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MEDICINAL HERBS AND FITOMEDICAL PLANTS: THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

It will promote the experience interchange, regionally, regarding to medicinal herbs and fitomedical plants national politics and trace united targets for the strengthening of the theme on Americas. Round table with :MERCOSUR, NAFTA, CARICOM and Andean Community and WHO/PAHO

Strategy for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity for MERCOSUR/ Estrategia para la Conservación y Uso Sostenible de la Biodiversidad para el MERCOSUR

The Ministers of Environment from Mercosur will sign the Project of Additional Protocol to the Environment of Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity Framework Agreement for Mercosur. This side event will show the background which led to Mercosur Environmental Area to rely on an ...

Economic sustainability for implementation of protected areas national systems

At its first meeting, in Montecatini, Italy, June 2005, the ad hoc open-ended working group on protected areas adopted through its subgroup on “Options for mobilizing financial resources for the implementation of the programme of work by developing countries, in particular the least developed an ...

The Biodiversity Loss of Deforestation to Large Plantations

It will discuss the quick large deforestarions of the Cerrado, Chaco and Amazon Forest biomes to turn lands into grains monocultives in huge plantations and to produce coal for steel production. This phenomena is happening mainly in Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia but also in Argentina in smaller s ...

Panel Discussion: The Value of Engaging Civil Society in Biodiversity Conservation

Civil society can significantly advance governmental agendas to help preserve the diversity of life and healthy ecosystems as essential components of stable and thriving economies. In this event, donor, governmental and NGO representatives will participate in a moderated, interactive discussion, ...

Agenda 21 and the Convention on Biological Diversity

Seminar. Participation of panelist from Canada, France and Brazil, from government and civil society sectors.

Earth Charter and the Convention on Biological Diversity

Seminar. Participation of panelist from Canada, France and Brazil, from government and civil society sectors.

CONOCIMIENTO TRADICIONAL “EVALUACIÓN DE ECOSISTEMAS INDIGENA DE BAJO CHIRRIPO”.___Millenium Ecosystem Assessment.

Vamos a presentar los resulatados de evaluacion de Ecosistemas Local Indigena de la cuenca Media y Baja del Chirripo, situado en Costa Rica. Esta evalaucion forma parte de las evaluaciones locales impulsadas por Millenium Ecosystem Assessment. LA evaluación fue realizada bajo conocimiento tra ...

Protecting the Sacred & Honoring the Ancestors: Indigenous Peoples' Perspectives on Access and Benefit Sharing

Indigenous people will voice their concerns regarding protection of their human rights in relation to the proposed international regime on ABS, including clips from the documentary film, "The Leech and the Earthworm." Panel participants will share their views about use of genetic material from ...

Traditional Knowledge, the CBD and UNU

Awareness of the value of traditional knowledge (TK), particularly its potential contribution to sustainable development and poverty alleviation, is growing at a time when such knowledge is being threatened as never before. The causes of this loss are complex and profound. The CBD has proven ...

Grupo de trabalho sobre um Encontro Internacional de Educação Ambiental em Unidades de Conservação (Working group about an International Meeting of Environmental Education in Conservation Reserves)

Realização de um grupo de discussão sobre a organização de um Encontro Internacional de Educação Ambiental em unidades de Conservação, com indicativo de temas a serem abordados. (Working group about the organization of an International Meeting of Environmental Education in Conservation Reserves ...

Work in the WTO on the relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and the CBD

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Recognition of indigenous identity and ancestral knowledge as a means of defending Amazonia and the environment

Presentation of results of an on-going project working with sabedores-sabedoras of indigenous groups in Colombian/Brazilian/Peruvian/Ecuadorian Amazon. Conservation and sustainable Management of the Amazon forest and Varzea. Partially funded by DEFRA (Darwin Initiative).

UNEP Issue-Based Modules, a pragmatic approach to facilitate coherent biodiversity implementation

Presentation of the UNEP Issue-Based Modules to the CBD COP8 Delegates and invite them to participate in the project.

Assessments on Biodiversity Policies - Examples from Finland

Three recent strategies and assessments-Finland's National Adaptation Strategy, Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Finland Protected Areas, and the Evaluation of the Finnish National Biodiversity Action Plan 1997-2005-will be presented and discussed.

