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Meeting for the Identification of Issues on Biodiversity for the Cooperation and Interchange Among South American Countries

15 - 17 December 2003, Brasilia, Brazil

Atélier Régional sur "les synergies entre les conventions environnementales: biodiversité, changement climatique et désertification"/ Regional Workshop on "Synergies among the environmental conventions: Biodiversity, Climate Change and Desertification"

15 - 16 December 2003, Alger, Algeria

UNEP/CBD/COP/7/INF/23

The programme of work of the convention and the millennium development goals<br> Summary of the analysis of linkages between the programmes of work of the Convention and the Millennium Development Goals

UNEP/CBD/COP/7/INF/26

The international coral reef initiative (ICRI) resolutions on small island developing states and coral reefs and on cold-water coral reefs, and their relevance to the Convention on biological diversity

UNEP/CBD/COP/7/INF/27

Cooperation with other conventions and international organizations and initiatives Progress report on the implementation of the third joint work plan (2002-2006) of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat ( ...

Pan European Regional Preparatory Meeting for the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD organized by the Joint Secretariat of the Pan European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy (PEBLDS): Third "Biodiversity in Europe" Conference

18 - 22 January 2004, Madrid, Spain

Launch of the COP-7 Electronic Press Room

MONTREAL— From February 9 to 20, 2004, some 2,000 world experts on biodiversity and sustainable development will converge on Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity.<p> To help journalists and the public s ...

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/DA/40756 (2004-008)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Members of Group of Experts on Education and Public Awareness, CHM National Focal Points and CHM Informal Advisory Committee

The Secretariat of the CBD established an electronic portal on its website to contribute to the development of the Global Initiative on Communication, Education and Public Awareness

12th Oceans Sciences Meeting

26 - 30 January 2004, Portland, United States of America

Reference: SCBD/DC/MV/va/42189 (2004-017)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points, Interested International Organizations

CBD Technical Series Number 12 - "Solutions for Sustainable Mariculture - Avoiding Adverse Effects of Mariculture on Biological Diversity"; and Number 13- "Technical Advice on the Establishment and Management of a National System of Marine and Coastal Protected Areas" are now available on line. ...

Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary, to the 19th Session of the Global Biodiversity Forum (GBF)

This address to the 19th session of the GBF, focuses on the theme of the forum: "Biodiversity and Prosperity" and identifies their fundamental and inseparable relationship.

19th Session of the Global Biodiversity Forum in conjunction with the 7th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

6 - 8 February 2004, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Statement by Dr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary, to the Opening Session

In his Opening Statement to the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity referred to the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention, noting that " One of the striking aspects of the last ten y ...

Protected Areas Program of Work

<br>In anticipation of the adoption of a strong Programme of Work on Protected Areas, seven governments are stepping forward to take a leadership role, and have entered into formal agreements with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to start implementing key actions that are likely to be inclu ...

Markets and Biodiversity: Working Toward Sustainability

This side-event will be held jointly between the OECD and the World Bank Institute

The Global Crop Diversity Trust

<br>The Global Crop Diversity Trust aims to match the long term nature of conservation needs with long term secure and sustainable funding by creating an endowment that will provide a permanent source of funding for crop diversity collections around the world. The endowment will ensure the perpe ...

Assessing Progress Toward 2010: Targets + Indicators

<br>At its sixth meeting, the Conference of the Parties adopted a Strategic Plan, including the target to achieve, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional, and national level, as a contribution to poverty alleviation and to the benefit of all lif ...

Protected areas, Ecological Networks and the Wider Landscape: Lessons Learned

<br><b>LOCALE:</b><br>THE LEGEND HOTEL<br>Helang Room, level 9<br>Putra Place, 100 Jalan Putra <br> Opposite of Putra WTC<br><br><b>PROGRAMME</b><br><br><b>Introduction</b><br>Chair Nik Lopoukhine, vice-chair, IUCN, Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)<br><br><b>Words of Welcome</b><br>Hamda ...

