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" From Paradise to the Roof of the World" - Side event on "Mountain biodiversity - partnership for implementing the CBD".

Presentations on the experiences and lessons learned from the creation and development of global mountain ecological networks such as the Carpathians, Alpine, Andean and other mountain ecosystems.

"BIOTA-Africa: Research for conservation and management of biodiversity in Africa"

BIOTA-Africa presents: www.biota-africa.org "Research for conservation and regeneration of biodiversity in Africa" Speaker 1: Dr. Karen Hahn-Hadjali (University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany) Speaker 2: Dr. Souleymane Konaté (University of Abobo-Adjamé, Abidjan, Côte d´Ivoire) Speaker 3: Wolfgan ...

"Biodiversity and Health: strengthening our synergies and seeking collaboration" by SCBD, WHO, DIVERSITAS, EcoHealth Alliance and partners.

Biodiversity and human health have inextricable links, as biodiversity can offer critical health-supporting ecosystem services and benefits. It is also increasingly acknowledged that public health arguments are an opportunity for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Anthropogeni ...

"Biodiversity conservation leading to enhanced livelihoods"- case studies from Host state of Andhra pradesh India where COP is being organised.

The sucess stories of "Biodiversity Conservation leading to enhanced livelihoods" case studies will be presented by indigenous communities at the grass root level.This will enable the participants to directly interact with the field level conservers to gain first hand information coming from the ...

"Biodiversity, development and culture": critical reflections on the Brazilian contemporary experiences.

Brazil has one of the highest rates of biodiversity and is considered one of the mega-diverse countries. Currently, the country is experiencing a time of economic stability and growth, where development policies are a priority of the current government. Discussions on the new Forest Code, the li ...

"Coastline and shallow sea"

Workshop of coast and shallow sea. Coastline and the Shallow sea region that bring up biological diversity. We are learn abut good practice and the lesson learns. How is a Shallow sea region important to marine biological diversity? We preserve a continuity of the coastline in good condition and ...

"Coherent Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): UNEPs Approach to Enhancing Compliance with and Enforcement of MEAs, supported by the Issue-Based Modules."

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"Cupuaçu belongs to us" Ethical Boundaries of Registering Patents and Trademarks on biological resources and Traditional Knowledge of the Amazon Rainforest

The event will provide an overview of the Brazilian Campaign against Biopiracy. The main focus will be on the Cupuaçu-case. (The name of this amazonian fruit was trademarked). Information panels will provide details also about other cases of Amazonian biological resources that have been patented ...

"Delicate Balance". Raising awareness of Biodiversity and Climate Change in Vietnam on International Biodiversity day. Film screening and discussion

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"Indigenous Biocultural Heritage Areas: A holistic approach for community-based conservation"

Learn how Indigenous Biocultural Heritage Areas in Peru are breaking new ground in conservation of biological and cultural resources through a holistic approach to conservation.

"Lie-Ability and Liability"

"Local Registers and Traditional Resource Rights: The Case of the Khipu Local Register in Peru"

Learn how indigenous communities in the Potato Park in Peru are using customary law and local registers in innovative ways to manage and protect traditional resources.

"Mountains to the Sea" - implementation plan for the Convention on Biological Diversity’s thematic programmes of work

Presentation and discussion of the ‘Mountains to the Sea’ plan. The ‘Mountains to the Sea’ plan proposes a simple, integrated and cost-effective way to implement the CBD’s thematic programmes of work. The draft plan has condensed the six CBD thematic programmes of work into a simplified standa ...

"New Technologies and Biodiversity: Nanotechnology, Synthetic Biology and Weather Modification"

side-event will examine new technologies (nano-scale technologies) affecting biodiversity and agriculture, with emphasis on impacts on global South.

"New developments in the International Pollinators Initiative"

A book (and CD) was developed by 20 experts from around the world at a meeting in South Africa in May 2003. The book is designed to provide tools to policymakers and practioners to improve conservation of pollinators and the ecosystem services they render. The book takes the format of the Prog ...

"Practicing Synergies Initiative": Joining Heads & Hands in the Implementation of the Rio Conventions

<br>Synergy between the Rio Conventions is being addressed at various levels under the UNCCD, UNFCCC and CBD. The "Practicing Synergy Initiative" aims to reach out to the national and local level actions and activities that are being implemented especially by country parties. The sharing of prac ...

"Research for conservation and regeneration of biodiversity in Africa”

BIOTA-Africa presents: www.biota-africa.org “Research for conservation and regeneration of biodiversity in Africa” Speaker 1: Dr. Karen Hahn-Hadjali (University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany) Speaker 2: Dr. Souleymane Konaté (University of Abobo-Adjamé, Abidjan, Côte d´Ivoire) Speaker 3: Wolfga ...