PROGRESS ON THE PROGRAM OF WORK ON PROTECTED AREAS (POW) AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN THE ANDES REGION

We will present important progress to date related to achievement of PoW goals of financial sustainability, gap analyses of biodiversity conservation and connectivity (Conservation Corridors) in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

Lançamento do Plano de Prevenção e Controle do Desmatamento da Mata Atlântica

Lançamento do Plano Estratégico de Monitoramento e Controle Ambiental para áreas Prioritárias da Mata Atlântica (Plano Mata Atlântica) a ser feita pela Ministra do Meio Ambiente do Brasil e com a presença da Direção do Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis e ou ...

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: THE TRANSFORMATION OF BIODIVERSITY, TRADITIONAL SEEDS AND COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE INTO CORPORATE PRIVATE MONOPOLY

Discuss how GAT/WTO created TRIPS and the interests involved; why developed countries impose patent laws in biodiverse countries and how monopolies on seed, plants and medicin are being created, denying life to small farmers, traditional communities and disease victims.

A new era of implementation of the Convention on all life on Earth is born in Curitiba at the largest ever gathering of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Curitiba, 31 March 2006 – 4,000 delegates from around the world have agreed on a road map to significantly reduce the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, in line with the agreement reached by 110 Heads of State and Government at the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg in ...

la Octava Reunión de la Conferencia de las Partes

De conformidad con las reglas 6 y 7 del Reglamento de las Reuniones de la Conferencia de las Partes, las reuniones están abiertas a la participación de cualquier entidad u organismo, sea gubernamental o no-gubernamental, calificado en campos concernientes a la conservación y al uso sostenible de ...

Human resource formation for biodiversity conservation.

Education should be directed by human actions and the path to a more just society. Actions that suggest biodiversity conservation inevitably pass through educational and moral channels at all levels. An informed society values its natural riches and works as an important force in the preserv ...

Business and the 2010 Biodiversity Challenge

Summary of outcomes of side events and way forward at the end of COP

Statement by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on “Fulfilling the Pledge of the Heads of State to Reduce by 2010 the Loss of Biodiversity on Our Planet” at the Conference organized by the United Nations Association in Canada-Montreal in collaboration with the Conseil des relations internationales de Montréal (CORIM), Université du Québec à Montréal, Quebec, Canada, 24 May 2006

Biological diversity is the result of millions of years of evolution on Earth. It comprises the totality of life forms on Earth. Ecosystems provide the essential requirements for life, protection from natural disasters and diseases and the very basis for human culture. However, never since hum ...

First meeting of the Heads of Agency Task Force to Support the Achievement of the 2010 Biodiversity Target

15 September 2006, Gland, Switzerland

Protected area in Congo is a welcome step in protection of Biodiversity, achievement of 2010 Biodiversity Target and implementation of CBD Programme of work on protected areas.

<br>(<a href='/doc/press/2006/pr-2006-09-19-pa-fr.pdf/'>French version</a> )

Protected area in Congo is a welcome step in protection of Biodiversity, achievement of 2010 Biodiversity Target and implementation of CBD Programme of work on protected areas.

Paris – 19 September 2006. The announcement by the Republic of Congo of the creation of two new protected areas spanning nearly one million hectares is a demonstration of Congo’s commitment to conserve its spectacular biodiversity and pristine ecosystems, said Ahmed Djoghlaf, the head of the Co ...

Report of the Fifth meeting of the Liaison Group of the Biodiversity-related Conventions (Gland, Switzerland, 14 September 2006) available.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/56036 (2006-099)
To: all CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the report of the Fifth meeting of the Liaison Group of the Biodiversity-related Conventions, which was hosted by the Ramsar Secretariat and took place on 14 September 2006 in Gland, Switzerland, has been posted on the joint website of the Biodiversity-related Con ...

Report of the first meeting of the Heads of Agencies Task Force to support the 2010 Biodiversity Target (Gland, Switzerland, 15 September 2006)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/56039 (2006-100)
To: all CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the report of the first meeting of the Heads of Agencies Task Force to support the 2010 Biodiversity Target, which was hosted by IUCN – The World Conservation Union and took place on 15 September 2006 in Gland, Switzerland, has been posted on the website of the Co ...

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Enhancing Effectiveness of Support to Countries for the Achievement of the 2010 Biodiversity Target

The Importance of Science in the Arab World for Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target.

<br>(View also <a href='/doc/speech/2006/sp-2006-12-12-science-ar.pdf'>in Arabic</a>.)

The Importance of Science in the Arab World for Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target.

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the International Symposium on the Advancement of Science in the Arab World and Role of International Cooperation, Damascus, Syria, 12-13 December 2006. <br><br><table width=120> <tr><b>Other languages ...