Signing of MoC between SCBD, UNDP & World Heritage Centre

<br>The CBD Secretariat, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and UNDP will announce a joint Memorandum of Cooperation for activities to meet the 2010 targets of the CBD Strategic Plan. The signing ceremony will be attended by Executive Secretary of the CBD, the Global Manager of the UNDP/GEF Small ...

Catalyzing The Sustainability of Protected Area Systems

<br><b>Locale</b><br>Pan-Pacific Hotel<br>Bunga Melor/Tanjung Room<br><br>Lunch will be provided

Learning from Local Success: Equator Prize 2004

<br>The Equator Initiative is a partnership of BrasilConnects, the Government of Canada, the German Federal Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), IUCN - The World Conservation Union, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the Televis ...

Biodiversity in the Deep Sea: the Biodiversity of Seamounts and Cold Water Coral Communities

<br>The high seas and deep oceans comprise the largest habitat for life of Earth. The “high seas” cover an estimated 50% of the Earth’s surface, 64% of the oceans’ surface, and include the deep seabed “Area” (as defined by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) and the water column ...

Great Barrier Reef Representative Areas Program - Australia

<br>The side event will outline a major initiative in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Australia, called the Representative Areas Program (RAP). The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem and largest marine protected area. This initiative has produced a new network ...

Management of Agricultural Biodiversity for Sustainable Development: Towards a Research Agenda

<br>- Agricultural biodiversity can contribute crucial elements that people want from their farming systems and can do so sustainably. Indeed, it will play an essential role in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. As COP V noted (Decision V/5) our understanding of agricultural biodiversit ...

Conservation of Biodiversity in Central Zagros Mountain Ecosystems

<br>The Iranian Department of Environment in collaboration with UNDP-GEF is formulating an integrated mechanism to effectively conserve biodiversity resources in Central Zagros Mountain Ecosystems in Western Iran. The project as a demonstration experience will bring together sustainable use of b ...

Round Table on Sustainable Financing for Marine Protected Area Networks

<br><b>BY INVITATION ONLY</b> <br><br> <b>LOCALE:<br> <br>THE LEGEND HOTEL <br>Putra Place, 100 Jalan Putra <br>Opposite of Putra WTC <br><br></b> This evening will explore options for meeting the marine conservation finance requirements for creating and sustaining MPA networks worldwide with ...

Follow the latest COP-7 developments on the Internet

Over 2 000 world experts on biodiversity and sustainable development are gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity. <p>Journalists and members of the public can stay abreast of all the development ...

Protection of New Plant Varieties under the UPOV Convention

<br>The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) is an intergovernmental organization, based on the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants of December 2, 1961, revised in 1972, 1978 and 1991 (“the UPOV Convention”). The Mission of ...

THE GEF'S MOUNTAINS PROJECT

CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY IN MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS

<br><b>Locale</b><br>Pan-Pacific Hotel<br>Ballroom C<br><br>Lunch will be provided

Workshop on Management Tools for Genetic Resources Access and Benefit-sharing Activities

Marine Biodiversity and Coastal Fishing Communities: Recognizing Rights and Defining Obligations

<br><b>Tentative Programme</b> <br><br> 18.30 to 18.45 hrs: Presentation by Anna Rosa Martinez I Prat, member of ICSF, on<i> Impact of TRIPS and CBD on Coastal Fishing Communities</i> <br><br> 18.45 to 19.00 hrs: Presentations on <i>Community-based Management Initiatives: Achievements and Chall ...

Climate Change and Biodiversity: Report of the Ad-Hoc Technical Expert Group

<p>The key results of the Report of the Ad-Hoc Group on Biological Diversity and Climate Change will be presented by several of the authors (Bob Watson, Habiba Gitay, Braulio Dias, and Horst Korn and Kanta Kumari) on the following topics:</p> <li>Biodiversity and Linkages to Biodiversity <li>Cl ...

