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Side Event
#2562
COP 11
2012-10-08

ROLE OF CONSERVATION EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING YOUNG GREEN CRUSADERS IN SOUTH ASIA

The BNHS will conduct the Conservation Education Symposium which will address following themes through three seminars; • Status of Environmental Studies in academic institutions with emphasis on inquiry/project method • Role of Nature Interpretation Centres/Nature Education Centres • Leadersh ...

Side Event
#2587
COP 11
2012-10-08

Implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020: The case of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020

This side event presents different aspects of how the EU is implementing its committment to the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 through the EU's Biodiversity Strategy to 2020. After a general introduction of the strategy itself, the EU will reflect upon its common implementation framew ...

Side Event
#2589
COP 11
2012-10-08

The People’s Convention: A panel discussion on the legal status and implementation of the CBD from 1992-2020

An assessment of the CBD conducted by the CBD Alliance highlights significant gaps in implementation of the Convention itself as well as of the many COP decisions and instruments adopted since 1992. It also raises concerns over the undermining of the legally binding nature of the CBD, which tran ...

Side Event
#2591
COP 11
2012-10-08

The Biodiversity Indicators Partnership and the Aichi Targets – Updates on progress at the global, regional and national level

The Biodiversity Indicators Partnership is actively working to support implementation of the recommendations of SBSTTA 15/1 at global, regional and national scales with respect to indicator development and use. This side event supports Agenda Item 3, ‘Implementation of the Strategic Plan for Bi ...

Side Event
#2602
COP 11
2012-10-08

"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 ...

Side Event
#2663
COP 11
2012-10-08

Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas

Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas

Side Event
#2664
COP 11
2012-10-08

Seminar on Green Living

A Seminar for citizens about the Green Living and the opportunity and advantage of high population countries. Energy conservation, how nature helps students to improve health and studies, use and throw attitude, mobile phone smart ways to avoid raadiation etc would be discussed.

Side Event
#2696
COP 11
2012-10-08

Green Economy, Oceans and SIDS

This event will discuss how the Green Economy approach for sustainable development can address some key biodiversity issues and also work towards biodiversity targets.

Side Event
#2716
COP 11
2012-10-08

RCEs and Biodiversity: Local solutions linking education and implementation

The event will highlight experiences of Regional centers of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development that have been working towards improving biodiversity through various education and development activities.

Side Event
#2728
COP 11
2012-10-08

Conserving Biodiversity through Market Mechanisms: Biodiversity Offsets and their Potential for Company Participation

Markets are increasingly used to generate additional funds for biodiversity protection. This session will generate interest from the private sector by showing the advantages and risks of investing in these markets and the benefits it brings for biodiversity. It will focus on biodiversity offsets ...

Side Event
#2941
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-04

CROATIA: NATIONAL BIOSAFETY PORTAL

As part of its outreach activities under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Republic of Croatia would like to present a new national biosafety portal. The main purpose of this new portal is to increase awareness on the Protocol, biosafety and GMO issues in general. Further this portal will ...

Side Event
#2834
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-03

Socioeconomic considerations and biosafety decision making: Assessments, positions, processes and practical experiences

The International Food Policy Research Institute Program for Biosafety Systems (IFPRI-PBS) proposes the following side event to the Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (MOP 6) as a discussion mechanism that ...

Side Event
#2926
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-03

Biosafety Clearing House Capacity Building Sustainability: the case of the BCH project

The main objective is to conceptualize "BCH2 Project towards Biosafety Capacity Building Sustainability" that is: 1) current BCH2 main pillars to success; 2) Innovative aspects of the project in order to foster biosafety capacity building sustainability e.g. global role of RA e-learning approach.

Side Event
#2932
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-03

Strengthening Risk Assessment - Lessons learnt from Environmental and Health Research

The scientifically meaningful planning and conduct of Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) and Health Risk Assessment (HRA) of genetically engineered organisms has been a matter of dispute since the first deliberate releases and commercialisation of genetically engineered organisms. ERA and HRA h ...

Side Event
#2946
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-03

Promoting the Ratification of the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol: Sharing National Experiences

Themes: • The importance or significance of ratifying or acceding to the Supplementary Protocol • Steps that may facilitate national ratification or accession processes

Side Event
#2538
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-03

Modern Agriculture and Erosion of Biodiversity

The rapid depletion of agrodiversity with Green Revolution has become much more severe after the advent of Genetic Engineering. India which is a home of cotton lost all its desi cotton varieties as they got relaced by inter specific and intra specific hybrids. After the release of Bt cotton, a ...

Side Event
#2544
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-03

Panel Discussion on Socio-Economic Considerations under Biosafety Protocol and Launching of Special Issue of Asian Biotechnology and Development Review(ABDR)

A special issue of ABDR is being launched focusing on socio-economic considerations for GM crops (Article 26) followed by a panel discussion.

