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The New Bioeconomy: Innovative Financial Mechanisms, Payments for Environmental Services, REDD+ and the Financialization of Biodiversity

The side event will address the potential impact of proposed markets in environmental services and other innovative financial mechanisms on Indigenous Peoples, local communities and women. It will also discuss new phenomena like the financialization of biodiversity and how the proposed bioeconom ...

Linking REDD+ implementation with the CBD Biodiversity Targets

Any of the five forest-based climate change mitigation activities included in REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation, conservation of forest carbon stocks, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks) can potentially contribute towards a ...

The Observatory for Central African Forests: a tool for monitoring the sustainable use of the biodiversity in Congo Basin.

The Congo Basin forests cover 200 million hectares in the heart of the African continent. Altogether, the forests provide the daily resources of 60 million people, generate financial revenue for the States of the region, sequester huge quantities of carbon, support a unique biodiversity and con ...

Collaborative Approach to Forest-Related Aichi Targets

Present and discuss on-going and proposed actions to achieve forest-related Aichi Targets, particularly Target 5, Target 7, Target 11 and Target 15.

International REDD Plus Architecture and its Relevance for Developing Countries

Forests are a natural resource of global concern. They offer a range of ecosystem services including carbon sequestration having benefits that cross borders. Forests have been an issue of priority for international and national policy and a subject of much debate and discussion for the past 20 y ...

Forest insect diversity in India - Facts and challenges

Forest insect diversity is also an important component of the forest biodiversity. At most of the occasions, only plant biodiversity is discussed. Most of the workers have carried out the plant biodiversity work in different parts of India. Now a days, an emerging need and trend has been observe ...

Impacts on Forests & Biodiversity : from Coal as an Energy Choice

The presentations and discussions in the event will look at the various impacts on biological diversity, both on land and aquatic /marine, of the choice of coal as a major energy source. The reality of India today is the large dependence on coal as energy source for both heating and electrici ...

Prospects and challenges of forest based livelihoods for tribal and local communities in India

For centuries forests and livelihoods of tribal and local communities in the Indian sub-continent have been deeply intertwined. Sustainable exploitation of forests have been the hallmark of past generation of these communities leading to conservation of rich biodiversity in these regions. Howeve ...

Mechanisms for delivering biodiversity benefits from REDD+

This side-event will discuss the application of safeguards for biodiversity in relation to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries. It will provide an opportunity for scientists, policy makers and members of the business community to be informed and t ...

GEF Investments in Forests for Multiple Benefits

GEF will provide an overview of the GEF-SFM REDD+ program and its implementation during GEF-5 with examples from the GEF portfolio.

Climate Change and Biodiversity; Conservation and Adaptation

Climate change is one of the most important global environmental Issues impacting natural ecosystems and socioeconomic systems. For instance, climate change affects forest ecosystems primarily in three ways: firstly, forest ecosystems through land use change contribute about 20% of the global C0 ...

Commitment to the Amazon: ARPA for Life – a Public-Private Partnership to Secure the Future of the World’s Largest Tropical Rainforest

2012 marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of Brazil’s Amazon Region Protected Area (ARPA) initiative. The event will highlight the award-winning track record of the ARPA programme for improved biodiversity conservation and protected area management, and the contribution to reduced carbon em ...

What’s Cooking? Tree Diversity on Farms

Tropical agroforests are characterized by great diversity among and within tree species that is of immense value to smallholders. This event, organized by the World Agroforestry Centre, highlights the role of this diversity in promoting the health and nutrition of local people, through the provi ...

Integrating national biodiversity strategy and REDD+ policy: Initial experiences from Viet Nam

Presentation on the national biodiversity strategy of Vietnam with mentioning key challenges and the results obtained to date: integration of REDD+ into NBSAP; Broader HB-REDD+ initiatives and biodiversity safeguards in Vietnam.