Mayors' Meeting on the Contribution of Cities to the Achievement of the 2010 Biodiversity Target, 26 - 28 March 2007, Curitiba, Brazil.

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/OH/JL/57155 (2007-006)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I have the pleasure of informing you that, to coincide with the first anniversary of the High Level Segment of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-8) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Curitiba, Brazil, His Excellency Mr. Carlos Alberto Richa, the Mayor of C ...

Statement of the Executive Secretary on Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Millennium Development Goals at the Biodiplomacy Course Lecture Series organized by UNU/IAS on 25 January 2007 in Yokohama, Japan.

Statement of the Executive Secretary on Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Millennium Development Goals at the Biodiplomacy Course Lecture Series organized by UNU/IAS on 25 January 2007 in Yokohama, Japan

Biological diversity is the result of millions of years of evolution and comprises the totality of life on Earth. Ecosystems provide the essential requirements for life, protection from natural disasters and diseases and the very basis for human culture. Indeed biodiversity is not only an envir ...

CBD Executive Secretary Applauds Japan’s Decision to Revise its Biodiversity Strategy for the Second Time with a View of Linking it to the World and Integrate the Target Adopted by Heads of State and Government to Substantially Reduce the Rate of Loss of Biodiversity by 2010.

CBD Executive Secretary Applauds Japan’s Decision to Revise its Biodiversity Strategy for the Second Time with a View of Linking it to the World and Integrate the Target Adopted by Heads of State and Government to Substantially Reduce the Rate of Loss of Biodiversity by 2010.

The Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Ahmed Djoghlaf, congratulated Japan on its decision to revise its national biodiversity strategy and incorporate it with common global concerns, such as the 2010 target of achieving a significant reduction in the current ra ...

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the Twenty-Fourth Session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC-24/GMEF), Nairobi, 7 February 2007

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment called for unprecedented efforts to achieve the 2010 biodiversity target. The 4,000 participants, including 95 ministers, who attended the eight meeting of the Conference of the Parties, held in Curitiba in March 2006, responded to this call for urgent action ...

Preparatory Meetings for the Consultative Workshop on the Achievement of the 2010 Biodiversity Target in Dry and Sub-humid Lands.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JW/SG/57456 (2007-020)
To: All CBD Focal Points

In paragraph 11 (e) of decision VIII/2, on the biological diversity of dry and sub-humid lands, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) requests the Executive Secretary, in collaboration with the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to ...

Crossroads? The Intersection of Canadian Biotech Cases and International Liability Rules

The Canadian cases of Monsanto v. Schmeiser and Hoffman v. Monsanto are some of the first to address the rights and responsibilities that biotechnology companies have in relation to genetically modified organisms. This side event will include presentations on the facts and findings in the two ca ...

Top Officials from Australia Visit the Secretariat—Australia to Review its National Biodiversity Strategy.

Top Officials from Australia Visit the Secretariat—Australia to Review its National Biodiversity Strategy.

In the context of the enhanced dialogue initiated between the Secretariat and its partners, a delegation from Australia paid a visit to the offices of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Montreal on 16 March.

Message from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, on the Occasion of World Water Day, 22 March, 2007.

Human activities have taken an enormous toll on global freshwater resources. The stresses we have placed upon fresh waters have resulted in them being in the poorest condition of all ecosystems. The second edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook produced by the Secretariat of the Convention ...

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf at the Opening of the Meeting on “Cities and Biodiversity: Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target”, Curitiba, Brazil, 26 March 2007.

<br>View also the statement <a href='/doc/speech/2007/sp-2007-03-26-mayors-fr.pdf'>in French</a>.

Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity at the Opening of the Meeting on “Cities and Biodiversity: Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target”, Curitiba, Brazil, 26 March 2007.

When a family faces crises, it gets together and celebration of anniversaries is a good opportunity to provide a collective response to meet these challenges. As evidenced by the messages that we heard this morning humanity is facing unprecedented environmental challenges. The city of Curitiba ...

Cities and Biodiversity: Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target: Mayors' Meeting on the Contribution of Cities to the Achievement of the 2010 Biodiversity Target

26 - 28 March 2007, Curitiba, Brazil

Report of the "Cities and Biodiversity: Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target" meeting, and Curitiba Declaration.

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/57998 (2007-042)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points

At the initiative of the Mayor of Curitiba, H.E. Carlos Alberto Richa, and on the occasion of the first anniversary of the High-Level Segment of the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-8), a meeting on "Cities and Biodiversity: Achieving ...