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#1161
SBSTTA 13

Forest Ecosystem Services Trading: A Market Solution to Conserve Biodiversity and Stabilize Climate

Tropical forests canopies sustain 40% of all life on earth and all subsequent ecosystem services are a function of interactions between this life, the soil and the atmosphere. 1.9-3.0 billion metric tonnes of carbon is released per year from deforestation. Conserving tropical forests offers th ...

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#1268
SBSTTA 13

Participatory Approaches in Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use

The need to have farmers at the center of agricultural biodiversity conservation along side other stakeholders should be factores in the work programme. Support for farmers movements and civil society organizations, not just the formal institutions in realizing the program of work should be set ...

Side Event
#1037
COP 8

Beginners Guide to the CBD

Beginners Guide to the CBD

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#888
WG8J 4

Conservation of Tropical Rain Forest (Mata Atlântica)

Debate about the risks and opportunities for conservation and sustentable use of biodiversity in tropical rain forest (Mata Atlântica)

Side Event
#920
COP 8

Good agricultural practices

Good agricultural practices

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#245
COP 7

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.

Side Event
#300
COP 7

Energy and Biodiversity Initiative

The Energy and Biodiversity Initiative (EBI) is a consortium of 9 conservation organizations and companies (BP, ChevronTexaco, Conservation International, Fauna & Flora International, Shell, Smithsonian Institution, Statoil, The Nature Conservancy, and IUCN - The World Conservation Union). We h ...

Organization

#2350

United States of America
Organization

#2395

UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan for the Barcelona Convention

The MAP’s Legal Framework is known as the Barcelona system, consisting of "Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean" and six Protocols. Through the MAP, Contracting Parties to the Convention are determined to meet the challenges of prot ...

url icon http://www.unepmap.org
email icon unepmedu@unepmap.gr
phone icon +30 210 7273100 , 1
fax icon +30 210 7253196, 7
Organization

#2404

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNCTAD promotes the development-friendly integration of developing countries into the world economy. UNCTAD’s work aims to help shape current policy debates and thinking on development, with a particular focus on ensuring that domestic policies and international action are mutually supportive in ...

url icon http://www.unctad.org/en
email icon info@unctad.org
phone icon +41 22 917 56 34, +41 22 917 58 06
fax icon +41 22 917 00 42
Organization

#2432

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

UNIDO’s vision is to improve the living conditions of people and promote global prosperity through offering tailor-made solutions for the sustainable industrial development of developing countries and countries with economies in transition.

url icon http://www.unido.org
email icon unido@unido.org
phone icon +43 1 260 260
fax icon +43 1 2692 669
Organization

#2478

BioNET-INTERNATIONAL

BioNET-INTERNATIONAL is dedicated to supporting sustainable development by helping developing countries to become self-reliant in taxonomy, i.e., in the skills, infrastructure and technologies needed to discover, identify, name, classify and to understand the relationships of all organisms.

url icon http://www.bionet-intl.org
email icon bionet@bionet-intl.org
phone icon +44 1491 829036, 7, 8
fax icon +44 1491 829082
Organization

#2497

DIVERSITAS

The mission of DIVERSITAS is to promote an integrative biodiversity science, linking biological, ecological and social disciplines in an effort to produce socially relevant new knowledge; and to provide the scientific basis for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. DIVERSITAS ach ...

url icon http://www.diversitas-international.org/
email icon secretariat@diversitas-international.org
phone icon +33 1 40 79 80 40
fax icon +33 1 40 79 80 45
Organization

#2571

CABI Bioscience

CABI Bioscience forms a dynamic group of highly qualified scientists dedicated to tackling some of the world’s most challenging problems in agricultural sustainability and biological diversity.CABI Bioscience has mutually productive partnerships with many global organisations, agencies, foundati ...

url icon http://www.cabi-bioscience.org/index.asp
email icon bioscience@cabi.org
phone icon +44-1784-470-111
fax icon +44-1491-829-100
Organization

#4265

United Nations Forum on Forests

A subsidiary body with the main objective to promote the management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests and to strengthen long-term political commitment to this end. As an intergovernmental policy forum, the UNFF is composed of all States Members of the United Nati ...

url icon http://www.un.org/esa/forests/
email icon unff@un.org
phone icon +1 212 963 3401
fax icon +1 917 367 3186
Organization

#5593

United Nations Development Programme - Equator Initiative

url icon http://www.equatorinitiative.org/
email icon equatorInitiative@undp.org
phone icon +1 212 457 1709
fax icon +1 212 457 1370
Organization

#5974

International Coral Reef Initiative

The International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) is a partnership among governments, international organizations, and non-government organizations. It strives to preserve coral reefs and related ecosystems by implementing Chapter 17 of Agenda 21, and other relevant international conventions and ag ...

url icon http://www.icriforum.org
email icon icri@env.gov.jp
phone icon +81 3 5521 8274
fax icon +81 3 3591 3228
Organization

#7235

Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities

The GPA is designed to be a source of conceptual and practical guidance to be drawn upon by national and/or regional authorities for devising and implementing sustained action to prevent, reduce, control and/or eliminate marine degradation from land-based activities.

url icon http://www.gpa.unep.org/
phone icon +254 (20) 7621206
fax icon +254 (20) 7624249
Organization

#7237

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO

The IOC provides Member States of the UN with an essential mechanism for global cooperation in the study of the ocean. The IOC assists governments to address their individual and collective ocean and coastal problems through the sharing of knowledge, information and technology and through the co ...

url icon http://ioc.unesco.org/iocweb/index.php
email icon ioc.secretariat@unesco.org
phone icon +33 1 45 68 39 83, +33 1 45 68 39 84
fax icon +33 1 45 68 58 12
Organization

