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Plant Conservation and Climate Change: Implications and options for achieving the targets of the GSPC.

Presentations on potential impact of climate change on plant conservation and possible considerations for integrating these findings in the course of the implementation of the Strategy at national, regional and global level

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-14-en.pdf'>Biodiversity - Climate Interactions: Adaptation, Mitigation and Human Livelihoods</a>

A report back and panel discussion based on the 12-13 June Royal Society event held in London. This event brought together international scientists and policy makers to discuss the interactions between biodiversity and the climate and opportunities for adaptation, mitigation and human livelihoods.

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-15-en.pdf'>The SeaLifeBase database and its SeaLife Portal</a>

This event is dedicated to a global database and portal that our project, the SeaLifeBase Project, are presently developing for all marine organisms. This database called SeaLifeBase and the corresponding Internet portal called SeaLife Portal will eventually do what FishBase presently does for f ...

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-16-en.pdf'>Launch of the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership</a>

The 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (2010BIP) brings together organisations developing biodiversity indicators measuring progress towards the CBD's 2010 target. The aim of the 2010BIP is to enable a more comprehensive and consistent monitoring and assessment of global biodiversity, and ...

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-17-en.doc'> Agrofuels: contributing to global warming through massive destruction of ecosystems</a>

The event will include several presentations on the existing and potential impacts of agrofuel production on forests and other ecosystems, and Indigenous Peoples and local communities. The event will also discuss the impacts of this massive ecosystem destruction on global warming. Presentations ...

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-18-en.doc'> The Documented Health Risks of GM Foods</a>

With input from more than 30 scientists over the past two years, we have identified 65 adverse reactions and theoretical health risks of GM foods. Current national safety assessments are unable to identify most of these, and industry-sponsored research is designed to avoid finding them. Taken to ...

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-19-en.pdf'>GTI Global Assessment of Taxonomic Needs and Capacities</a>

EDIT, Species2000, BioNET, CBD Secretariat and others to discuss the implementation of strategies and mechanisms to decrease the taxonomic impediment and discuss the status of the Global Assessment of Taxonomic Needs and Capacities for relevant future conventions and events

Ways and means to enhance the effectiveness of SBSTTA

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<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-21-en.pdf'>Remote Sensing and Biodiversity Indicators</a>

Several members of the international conservation community, SCBD, NASA and UNEP/WCMC have created a technical guide to the use of remote sensing for monitoring indicators relevant to biodiversity. Simplifying the technical language commonly used in the remote-sensing field, the book discusses t ...

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-22-en.doc'> Myths and realities of carbon trade and other environmental services markets </a>

The event will include several presentations on carbon trade, ecotourism, gene trade and other market-based conservation mechanisms and the impacts of these mechanisms on Indigenous Peoples, women and the poor. Presentations will be followed by debate

Reducing emissions from deforestation (RED) - multiple benefits from a biodiversity-friendly regime

This event will build on recent discussions at UNFCCC and CBD and will highlight that the RED mechanism discussed under the UNFCCC has the potential for benefits as well as risks for achieving goals related to biodiversity, livelihoods and others

WETLANDS, BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-24-en.doc'>'Mountains to Sea': implementing the ecosystem approach</a>

Pesentation of the revised version of the 'Mountains to Sea' tool of WWF in a user-firendly format. The latest version includes COP 8 decisions as well as feedback from Parties on using the tool.

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-25-en.pdf'>The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation in Europe: Celebrating the successes and a pathway forward</a>

The governments of Europe have committed to delivering the sixteen targets of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) by 2010. The European Plant Conservation Strategy (EPCS) was developed in 2001 by the Planta Europa network and Council of Europe as a regional response to the GSPC, an ...

SUD EXPERT PLANTES:ENHANCE SCIENTIFIC SKILLS TO BETTER KNOW, PRESERVE AND USE PLANTS BIODIVERSITY IN AFRICA, INDIAN OCEAN AND ASIA

Présentation des objectifs et grands axes de travail de l'initiative Sud Expert Plantes. Réflexion sur les interactions avec l'UNESCO et le GBIF. Réflexion sur les contributions à la Stratégie Mondiale de Conservation des Plantes.

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-27-en.pdf'>Forest Science and Traditional Forest Knowledge - New Global Initiatives to Inform Policy Makers</a>

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-28-en.pdf'>Consultative Process towards an IMoSEB</a>

Presentation of the results of the Regional consultation and Discussion

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-29-en.pdf'>2010 and beyond - targeting taxonomy</a>

BioNET, CBD Secretariat and others to discuss the status of targeted taxonomic responses to the 2010 target and emerging prospects for mobilising taxonomic responses to future priorities of the CBD and other biodiversity-related conventions.

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-30-en.pdf'>SEBI 2010- European biodiversity indicators for 2010</a>

The side event aims to present to - and discuss with - CBD SBSTTA 12 delegates the results of the first phase of the project "Streamlining European 2010 Biodiversity Indicators (SEBI 2010)". Building upon the framework for indicators adopted at at CBD COP7, the SEBI 2010 project was set up in 20 ...

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-31-en.pdf'>OARE: A New Global Public Private Partnership Building the Scientific Capacity of 106 Developing Nations</a>

In an effort to help reduce great disparities in access to scientific knowledge between developed and developing nations, Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE) is leveraging proven information and communication technologies, the recent digitization of vast quantities of proprietary ...