Side Event
#2565
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-03

Model Act - Proposed Provisions for a Transparent, Effective and Workable Biosafety Regulatory Framework

The Model Act was originally published in 2002, and updated in 2004 and 2006. This event will describe the key elements of a newly revised version of the Model Act including issues associated with liability and redress. The Model Act is an independent undertaking, unrelated to any other product ...

Side Event
#2829
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-02

The effective regulation of GMOs in a developing country: The South African experience

The lunch-time meeting will focus on the prerequisites for the effective regulation and sustainable utilisation of GMOs in a developing country. It will consist of three short (10min each) presentations covering aspects of a workable regulatory framework, sustainable GMO utilisation and South Af ...

Side Event
#2849
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-02

Article 26 on Socio-economic considerations – conceptual clarity

Operational Objective 1.7. of the Strategic Plan is “To, on the basis of research and information exchange, provide relevant guidance on socio-economic considerations that may be taken into account in reaching decisions on the import of living modified organisms”. A Workshop on capacity-buildin ...

Side Event
#2914
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-02

SUSTAINABLE FARMING, FOOD SECURITY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Background: The world is facing very daunting challenges. Over 1 billion people are malnourished, often resulting in chronic diseases and premature deaths. Agriculture burdens the environment through pesticides, fertilizers, irrigation, ploughing and conversion of natural habitats. This situatio ...

Side Event
#2931
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-02

Transgene outcrossing in native and indigenous crops - Risk assessment and management options

Unexpected and unwanted transgene outcrossing and spreading in native and indigenous crops has been observed in several cases during the last years. Indigenous organisations, conservationists and regulators have been working on options to prevent such transgene spread. One example is the ban of ...

Side Event
#2557
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-02

GM Canola findings are spreading in Japan: Citizen's investigative activities

Wild-growing genetically modified (GM) canola (rapeseed) plants have been found at many locations around Japan on numerous occasions, even though GM crops are not grown on a commercial scale in Japan. It was spilled from trucks near the importing harbors along the coast and GM pollution started ...

Side Event
#2584
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-02

Biosafety and Accountability

This event will focus on the issue of accountability in the context of biosafety. As new technologies are being rapidly deployed in food and farms, the law and policy regimes to regulate them are still not fully in place. Domestic biosafety regimes have to deal with actual and potential threats ...

Side Event
#2637
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-02

GMO Databases - Access, Scopes and Perspectives

GMO databases - access, scopes and perspectives. Several GMO databases are available on the internet, others are in preparation. Although divergent in scope and thus designed for different audiences, they share a common core of information. In this side event, major publically available and an u ...

Side Event
#2769
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-01

Book Launch: Legal Aspects of Implementing the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

This event celebrates the publication of a new book which examines key legal aspects of implementing the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety at national and international levels. The book provides a serious contribution to the current legal and political academic debates on biosafety by discussing k ...

Side Event
#2508
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-01

Global Industry Coalition Implementation Guide to the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress

The Global Industry Coalition (GIC) will share information about the implementation guide to the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol that we developed, and will provide an update on the status of the Compact.

Side Event
#2516
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-01

Harnessing power of modern biotechnology for sustainable agriculture and environmental protection in the developing countries

The growing populations in most developing countries are creating high demands for more nutritious food, and industrial raw materials. In most cases, the additional food needs to come from increasing productivity levels with only moderate external inputs rather than by increasing area under cult ...

Side Event
#2542
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-01

Biosafety Regulations of Asia-Pacific Countries

In 2008, APAARI published a compilation of biosafety regulations of 39 Asia-Pacific countries (available at: www.apcoab.org). This publication is currently being revised and updated. In this event, it is proposed to discuss with BCH Nationa Focal Points of Asian and Pacific countries the organiz ...

Side Event
#2556
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-01

KEY ISSUES FOR ADVANCING BIOSAFETY IN HYDERABAD

A panel of government, NGO and scientific experts will discuss the key issues that COPMOP6 can decide on to effectively implement the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The focus will be on risk assessment and socio-economic considerations.

Side Event
#2590
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-01

Biodiversity Conservation leading to enhanced livelihoods

The side events is proposed to be organised to showcase the Biodiversity conservation which has led to the enhanced livelihoods from the host state of Andhra pradesh.The case studies will be presented by the grass root level workers and thus an oppertunity to interact with the honorary Biodivers ...

Side Event
#2609
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-01

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND ITS WEALTH IN CONSERVATION

DISPLAY OF THE ABUNDANCE OF BIODIVERSITY WITHIN MEME RIVER FOREST RESERVE AND THE WEALTH THAT LIE WITHIN WHILE MANY GO HUNGRY AND POOR DAILY.

