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#2253COP 10
2010-10-29
CP Thai Private Sector 's contribution to conservation, sustainable use and benefit sharing on animal genetic resources.
Charoen Pokphand Foods (CP Foods), one of the largest food producers in Asia with its main production base in Thailand, has been involved in developing projects that support planting mangrove by continuously donating money contributions to several universities such as Kasetsart University, Ramk ...
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#2304COP 10
2010-10-29
An introduction to DOPA, a Digital Observatory for Protected Areas
The Digital Observatory for Protected Areas (DOPA) is a biodiversity information system currently developed as a set of interoperable web services at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in collaboration with other international organizations, including GBIF, UNEP-WCMC, Birdlife ...
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#2344COP 10
2010-10-29
CEPA APPROACH UTILIZING "TANGIBLE EARTH"-2 (FEAT. MIRAIKAN/NATIONAL MUSEUM OF EMERGING SCIENCE AND INNOVATION)
“Tangible Earth” is the world’s first interactive globe, invented by Prof. Shinichi TAKEMURA. It is a medium which makes it possible to visualize in real-time various aspects of our planet (such as cloud movements, cyclones, global warming, the global migration of birds and whales) as well as so ...
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#1977COP 10
2010-10-29
New Models to Share Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
New Models to Share Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
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#1818COP 10
2010-10-29
Recent OECD work on Economic Aspects of Biodiversity
Recent OECD work on biodiversity will be presented including on: Enhancing the Cost-effectiveness of Payments for Ecosystem Services; Innovative financing for Biodiversity Conservation; and Green Growth & Biodiversity
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#2259COP 10
2010-10-28
Monaco and Marine Protected Areas
Within the framework of the COP-10 and in presence of HSH the Sovereign Prince, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation organizes a side event entitled “Monaco and Marine Protected Areas”. During this event, a presentation will be given on projects led by the Foundation in the field of biodive ...
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#2055COP 10
2010-10-28
Concertation Francophone de haut niveau à la CdP10 à la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique
C'est une réunion pour les Ministres et les Chefs des Délégations Francophones pour l'échange autour des enjeux liés aux points inscrits sur l'agenda des négociations à la CdP 10
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#2196COP 10
2010-10-28
Reconciling efforts to implement the provisions of the Conventions on Climate Change and Biological Diversity in an integrated way.
This high level event will address how political efforts are needed in order to implement the provisions of two of the most important MEAs. Counting on the participation of developed and developing countries participants, the discussion will include the kind of commitments necessary to reduce th ...
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#1798COP 10
2010-10-28
Experience in Implementing High Seas Marine Protected Areas
The side event will showcase the first successfully installed High Seas MPAs and the approaches organizations have taken for the establishment. From the North-East Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea and the Southern Ocean speakers will present institutions’ responses to the challenges of protectin ...
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#2296COP 10
2010-10-28
FUTURA Channel: a platform for education and community outreach in Brazil
Founded in 1997, as the first private TV channel in Brazil totally dedicated to education, FUTURA is committed to providing quality information and addressing the most challenging subjects in the agenda of the Brazilian society. Thus, a large portion of FUTURA’s programs aim at encouraging sust ...
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#2301COP 10
2010-10-28
Drifting woods: the voyage from Eastern Africa to Nagoya
Climate change, a truly global challenge, has brought the strong interconnectivity of global ecosystems to the highest political agenda. Yet, in other environments, the understanding of global ecosystem functioning may be relatively well understood by scientists, sometimes recognized by Governme ...
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#2090COP 10
2010-10-28
PwC & UNDP: Habitat banking in Latin America and the Caribbean
PwC will be presenting the findings of the new 'Habitat banking in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Feasibility Assessment' report prepared under UNDP guidance. This will be followed by a panel discussion regarding the opportunities, risks and barriers to establishing regulatory habitat bankin ...