#7611

Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention, UNEP Vienna - ISCC

The Carpathians are Europes largest mountain ranges, a reservoir for biodiversity. The convention provides the framwork for cooperation and multi-sectoral policy coordination, a platform for joint strategies for sustainable development, and a forum for dialogue between all stakeholders.

url icon http://www.carpathianconvention.org
email icon unep@unvienna.org
phone icon +431 26060 5018, 4545
fax icon +431 26060 6730
Organization

#7626

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

IITA's mission is to enhance the food security, income, and well-being of resource-poor people in sub-Saharan Africa by conducting research and related activities to increase agricultural production, improve food systems, and sustainably manage natural resources, in partnership with national and ...

url icon http://www.iita.org
email icon IITA-DG-Office@CGIAR.ORG
phone icon +234 2 751 7472
fax icon +234 2 241 2221
Organization

#7638

International Seabed Authority

The International Seabed Authority is an autonomous international organization established under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the 1994 Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The Authority is the ...

url icon http://www.isa.org.jm/en/default.htm
email icon postmaster@isa.org.jm
Organization

#7652

United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea

The Division serves as the secretariat of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and provides information, advice and assistance to States with a view to promoting a better understanding of the Convention and the related Agreements, their wider acceptance, uniform and consistent app ...

url icon http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm
email icon doalos@un.org
phone icon +1 212 963 3962
fax icon +1 212 963 5847
Organization

#8405

Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS)

The Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) is a programme for observations, modelling, and analysis of terrestrial ecosystems to support sustainable development.

url icon http://www.fao.org/gtos
email icon gtos@fao.org
phone icon +39 06 57056804
fax icon +39 06 57053369
Organization

#9374

ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

url icon http://www.iclei.org
email icon iclei@iclei.org
phone icon +49-228 / 97 62 99-00
fax icon +49-228 / 97 62 99-01
Organization

#9751

COHAB Initiative Secretariat

url icon http://www.cohabnet.org/
email icon info@cohabnet.org
phone icon +353 93 52329
fax icon +353 93 52434
Organization

#12773

World Ocean Network/Réseau Océan Mondial

url icon http://www.worldoceannetwork.org
email icon secretariat@worldoceannetwork.org
phone icon +33 (0) 3 21 30 99 99
fax icon +33 (0) 3 21 30 93 94
Organization

#12855
Organization

#13061

International Coastal and Ocean Organization

phone icon +1 302 831 8086
fax icon +1 302 831 3668
Organization

#14256
Organization

#16011

Direct Initiative for Social and Health Action

email icon srdsbonbibi@gmail.com
phone icon +91 867 091 8728
Side Event
#81
SBSTTA 9

Sustainable use in the Ecosystem Approach

This workshop will explore the overall relationships and commonalities between the principles of sustainable use and the Ecosystem Approach.

Side Event
#92
SBSTTA 9

Community Consultation: Local Voices and Dialogue at CBD COP7

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.

Side Event
#2937

The Yasuní-ITT Initiative: Bridging the Gap between Biodiversity Conservation and Economic Growth

The Yasuní-ITT Initiative is an innovative and holistic proposal from the government of Ecuador, which aims to protect the unique biodiversity of Yasuní National Park while accounting for the sustainable development of Ecuador and its citizens. A panel of scientists and economists will address ...

Side Event
#2959
SBSTTA 17

SAVE OUR PLANET

A panel discussion open to all youth participants (18-30 years), in the context awareness of the care and early learning about the diversity of ecosystems, species, ... as essential to protect the fight against climate warming components. With theme "What strategic partnership and multilateral i ...

Side Event
#2275
COP 10

INSPIRING MARINE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION: BEST PRACTICES AND NEW IDEAS FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION AND EDUCATION WITH THE WORLD OCEAN NETWORK

Educational organisations, aquaria, science centres, natural history museums, research centres, zoos, media and NGO are at the interface of different publics and very good vehicles for communication towards the public at large. Together they reach hundreds of millions of people each year. World ...

Side Event
#2293

Conservation Strategies of Aquatic Mammals and their Contribution to CBD

Brazil is a megadiversity and large country with an expressive number of species of aquatics mammals: about 45 species of cetaceans (whale, dolphins and porpoises – including two freshwater species in the Amazon), two of sirenians (Amazon manatee and Antilean manatee) as well as seven of pinipe ...

Side Event
#2448
SBSTTA 16

Sixteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 16) Montreal, 30 April - 5 May 2012

The purpose of our organization is mainly to improve the entrepreneurial skill of youths in the Southern Nation Nationality People Regional. Our participation on SBSTTA-16 would enhance creativity on improvement of usage of technology in our country.

Side Event
#2454
SBSTTA 16

Advances in Deep Sea Research and Application to Governance and Management of Marine Biodiversity

This event will showcase key research by the EU funded Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man’s Impact on European Seas (HERMIONE) Consortium, and demonstrate how scientific research can be utilised by decision makers and competent management authorities to aid the governance and management of deep ...

Side Event
#2455
SBSTTA 16

Addressing Biodiversity Concerns in Sustainable Fisheries

To present and discuss the Fisheries Expert Group's Scientific Workshop on "Governance for Fisheries and Marine Conservation: Interactions and Coevolution," held in Bergen, Norway, in March 2012. This meeting is organized under the aegis of the Fisheries Expert Group of the IUCN Commission on Ec ...

Side Event
#2457
SBSTTA 16

Time for Technology Assesment? Creating precautionary governance in a time of rapid technological change.

From the rise of Synthetic Biology and new nanotechnologies to the introduction of climate-ready crops and next generation biofuels, for SBSTTA to fulfill its mandate requires a capacity for continual monitoring, reflection and foresight with regard to new technologies. In its latest foresight r ...

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