CLIMATE CHANGE AND EMERGING DISEASE: EARLY WARNINGS FROM A VULNERABLE COMPONENT OF BIODIVERSITY

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Good Practice in Mining and Biodiversity: From Practice to Action

ICMM's Good Practice Guidance for Mining and Biodiversity, which was developed in the context of our dialogue with IUCN, the World Conservation Union, will be presented briefly. Case studies will show how it is being applied at sites, followed by discussion on how to use the guidance to improve ...

Terminator 2.0 – A New Generation of GURTs

Despite the fact that Parties re-affirmed and strengthened the CBD’s moratorium on GURTs in 2006, public and private sector researchers are expanding and refining research on a new generation of “suicide seed” technologies. Current research is being undertaken for the purpose of biological conta ...

Seychelles Experience with the UNEP Issue Based Module Project: Coherence between biodiversity and climate change obligations

Single presentation by CBD focal point with UNEP/ IUCN on Seychelles experience, followed by question and answer time

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-36-en.doc'>Islands Biodiversity Programme: New Zealand Case Study</a>

Presentation outlining the global importance of New Zealand islands; management of threats from invasive alien species and uses 4 case studies to explain national strategies for island management, balancing people and nature against CBD focal areas.

BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT THROUGH PDO (PROTECTED DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN) CHEESES : EXAMPLES FROM COMTÉ (JURA) AND BEAUFORT (ALPS): TWO CASE STUDIES IN THE FRENCH ALPS AND JURA

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-37-en.pdf'>BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT THROUGH PDO DAIRY CHEESE: EXAMPLES FROM COMTÉ (JURA) AND BEAUFORT (ALPS)</a>

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The World Heritage Convention and other site-based instruments of UNESCO and their contribution to CBD

The side event will focus on the contribution of the World Heritage Convention to CBD. Topics that will be discussed are World Heritage and Climate Change, the development of a joint programm of works on POW on protected areas and marine biodiversity, the World Heritage forest programme and the ...

Twelfth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 12)

Twelfth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 12)

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-40-en.pdf'>Communicating the outcomes of the in depth review of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation</a>

Presentations on the proposals for the proposed toolkit on the national implementation of the GSPC and a proposal for the Plant Biodivesity Outlook to communicate the findings of the in depth review of the GSPC to the wider public.

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-41-en.pdf'>JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE…ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS TOOLKIT & APPLYING THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH IN ENGLAND</a>

This side event focuses on issues facing the application of the ecosystem approach. It will explore work undertaken in the UK on the practical difficulties associated with the application of the ecosystem approach. It will also cover the development of a environmental economics toolkit specifica ...

BIODIVERSITY AND MDGS HIGH LEVEL PANEL

Dialogue session with Ms. Monique Barbut CEO/ Chairman of GEF

Dialogue session

RECEPTION LAUNCH OF THE POSTER SESSION

Setting National Goals and Targets for 2010 - Brazil's experience

In December 2006 Brazil's multi-stakeholder National Biodiversity Commission adopted a set of National Biodiversity targets for 2010. The side event will explain the backgound to this process, how it was organized and give an overview of the 51 agreed national targets.

Countdown 2010: An alliance for exchange

This side event will provide an opportunity for participants to look at the alternative ways Countdown 2010 addresses the implementation gap. Countdown 2010 has used the 2010 biodiversity target as an opportunity for joint action by providng focus, direction and additional commitments. In jus ...

Aid flows targeting CBD objectives

Donors report to the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) on their aid flows in support of the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The OECD will present the methodology used to collect the data ("Rio marker") and most recent statistics by donor.

LAUNCH OF GLOBAL PROJECT TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF PROTECTED AREAS POW

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Technology Transfer: Benefits from Biotech

This side-event, organized by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) will explore how CBD members can best gain potential benefits from commercialization of biotechnology through technology transfer to provide economic and social benefits like job creation and improved living standards.

ASSESSING PROGRESS TOWARDS 2010 - THE FOURTH NATIONAL REPORTS

Tapping the potential of environmental funds

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Issue-Based Module on Protected Areas

This event will introduce a new Issue-based Module on protected areas and will give an update on the existing Issue-Based Modules, show-casing the value of the modules for making commitments for Parties from biodiversity-related conventions easily accessible.

'Developing International Payments for Ecosystem Services (IPES): Avoided Deforestation

This event will discuss the latest progress on scaling up PES with a focus on payments for avoided deforestation. The progress is based on a joint UNEP-IUCN initiative in close collaboration with the CBD Secretariat. Challenges in moving this agenda forward will also be identified and ways of ad ...

Experiences in sub-national implementation

Some CBD Parties have federal systems of government, in which power is divided between a central government and state, territorial or provincial governments. Sub-national governments carry out various activities relevant to CBD implementation. Some have developed their own sub-national biodive ...

INTEGRATING BIODIVERSITY INTO STRATEGIES FOR POVERTY ERADICATION AND ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MDGS

Progress towards the 2010 Target and other biodiversity objectives clearly depend on incorporating biodiversity considerations into the productive sectors of the economy (e.g. agriculture, forestry, transport, energy, etc.) that present both serious threats to, and opportunities for, the conserv ...

Information of Second Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI 2)

Experience of implementation of the Convention onBiological Diversity.

The 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership

UNEP and GEF will officially launch the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership at this high-level side-event. The GEF-funded 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (2010BIP) brings together organisations developing biodiversity indicators measuring progress towards the CBD's 2010 target. T ...

The Equator Initiative: communities as partners for implementing the Convention

International Regime on Access and benefit-sharing: Briefing by the Co-chairs of the WGABS

Side event cancelled

"Delicate Balance". Raising awareness of Biodiversity and Climate Change in Vietnam on International Biodiversity day. Film screening and discussion

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