"Selecting indicators for the management of biodiversity"

Presentation of the IFB new release on Biodiversity indicators and roundtable with author(s) and indicators specialists

"Synergies among biodiversity-related conventions"

“Introduction to a new collaborative project being led by UNEP which will identify and explore opportunities and options for enhancing cooperation at both global and national levels, develop guidance on mobilization of resources for more integrated implementation of MEAs at the national level, a ...

"The Global Terrestrial Observing System and the Global Land Cover Network: mapping progress towards 2010"

The side event is structured to provide an opportunity for presenting and discussing GTOS and GLCN products and services with respect to CBD requirements within the framework of Target 2010. The Agenda of the Side Event is currently being finalised.

"The Problem with Theft: Candid Conversation about Biopiracy".

While resistance from some quarters to an international ABS regime continues, misappropriation is also continuing. The panel will present recent research that calls for further investigations, and alert delegates to some cases where patent challenges coud be made on claims made on genetic resour ...

"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 formulation of a text on the international ABS regime.

"Transgenics crops geopolitics".

Panel with experts relating cases of GMO contamination related to trade and the experience of creating GMO free zones as a way of avoiding genetic contamination.

"Voices From Africa: Biotechnology and the Subsistence Farmer"

A screening of 20 minute DVD followed by panel and presentation by attendees

"Wetlands, Water, Livelihoods and Biodiversity linkages in a global water crisis"

Ecosystems and the global water crisis- diminishing ecosystem services. This side event by Wetlands International and some of our partners from the development sector will illustrate the critical role of wetlands ecosystems for water – food, attenuating some of the impacts of climate change, th ...

'Customary sustainable use: developing a community-based monitoring system to track implementation of Article 10(c)'

Networking and sharing ideas and initiatives on the plan of action on customary sustainable use This week the Working Group on Article 8(j) discusses the new (draft) plan of action on customary sustainable use (CSU) (Article 10c), as a new major component of the revised programme of work on Ar ...

'Developing International Payments for Ecosystem Services (IPES): Avoided Deforestation

This event will discuss the latest progress on scaling up PES with a focus on payments for avoided deforestation. The progress is based on a joint UNEP-IUCN initiative in close collaboration with the CBD Secretariat. Challenges in moving this agenda forward will also be identified and ways of ad ...

'Harmonisation of national reporting to the biodiversity-related multilateral environmental agreements'

National reporting is one of the key obligations for Parties to the biodiversity-related multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs). However, gathering and synthesising the information required for the reports to the various MEAs can provide a burden for Parties. A range of COP decisions, incl ...

'Mountains to Sea': a tool for ecosystem-based, cross-biome, integrated implementation of the CBD.

Presentation of the 'Mountains to Sea' discussion paper and open discussion of its value as a tool for Parties to implment the CBD .

'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 ...

'Whole Forest Observatories' - An International Network for Monitoring Canopy Biodiversity and Global Climate Change.

Sponsored by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Presentations will be made by Dr Antonio Nobre, INPA, Brazil and Andrew Mitchell, Director of the Global Canopy Programme, Oxford, UK, on plans to establish 'Whole Forest Observatories' in Brazil, Ghana, Madagascar, India and Malaysia, co-fina ...

'experiences by developing countries in complying with the Cartagena Protocol through the development of National Biosafety Frameworks and Biosafety draft Laws'

The idea is to explain the potential regulatory challenges related to the Cartagena Protocol implementation based on the experiences of countries who have finished Phase I of the UNEP-GEF project in order to deal with cross-cutting issues and challenges that could interest countries that are sti ...

1.25 MILLION SPECIES - LAUNCH OF THE CATALOGUE OF LIFE 2010 SPECIAL EDITION IN SUPPORT OF THE GTI

The 2010 Special Edition of the Catalogue of Life provides a single species checklist and taxonomic hierarchy covering 1.25 million species, and celebrates the diversity of life on Earth. This meeting will outline major developments funded in the Second Phase of the CoL Programme, including the ...

2010 - The Global Biodiversity Challenge

2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership: Lessons learnt from the current process, and recommendations for post-2010

The 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership draws on the outputs and experiences of over 40 partner organizations, as well as a range of Parties, MEA bodies and the private sector in understanding the challenges faced in monitoring progress towards a global biodiversity target. Highlighting the ...