Side Event
#2633
BS COP MOP 6
2012-10-01

Implementation of Cartagena Protocol and Food Security in African Countries

Describes the challenges of proper implementation of Cartagena Protocol in African countries, with regards to adequate food supply, and effect on environment.

Side Event
#2499
ICNP 2
2012-07-05

Overview of National and Regional ABS Legislation in Light of the Nagoya Protocol: Challenges and Opportunities

This event will highlight findings of a comprehensive CISDL report on National and Regional ABS Legislation funded by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and provide insights for countries looking to implement the Nagoya Protocol.

Side Event
#2505
ICNP 2
2012-07-05

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION FOR ABS: NEW PRODUCTS AND TOOLS

While international negotiations on certain aspects of the Nagoya Protocol are still going on, part of the focus of the ABS community has moved to national implementation. One of the challenges for those in charge is to communicate effectively and efficiently with a broad variety of stakeholders ...

Side Event
#2593
ICNP 2
2012-07-05

Rooibos Robbery: A Story of Bioprospecting in South Africa

Screening of the movie "Rooibos Robbery: A Story of Bioprospecting in South Africa" (by Laurence Dworkin). The movie shows the case of Nestlés patent applications on the use of Rooibos and Honeybush that - as research done by Natural Justice and Berne Declaration revealed - are in conflict with ...

Side Event
#2618
ICNP 2
2012-07-05

The Access and Benefit Sharing Patent Index (ABSPAT): Mapping Commercial and Non-Commercial Research and Development for Genetic Resources

This side event will present the results of text mining 11 million patent documents for 6 million species name to identify biodiversity in the patent system as a contribution to mapping commercial research and development involving genetic resources. The event will also consider the use of scien ...

Side Event
#2497
ICNP 2
2012-07-04

IUCN Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on ABS

The IUCN Environmental Law Centre and the IUCN Global Policy Unit are currently developing an Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of the Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity. This ...

Side Event
#2568
ICNP 2
2012-07-04

From access to utilization - Paradigm shifts induced by the Nagoya Protocol

The Nagoya Protocol brought several new concepts and approaches into the international ABS debate: the type of intended utilization will decide about the applicability of the Protocol's rules, the idea of strict separation of user and provider countries is abandonded, all Parties to the Protocol ...

Side Event
#2592
ICNP 2
2012-07-04

The outcome of Tokyo Symposium on Domestic Measures and Next Steps

The result of the International Symposium on Domestic Measures to Implement Obligations under the Nagoya Protocol held 8 March in Tokyo will be presented. In addition, some ideas for effective implementation of the Protocol will be presented to seek any other ideas, opinions and inputs. Expect ...

Side Event
#2672
ICNP 2
2012-07-04
Side Event
#2500
ICNP 2
2012-07-03

Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol: Some Early Experiences from the Medicinal Plants sector in India

This side-event aims at presenting early efforts undertaken in India to implement the Nagoya Protocol. GEF-UNDP-Government of India project on mainstreaming conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants diversity in three Indian State will serve as case study to examine innovative acces ...

Side Event
#2504
ICNP 2
2012-07-02

The Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Update on the progress in the implementation of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing and the Benefit-sharing Fund of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Side Event
#2507
ICNP 2
2012-07-02

<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 ...

Side Event
#2550
ICNP 2
2012-07-02

Trade, Biodiversity and ABS : Learning from India

The Biological Diversity Act (2002) and Rules (2004) provide specific provisions for dealing with commodity trade. The provision allows commodity trade through a ''Normally Traded Commodity" (NTC) component. Recent developments within India and across the world on issues related to ABS in the co ...

Side Event
#2492
WGRI 4
2012-05-11

Strategic implementation and the LifeWeb Initiative

Demonstration of effective and strategic funding coordination for implementation of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas.

Side Event
#2483
WGRI 4
2012-05-10

Capacity Building for Implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas - E-learning modules

This event will showcase the series of e-leanring modules for each goal of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas plus climate change and Marine Protected Areas, freely available in languages.

Side Event
#2503
WGRI 4
2012-05-10

Rio Conventions Pavilion at RIO+20

The Rio Conventions Pavilion is a collaborative outreach activity of the Secretariats of the Rio Conventions (UNFCCC, UNCCD and CBD), and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), in addition to over thirty other organizations active in the implementation of the Conventions. The objective of the Pa ...

Side Event
#2467
WGRI 4
2012-05-10

Briefing by the Expert Team on GEF-6 Needs Assessment

Presentation of the GEF-6 Financial Needs Assessment and the methodology used to generate the Target by Target results

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