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#2137COP 10
2010-10-28
Climatosfera 2100: El futuro en nuestras manos
Presentation and gaming session of the Development Education tool: Climatosfera 2100: El futuro en nuestras manos
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#2160COP 10
2010-10-28
A global aquarium strategy for conservation and sustainability
Presentation of the world zoo and aquarium conservation strategy for the implementation of the WAZA aquarium community. The strategy is introduced and examples are being presented by WAZA president and representatives of the Japanese zoo and aquarium association (JAZA), followed by the launch of ...
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#2168COP 10
2010-10-28
Global Tiger Initiative: Mainstreaming Conservation and Biodiversity into the Development Agenda
Partners of the Global Tiger Initiative will take stock of the commitments made by tiger range countries and the international community at the September Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. The World Bank, with President Robert B. Zoellick, would report on this flagship initiative and its En ...
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#2209COP 10
2010-10-28
BREAKING BOUNDARIES FOR BIODIVERSITY EXPANDING THE POLICY AGENDA TO HALT BIODIVERSITY LOSS
Biodiversity loss occurs all over the world, particularly in the tropics. However, northern countries also are responsible for the loss of biodiversity in southern countries, as a consequence of trade. National efforts alone were not successful to slow down biodiversity loss, and thus we have to ...
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#1793COP 10
2010-10-28
Making it Happen – Building a partnership to expand successes on protected area targets
An innovative transboundary approach has proven to be successful for delivering on protected area targets in 5 regions worldwide. Partnership is at the heart of this success. This active working session will bring together new potential partners to explore lessons learned and identify ways forwa ...
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#2220COP 10
2010-10-28
the Prospective View of 2012 World Conservation Congress (WCC)
"the Prospective View of 2012 World Conservation Congress" aims to the promotion and preparation of 2012 World Conservation Congress(WCC) which will be held in the Republic of Korea in 2012. It is organized by Ministry of Environment (Republic of Korea), Korea National Park Service, Jeju special ...
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#2281COP 10
2010-10-28
Pacific Ocean 2020 Challenge - a healthy ocean for future generations
The respectfully requested CBD COP 10 side event aims at informing about the new Pacific Ocean 2020 Challenge Initiative which was kick-started in July 2010. Seven Governments (California, Fiji, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vietnam) participated in the founding meeting. Governo ...
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#2292COP 10
2010-10-28
Advances in marine conservation in Chile: lesson learned, virtuous partnership and challenges for new MPAs
Since the time of Chile’s canoeist populations along its coasts, Chile has a long outstanding history of maritime vocation in the southeastern Pacific. In the last decade, this vocation has been reinforced by the need for the sustainable use of marine resources and their environments, which has ...
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#2325COP 10
2010-10-28
Advancing the biodiversity agenda: A UN system-wide contribution
The purpose of the event would be to launch the UN report on “Advancing the biodiversity agenda: A UN system-wide contribution” during the high level segment to share its findings with a wide audience present at COP and to discuss on further expectations and actions from the UN system for the fo ...
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#2332COP 10
2010-10-28
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BIODIVERSITY ACT
The Government of India has enacted the Biological Diversity Act 2002. The Act provides for conservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of its components, and fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the use of biological resources and/or associated knowledge. The Nati ...
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#2335COP 10
2010-10-28
Youth for the CBD: Diverse Networks, Common Purpose
Every day, organizations for youth and children around the world engage and take concrete action for biodiversity. The meeting of the Conference of the Parties is a unique occasion for them to demonstrate they are taking their planet and their future seriously. This event provides opportunity to ...
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#2031COP 10
2010-10-28
Business meets Biodiversity - Doing Business the Biodiverse Way
Leading companies from around the world, who are dynamically engaged in protecting biodiversity by conscientiously adapting business practices, will present their efforts at this side event. Participants will be able to hear from and interact directly with business members of the Business and B ...
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#2054COP 10
2010-10-28
Marine and Coastal protected Areas towards a better Governance of the Mediterranean
This side event aims at sharing the efforts of the Mediterranean region under the aegis of UNEP/MAP in making the Millenium Development Goals with regard to the protection of biodiversity and the creation of marine protected areas a reality in the Mediterranean region. 60 min event, including: ...