2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership: Lessons learnt from tracking the current target, and next steps for post-2010

The 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership draws on the outputs and experiences of over 40 partner organizations, as well as a range of Parties, MEA bodies and the private sector in understanding the challenges faced in monitoring progress towards a global biodiversity target. In support of th ...

2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership: Lessons learnt from tracking the current target, and recommendations for post-2010

The 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership draws on the outputs and experiences of over 40 partner organizations, as well as a range of Parties, MEA bodies and the private sector in understanding the challenges faced in monitoring progress towards a global biodiversity target. In support of th ...

2010 IUCN - Reuters - COMplus Media Awards

Media cocktail party and presentation of the 2010 IUCN - Reuters - COMplus Media Award for Excellence in Environmental Reporting

3D views on the rice paddy fields for wild biodiversity conservation - science, policy and business

Rice paddy fields are important habitat for wild species. Three speakers from different sectors(scientific society, government organization and business) will report on practical approaches to conserve biodiversity in rice paddy fields. <p></p> Programme <br> 13:15 Greetings <br> 13:20 Presentat ...

50 years of The IUCN Red List: evolution and new applications for the conservation of biodiversity at global, national and site level

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is arguably one of the most important tools in nature conservation, facilitating the flow of biodiversity information from the point of collection to policy-makers around the world, and driving research into biodiversity conservation. This year, the Red Li ...

<a href="/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-13/summary-04-gbo3-en.pdf" target="_blank">Global Biodiversity Outlook 3</a>

Jointly organized by SCBD and UNEP-WCMC, this side events aims ot present and discuss the status of preparations of Global Biodiversity Outlook 3, including the contributions by key contributors, such as the organizations participating in the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership <br><br><b>P ...

<a href="/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-13/summary-12-en.pdf" target="_blank">AGRICULTURE AND WATER</a>

<a href="/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-13/summary-22-en.pdf" target="_blank">STRENGTHENING THE KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CBD - PRESENTATION OF THE OUTCOMES FROM THE 5TH TRONDHEIM CONFERENCE ON BIODIVERSITY</a>

The Trondheim Conferences on Biodiversity have since 1993 worked to strengthen CBD’s knowledge base. The fifth conference on 29 October – 2 November 2007 looked at “Ecosystems and people - biodiversity for development – the road to 2010 and beyond”, and brought together some 250 participants, co ...

<a href="/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-13/summary-25-en.pdf" target="_blank">Biodiversity Research, Taxonomy and Sharing Benefits</a>

A roundtable discussion will give individuals and organizations the opportunity to share their experiences and visions of the real and potential benefits, especially for biodiversity-rich countries, of basic, non-commercial biodiversity research, specifically in the field of taxonomy. The aim is ...

<a href="/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-13/summary-28-en.pdf" target="_blank">The Pet Release Pathway: Case Studies in Invasive Species Prevention</a>

A draft recommendation for SBSTTA: • Invites Parties, other Governments and relevant organizations to submit examples of best practices for addressing the risks associated with the introduction of alien species as pets, including aquarium species, such as fish, reptiles, or insects, and as live ...

<a href='/abs/doc/protocol/icnp-2/side-events/2012-07-02-01-flyer-en.pdf'>ABS - Management Tool: Nagoya Protocol Ready</a>

A Global System For Research And Development On Genetic Resources. Researchers, Industry, governments, indigenous peoples and NGOs are preparing for the introduction of the Nagoya Protocol. The updated ABS-MT has been extensively revised to assist these providers and users of genetic resources ...

<a href='/doc/meetings/csab/csab-01/official/csab-01-03-en.doc'>COOPERATION AMONG SCIENTIFIC BODIES OF BIODIVERSITY RELATED CONVENTIONS AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC ORGANISATIONS</a>

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<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-01-en.pdf'>GBIF Data Portal Official Launch</a>

Presentation and demonstration of the new GBIF Data Portal. Search functions and user friendliness, as well as capabilities for inter - operating with other information systems have been significantly upgraded. It is hoped that opportunities for participants to try the Portal will be included.

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-05-en.pdf'>National experiences in the implementation of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation</a>

Presentation by representatives of Parties who have developed national GSPC strategies and responses on their experiences outlining opportunities, challenges and progress made in implementation of the Strategy at national level.

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-06-en.pdf'>Can we meet the 2010-target? 6 global options explored for GBO2</a>

On request of sCBD, the GLOBIO consortium has explored 6 global policy options to meet the 2010-target. The GTAP-IMAGE-GLOBIO models have been applied. The options concern implementation of WTO, poverty alleviation, bioenergy, plantation forestry, sustainable meat production and 20% protected ar ...