Sixth Session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

12 - 14 November 2012, Rome, Italy

Opening Remarks by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on Validating the Africa Review Reports on Biodiversity, Forests, Mountains, Biotechnology and Tourism, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22-23 November 2012

Opening Remarks by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on Validating the Africa Review Reports on Biodiversity, Forests, Mountains, Biotechnology and Tourism, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22-23 November 2012

2nd Session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Forest Genetic Resources (of the CGRFA) - ITWG-FRG (FAO)

21 - 25 January 2013, Rome, Italy

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the International Day of Forests, 21 March 2013

Message of the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the International Day of Forests, 21 March 2013

International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition

13 - 15 May 2013, Rome, Italy

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/4/3

Item 3.2 of the Provisional Agenda <br> Progress Report on the Implementation of Programmes of Work on Thematic Areas: Inland Water, Marine and Coastal, Agricultural, and Forest Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/COP/7/11

Thematic programmes of work: Progress reports on implementation and consideration of proposals for future action: forest biological diversity; biological diversity of dry and sub-humid lands; and agricultural biological diversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/10/INF/15

Indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 target: Area of forest, agricultural and aquaculture ecosystems under sustainable management

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Notification providing the list of invited participants

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-FBD.REV/IS-1/1

Provisional agenda

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-FBD.REV/IS-1/1/ADD1

Organization of Work: Adoption of the Agenda

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-FBD.REV/IS-1/2

Further Development of Goals and Targets to Facilitate Coherence among the Programmes of Work, and to Provide a Flexible Framework for National Targets

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-FBD.REV/IS-1/INF/1

Decision VI/22 on Forest Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-FBD.REV/IS-1/INF/2

Decision VII/1 on Forest Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-FBD.REV/IS-1/INF/3

Decision VII/30 on Strategic Plan: future evaluation of progress

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-FBD.REV/IS-1/INF/4

Report of the Expert Group Meeting on Outcome- Oriented Targets for the Programmes of Work on the Biological Diversity of Inland Water Ecosystems and Marine and Coastal Ecosystems

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-FBD.REV/IS-1/INF/5

Report of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 biodiversity target

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-FBD.REV/IS-1/INF/6

Refinement of goals and subtargets and their integration into the programmes of work under the Convention

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-FBD.REV/IS-1/INF/7

Draft global outcome oriented targets for the implementation of the elaborated programme of work on marine and coastal biological diversity

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-FBD.REV/IS-1/INF/8

Draft global outcome oriented targets for the implementation of the programme of work on inland water ecosystems

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-FBD.REV/IS-1/INF/9

Decision VI/9 on Global Strategy for Plant Conservation

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UNEP/CBD/COP/8/26

Thematic Programmes of Work Progress Reports and Consideration of Proposals for Future Action: Forest Biological Diversity; Biological Diversity of Inland Water Ecosystems; Marine and Coastal Biodiversity and Agricultural Biodiversity

UNEP/CBD/COP/8/INF/12

Forest Biodiversity: Implementation of the Programme of Work (Proposed joint activities between the Department of Forestry of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity)

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/14

Forest Biodiversity: Consideration of Matters Arising from the Implementation of Paragraph 19 of Decision VI/22

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/15

Advice on the Review of Implementation of the Expanded Programme of Work on Forest Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/INF/2

Report of the Inter-Sessional (Second) Meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on the Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Forest Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/INF/12

Development of Case Studies on the Effects of Insufficient Forest Law Enforcement on Forest Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/11/INF/13

Preliminary Compilation of Best Practices to Reduce Negative Impacts and Enhance Positive Impacts of Other Sectoral Policies on Forest Biological Diversity

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-FBD.REV/3/1

Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-FBD.REV/3/1/ADD1

Organization of Work: Annotations to the Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-FBD.REV/3/2

Item 3.3 of the provisional agenda - Provision of scientific and technical information on successes, challenges, and obstacles to implementation of the programme of work

UNEP/CBD/AHTEG-FBD.REV/3/3

Compilation of Views on the Draft Outcome Oriented Targets into the Forest Work Programme