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#1202SBSTTA 13
2008-02-22
Forests and Climate Change: why policies intended to mitigate climate change could undermine the protection of the world's forests and the rights of Indigenous People
Presentation of a joint position paper on forests, climate change and carbon markets which was signed by over 60 IPOs, NGOs and social movements, especially from the South, at the recent Conference of the Parties of the FCCC in Bali. It will include presentations by IPO and NGO representatives f ...
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#1215SBSTTA 13
2008-02-22
INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP AND COLLABORATION IN ADDRESSING IMPACTS TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
The World Ocean Council is creating the first global, inter-industry organization on ocean sustainability and stewardship. There are growing needs and opportunities for the diverse ocean business community (i.e. oil and gas, shipping, fisheries, cruise ship, ports, dredging, coastal tourism, etc ...
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#1244SBSTTA 13
2008-02-22
"Selecting indicators for the management of biodiversity"
Presentation of the IFB new release on Biodiversity indicators and roundtable with author(s) and indicators specialists
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#1245SBSTTA 13
2008-02-22
Farmer Access to Crop Diversity and Sustainable Utilization: Lessons from the Field
OBJECTIVE: Share findings of innovative field activities of FAO related to small farmer access and sustainable utilization of crop diversity. The presentation will take a systems approach and examine the importance of markets for crop diversity, gender and diversity in the informal seed sector a ...
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#1258SBSTTA 13
2008-02-22
Biotechnology as a Toolbox to Study and Monitor Agricultural Genetic Resources
The event is a seminar aimed at increasing awareness about the potential role that biotechnologies can play in the characterization and conservation of agricultural genetic resources and about FAO's activities in this area. The seminar will include a presentation on the use of molecular markers ...
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#1270SBSTTA 13
2008-02-22
Farmers’ Rights in Practise: Farmers’ Experiences in Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use
This side event will contribute to the realization of the previous program of word on agricultural biodiversity. It will highlight the elements/gaps in implementation based on its own experiences to further the work on agricultural biosdiversity and the need to involve other stakeholders to sup ...
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#1182SBSTTA 13
2008-02-21
Assessing progress toward Biodiversity Target 2010 in forests
Collaboration between forest-related organizations and countries within the framework of the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 has resulted in innovative approaches to generating new and comprehensive knowledge on the role of forests in meeting Biodiversity Target 2010. The event will pres ...
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#1184SBSTTA 13
2008-02-21
Human Nutrition Indicators for Biodiversity
Presentation of the common goals of the sectors of nutrition and biodiversity and report on the nutrition indicator developed to monitor, mainstream and value underutilized and neglected species, varieties/cultivars, breeds for sustainable use for food and nutrition security. •Dr Burlingame – O ...
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#1225SBSTTA 13
2008-02-21
Livestock Keepers' Rights and the CBD
Livestock Keepers' Rights (LKR) is a concept developed by Civil Society during the Interlaken process and they are referred to in the Global Plan of Action on Animal Genetic Resources, but only in vague terms. Yet some of the cornerstones of LKR are covered by the CBD. The purpose of this side-e ...
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#1232SBSTTA 13
2008-02-21
Genetically Modified Trees: Impacts on Forest Biological Diversity
This expert panel will examine the impacts on forest biological diversity that would result from the commercial release of genetically modified trees.