of the industrial agriculture and pasture and deficient ...

TRIPLING THE PROTECTED AREA SYSTEM IN MADAGASCAR: A SUCCESS STORY

The session will describe the progress that Madagascar has made towards increasing the Protected Area System to 6 million hectares. Presentations will focus on new governance models that enhance local community involvement in management; sustainable funding and the use of protected areas as pow ...

TRADITIONAL MEDICINE AND MEDICINAL PLANTS

The event will highlight need for promotion of traditional medicine and strategy for management of medicinal plants sector.

TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND ACCESS AND BENEFIT SHARING

TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

Under the theme of “Traditional Agricultural Systems and Biological Diversity,” discussions at the workshop will focus on how the conservation of traditional agricultural systems can play a major role in activating the conservation of biodiversity and contribute to the COP12 goal and theme of "B ...

TOWARDS THE SOUTH-WEST ATLANTIC OCEAN CONSERVATION

The National Parks Administration of Argentina will formally announce the creation of four Marine Parks (maximum figure of Marine Protected Areas in the country) in Argentina´s Sea. The initiative will be recognize by WWF with the Leaders for a Living Planet award. The side event is hosted by th ...

TOURISM AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

Preparatory Event to the Dialogue on Tourism, Cultural Diversity and Sustainable Development to be celebrated during the Universal Forum of Cultures - Barcelona 2004.

TIPPING TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY: APPLYING RESILIENCE THINKING IN BIODIVERSITY GOVERNANCE

In this side event, UNDP and the Resilience and Development Programme (SwedBio) at Stockholm Resilience Centre will present the concept of “resilience” in relation to the objectives of the CBD. Enhancing ecosystem resilience is one of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, and is critical to prevent ec ...

THIRD WORLD NETWORK

TOWARDS FAIR AND EQUITABLE BENEFIT-SHARING: KEY ISSUES IN THE ABS NEGOTIATIONS" The panel of speakers will include selected delegations from developing countries, NGOs and indigenous peoples' representatives who will share their perspectives on the key issues that need to be addressed in the fo ...