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This workshop will explore the overall relationships and commonalities between the principles of sustainable use and the Ecosystem Approach.
The Equator Initiative is a partnership of UNDP together with BrasilConnects, Canada, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, IDRC, IUCN, The Nature Conservancy, TVE, and the United Nations Foundation.
Provisional agenda
Organization of work<br>Annotations to the provisional agenda
Progress in the implementation of the work on cross cutting issues
Sustainable use: Development of practical principles, operational guidance and associated instruments
Mountain ecosystems<br>Mountain biodiversity: Proposed programme of work
Ecosystem approach: further elaboration, guidelines for implementation and relationship with sustainable forest management
Progress in the implementation of the thematic programmes of work
Review of status of implementation of decisions on technology transfer and cooperation
Elaboration of proposals for the application of ways and means to remove or mitigate perverse incentives
Preliminary report of first Global Taxonomy Initiative workshop in Asia
Global Taxonomy Initiative: Progress and implementation of the programme of work
Technology transfer and cooperation<br>Proposals for the development of a programme of work on technology transfer and cooperation
Monitoring and indicators: Designing national-level monitoring programmes and indicators
Climate change<br>Review of the interlinkages between biological diversity and climate change, and advice on the integration of biodiversity considerations into the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol
Management of forest biodiversity to derive products and services and benefit-sharing
Protected areas<br>Proposed programme of work
Incentive measures: Proposals for the application of ways and means to remove or mitigate perverse incentives<br>Report of the Workshop on Incentive Measures for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of the components of Biological Diversity
Integration of outcome-oriented targets into the programmes of work of the Convention, taking into account the 2010 biodiversity target, the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, and relevant targets set by the World Summit on Sustainable Development
Outcome oriented targets and deadlines for the implementation of the revised programme of work on inland water biological diversity
Report of the ad hoc technical expert group meeting on the potential impacts of genetic use restriction technologies on smallholder farmers, indigenous and local communities and farmers’ rights
Report of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change
Status and trends of, and threats to, protected areas
Review of methods and approaches for the planning, establishment and management of protected areas and protected area networks
Report of the Chair of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice on the inter-sessional activities of the Bureau
Preparation for the tenth and eleventh meetings of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice<br>Draft provisional agendas
Pre-registration form
Invitation letter to the Workshop on the Application of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Methods and Tools to the issues of relevance to the Convention on Biological Diversity
On-line request for side-events form
Calendar of side-events
Sustainable use: Development of practical principles, operational guidance and associated instruments<br>Report of the Fourth Open-ended Workshop on Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity
Biodiversity indicators for national use: Preliminary lessons from the gef project<br>Progress report by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC) and the National Institute for Public Health and Environment in the Netherlands (RIVM)
Progress report on the millennium ecosystem assessment<br>Report prepared by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Secretariat
Ecosystem approach: Further elaboration, guidelines for implementation and relationship with sustainable forest management<br>Report of the Expert Meeting on the Ecosystem Approach
Report of the Expert meeting on indicators of biological diversity including indicators for rapid assessment of inland water ecosystems
Progress in the implementation of the thematic programmes of work<br>Forest biological diversity: integration of non timber forest resources in forest inventory and management
Progress in the implementation of the thematic programmes of work<br>Forest biological diversity: elements for a possible joint work programme on fire prevention and management
Sustainable use: Proposals for the prevention of losses caused by unsustainable harvesting of timber and non-timber forests resources
Outcome-oriented targets for the implementation of the elaborated programme of work on marine and coastal biological diversity
Report of the ad hoc technical expert group on mountain biodiversity
Proposals for further development and refinement of the guidelines for incorporating biodiversity-related issues into environmental impact assessment legislation or procedures and in strategic impact assessment: report on ongoing work
Protected Areas: Outcomes of the Fifth World Park Congress<br>The Durban Accord