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#2118COP 10
2010-10-28
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 ...
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#2172COP 10
2010-10-28
Brazilian Biodiversity and Business Action
By presenting some case studies on how Brazilian companies are responding to the CBD, the side event aims at disseminating good practices in Brazil regarding the relationship between business, society and biodiversity. We believe that the business sector needs to become a bigger part of the solu ...
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#2211COP 10
2010-10-28
GLOBE International: Legislative actions to restore marine biodiversity and ecosystem services
The Global Legislators Organisation, GLOBE International, is a unique network of legislators committed to addressing global environmental challenges. GLOBE parliamentarians work closely with leading scientists, economists and policy specialists to develop progressive and coordinated environmenta ...
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#1747COP 10
2010-10-28
CONTRIBUTION OF ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES TO BIODIVERSITY SURVEY AND CLIMATE CHANGE MONITORING-2 (FEAT. JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY).
Contribution of artificial satellites to biodiversity survey and climate change monitoring (the second part). Current plan on the topic is as followed: Lecture on highlighting the contribution of artificial satellites to climate change and water circulation monitoring and global, regional and Lo ...
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#1775COP 10
2010-10-28
Arctic Biodiversity: status and trends
A review of the current status and trends in Arctic Biodiversity. And an overview of ongoing work by the Conservation of Arctic Flora & Fauna working group (CAFF) of the Arctic Council e.g. The Arctic Biodiversity Assessment and the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme etc. CAFFs misi ...
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#2226COP 10
2010-10-27
When parks are not enough: Ecosystem resilience and change in the Arctic
Event provides for discussion of new application of the ecosystem approach to move from current preservation of species/habitats/systems as they are now and “always” to focus on building resilience for terrestrial and marine ecosystems to address challenge of management through change and under ...
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#2282COP 10
2010-10-27
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 ...
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#2318COP 10
2010-10-27
ADAPTATION, BIODIVERSITY PRESERVATION, AND COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
This event will showcase the work of the BDA (Biotechnology for Development in Africa) Foundation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The BDA approach of creating 'ecopreneurs' who can capitalize on the medicinal products of cultivated trees shows a unique and effective way of creating soc ...
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#1939COP 10
2010-10-27
SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIOMASS – A CHANCE TO ADDRESS BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
Sustainable produced biomass is being addressed as part of the Agriculture Programme of Work under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The side event will help to - Provide an opportunity for discussions among the Parties, the private sector, government and civil society the challenges ...
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#2024COP 10
2010-10-27
European Capitals of Biodiversity
This side event is dedicated to biodiversity protection specifically on the local level. In the project "European Capitals of Biodiversity", over 300 local authorities in France, Hungary, Germany, Spain and Slovakia participated in national competitions on local biodiversity protection. During t ...
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#2039COP 10
2010-10-27
Going beyond mitigation: How can private sector drive biodiversity conservation?
The event will present views, experiences and recommendations from the private sector actors on how to advance towards effectively engaging business in supporting the implemetation of the three objectives of CBD, in particular in the use of BioTrade approaches.
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#2056COP 10
2010-10-27
Présentation du livre et des fiches sur la "Biodiversité dans le monde francophone"
Événement pour présenter le livre et les fiches sur la "Biodiversité dans le monde francophone", préparé par l'OIF/IEPF et l'IUCN
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#2073COP 10
2010-10-27
Regional Action Plan for Amazon Biodiversity
The Regional Action Plan for Amazon Biodiversity is presented as a result of a joint effort between the eight Member Countries of ACTO to strengthen measures of cooperation, communication and coordination thus contributing to improving the livelihoods of their people and generating conditions fo ...
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#2120COP 10
2010-10-27
Identifying Impacts and Planning Adaptive Management Responses to Climate Change in Asia and Africa
Presentation of the results of recent and on-going work that has examined the projected impacts of climate change on the distribution of birds and other biodiversity throughout Africa and Asia, and the resilience of the network of Important Bird Areas across the two regions. An Adaptive Manageme ...