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Land and Water Degradation and Persistent Organic Pollutants

<p>Reliable scientific knowledge is a necessary condition for informed policy formulation. Habiba Gitay, Ivar Baste, Walt Reid and Bob Watson will discuss four assessment processes that will provide critical information for all stakeholders involved in the conservation, sustainable use and equi ...

Sustainably Financing Protected Areas

<br>Financing protected areas remains a significant challenge to effective biodiversity conservation. There are, however, a number of tools and approaches now used to diversify and stabilize financial flows to protected areas. Based on the themes and outcomes of the Vth World Parks Congress Sust ...

Poverty Reduction and Ecosystem Services: the Role of Biodiversity

<br><b>Main Presenters:</b><br><br>Dr. Anantha Kumar Duraiappah, Mr. Thierry de Oliveira and Dr. Walt Reid <br><br> The session will be in two main sections. The first session will present the work done to date by UNEP on addressing Poverty-ecosystem links. UNEP has been over the last two yea ...

Critical Issues in Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use

GTI: International Response to Research, Capacity-Building and Networking

<br>Decision II/8 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity identified the lack of taxonomists as a significant impediment to the implementation of the Convention at the national level. The Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI) was established by the Conference of th ...

Global Drylands Imperative: Challenging Concepts of Drylands Biodiversity

IMCAM and Marine Biodiversity

<br>In 2001 The Netherlands government initiated a consultative and participatory process aimed at providing practical guidance on better incorporation of CBD elements in both the design and implementation phases of IMCAM projects aimed at IMCAM practitioners. IMCAM approaches are recognised as ...

Conservation Finance

Reflections on Biodiversity: A tri-national conservation effort in the Sulu-Sulawesi Seas

<br><b>BY INVITATION ONLY</b><br><br><b>Locale:</b> Pan Pacific Hotel, Ground Floor<br><br>This SSME side event will highlight cooperation towards biodiversity conservation between Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines in the Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion through the signing of a Memorandum o ...

Workshop on the Implementation of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation

<br>The Purpose of the workshop is two fold:<br> - To provide an interactive forum for parties and regional initiatives to deliberate on the ways and means for supporting national parties in the implementation of the strategy. <br> - To provide a platform for the relevant regional and internatio ...

The Science and Development Network (SciDev.net) releases a new online guide to the science and politics of biodiversity

A new dossier on the SciDev.Net website <a href=http://www.scidev.net/biodiversity>(www.scidev.net/biodiversity)</a> explores how concerns over biodiversity can be reconciled with the needs of the developing world and provides an authoritative guide to this debate, packed with news, features, li ...

Blueprint for Saving Pacific Sea Turtles

<p><b>By Invitation Only</b></p><p>WorldFish and WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) are hosting an event titled "Building integrated solutions for marine turtle conservation: A Blueprint for Saving Pacific Turtles" at lunchtime on Monday February 16th. The event will focus on integrated approaches ...

Biodiversity Nature Detectives - Launch of Pilot Platform

<br><b>BioDets: a pilot-website on nature observation</b> <br><b>BioDets:</b>Biodiversity Detectives <a href=http://www.BioDets.net>www.BioDets.net</a> is an Internet-based pilot-platform on nature observation, which is being officially launched at this COP-7 side event. <br> <br>The BioDets ...

National Biodiversity Communication & Education programmes

<br>How are governments working to meet the communication/education obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity in the context of the forthcoming Decade on Education for Sustainable Development?

Lunch for Life on Earth: What is Necessary to Stop Biodiversity Destruction?

<br>It is widely agreed that, if we are to halt and reverse the escalating trend in the destruction of biodiversity, an effective system of protected areas must be in place in every country and throughout the world. However, the existing system of protected areas is not comprehensive, adequatel ...

Sustainable Tourism and Biodiversity

Great Apes Survival Project (GRASP)

<br>UNESCO and UNEP will be presenting the Great Apes Survival Project (GRASP) GRASP is an innovative Partnership with the mission of lifting the threat of imminent extinction from the great apes and ensuring positive interactions between these species and people in shared habitats. Presentatio ...