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#2122COP 10
2010-10-27
How Japanese companies work on TEEB, certifications, PES, offsets: Many cases presented by Nikkei BP EMF.
Nikkei BP's EcoManagement Forum (EMF) is a consortium of 170 large corporations which work hard on biodiversity. EMF is also partnered with Nikkei Ecology. a leding Japanese magazine of environmental issues in business. The member companies present many cases of their approach to biodiversity an ...
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#2179COP 10
2010-10-27
'Protecting traditional knowledge and bio-cultural heritage
The event will present the overall findings of a global research project on "Protecting Community Rights over Traditional Knowledge: Implications of customary laws and practices". Case studies from Peru, China, India & Kenya will be presented in more detail, including work on community biocultur ...
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#2189COP 10
2010-10-27
VIVAT International Forum on Biodiversity and Environmental Governance: strengthening synergy, interrelatedness and participation in environmental decision-making
A brief symposium consisting on three ten-minute presentations by experts followed by a panel discussion. The focus will be on the need for an integrated approach to environmental governance that correlates different environmental issues with one another and also with other social issues, and th ...
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#2203COP 10
2010-10-27
GLOBE International: Legislative approaches to recognising the value of biodiversity and natural capital
The Global Legislators Organisation, GLOBE International, is a unique network of legislators committed to addressing global environmental challenges. GLOBE parliamentarians work closely with leading scientists, economists and policy specialists to develop progressive and coordinated environmenta ...
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#1913COP 10
2010-10-27
Corporate Biodiversity Management - Practicality Meets Biodiversity
Business meets biodiversity in a real way. The all-new best practises manual “Corporate Biodiversity Management” is here. The handbook will be presented by the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) together with Business and Biodiversity Initiative members. It represents the consolidated efforts o ...
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#2300COP 10
2010-10-27
AN INTERIM MECHANISM TO PROTECT TROPICAL FORESTS (IMPTF) AND SURROUNDING AREAS INCLUDING COASTAL FORESTS - EXPEDITE MARKET TO CAPTURE CARBON CREDITS, SAVE FOREST BIODIVERSITY AND EMISSIONS, AND STRENGTHEN PROTECTED AREAS THROUGH COMMUNITIES WITHIN CONNECTIVITY CONSERVATION INITIATIVES
IMPTF calls for the introduction of a modified mechanism that would provide funding to qualifying projects existing within established and recognized Connectivity Conservation frameworks (or corridors) which can be regional as well as intra-national (with national approval), at least until count ...
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#2305COP 10
2010-10-27
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 ...
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#1963COP 10
2010-10-27
THE BUSINESS CASE FOR BIODIVERSITY
This side event will showcase European examples of partnerships with the private sector including the EU Business and Biodiversity Platform, the European Business and Biodiversity Campaign, the Nordic countries business and biodiversity example and will discuss the involvement of the business se ...
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#2141COP 10
2010-10-27
Local Solutions to Global Biodiversity Challenges
This side event is proposed in acknowledgement of the key role that local authorities play in assisting the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in achieving the objectives of the CBD, and their potential for vastly increased and facilitated involvement. The implementation of ...
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#1782COP 10
2010-10-27
Biodiversity in Fishery - Perspective from Experiences of Japan
Relation of biodiversity and fishery is regarded competitive frequently. However, good practices show the integrated aspects of environmental conservation and sustainable fisheries. 10 academic societies on coastal environment in Japan organize the multi-sectoral and interdisciplinary symposium ...
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#1797COP 10
2010-10-27
Progress in the implementation of conservation strategies in the Amazonas state (Brazil) towards CBD targets
Amazonas state is working on a consistent conservation policy since 2003, which includes the establishment and implementation of new protected areas, the reduction of deforestation levels, climate change related initiatives, among others. Analyses and results will be focused on the progress achi ...