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Experience in the construction of the Raizeiras Community Protocol on the traditional use of the biodiversity in Brazilian and the right to free, prior and informed consultation

From the collective construction of tools for valuation, validation and protection of traditional knowledge on sustainable use and free access to local biodiversity to safeguard and secure the practice of traditional medicine in the local communities of the Brazilian Cerrado, the Articulação Pac ...

Bold and innovative action is urgently required if governments are to meet the globally-agreed Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and its Aichi Targets by 2020, says a United Nations progress report on the state of global biodiversity.

Global Biodiversity Outlook 4 calls for bold and accelerated action to meet biodiversity targets by 2020

Bold and innovative action is urgently required if governments are to meet the globally-agreed Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and its Aichi Targets by 2020, says a United Nations progress report on the state of global biodiversity

Towards Effective Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in Southern Africa

RAEIN-Africa seeks to share observations and experiences on challenges and prospects with implementation of the CPB in southern Africa and further seek wide inputs into a capacity building project proposal on capacity building for LMO detection in support of biosafety decision-making.

Agricultural Biotechnology Trends - What Opportunities for post-patent data access and stewardship?

The event will discuss the possibilities of accessing post-patents' data for genetically modified traits in crop biotechnology and the approaches that interested parties could use to ensure proper stewardship. This is particularly important for developing countries and public sector researchers ...

Key Issues for Implementing Biosafety: What COP-MOP7 can do.

A panel of government, NGO and scientific experts will discuss the key issues that COPMOP7 can decide on to effectively implement the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The focus will include risk assessment, socio-economic considerations, Article 18 and unintentional transboundary movements.

South African side event: "promoting an effective South African regulatory system"

The event will share South African experience in bio-safety and why South Africa should be a reference point and knowledge sharing in the regulation of GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms)

GMOs in the pipeline

Current and planned public research in modern biotechnology. Objectives - progress – challenges.

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/9

A Toolkit for Parties to Facilitate Aichi Biodiversity Target 9 on Invasive Alien Species

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/21

Submission on the Contribution of Indigenous Peoples and Local Community Conserved Territories and Areas to the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/18

Review of Global Assessments of Land and Ecosystem Degradation and Their Relevance in Achieving the Land-Based Aichi Biodiversity Targets

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/20

Resource Mobilization: Modalities for the Full Operationalization of Aichi Biodiversity Target 3

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/INF/4

High Level Panel on Global Assessment of Resources for Implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

Contributions of biological and cultural diversity, community conservation, customary sustainable use and the power of local action to the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11-12 October 2014- Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/JS/dm/83926 (2014-119)
To: CBD and PoWPA Focal Points, international organizations, Non Governmental Organizations, and Indigenous and Local Communities

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Inter-Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on REDD+ and Aichi Biodiversity Targets, San Jose, Costa Rica, 29 August 2014

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/13

Review of Implementation of the Strategy for Resource Mobilization, Including the Adoption of Targets

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/26

Multi-Year Programme of Work of the Conference of the Parties Up to 2020

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/13/ADD2

High Level Panel on Global Assessment of Resources for Implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Inter-Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on REDD+ and Aichi Biodiversity Targets, San Jose, Costa Rica, 29 August 2014

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Inter-Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on REDD+ and Aichi Biodiversity Targets, San Jose, Costa Rica, 29 August 2014

Inter-regional capacity-building workshop on REDD+ and Aichi Biodiversity Targets

29 - 31 August 2014, San Jose, Costa Rica

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/9/ADD2

Indicators for Assessing Progress in the Implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and Draft Terms of Reference for a Meeting the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/9/ADD1

Key Actions to Enhance Implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the Occasion of Capacity-Building Workshop for Mesoamerica on Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration to Support Achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, San Jose, Costa Rica.

Capacity-building workshop for Mesoamerica on ecosystem conservation and restoration to support achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

25 - 28 August 2014, San Jose, Costa Rica

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DAY 1-Exercice introduction objectifs Aichi

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Presentation: Target Setting for Aichi Targets 5 and 15

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Presentation: Enhancing synergies with the UNCCD to achieve Aichi Targets 5, 11 and 15

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Presentation: Aichi Biodiversity Target 11

Capacity-building workshop for Central, South and East Asia on ecosystem conservation and restoration to support achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

14 - 18 July 2014, Jeju, Republic of Korea

Capacity-building workshop for Mesoamerica on ecosystem conservation and restoration to support achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, 25-28 August 2014, and Inter-regional capacity-building workshop on REDD+ and Aichi Biodiversity Targets, 29-31 August 2014, San José, Costa Rica

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/CS/LM/83689 (2014-091)
To: CBD National Focal Points: Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama

Inter-regional capacity-building workshop on REDD+ and Aichi Biodiversity Targets, San José, Costa Rica – 29 to 31 August 2014

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/CS/LM/83690 (2014-092)
To: CBD and UNFCCC National Focal Points: Bhutan, Cameroon, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Ghana, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Uganda, Viet Nam

Governments finished a week of deliberations on scientific issues that will inform future national efforts under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to achieve the goals of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its Aichi Biodiversity Targets.

Governments review science base for achievement of global biodiversity targets

Governments finished a week of deliberations on scientific issues that will inform future national efforts under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to achieve the goals of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its Aichi Biodiversity Targets.

Management, control and eradication of IAS in Europe: the contribution of the Bern Convention to Aichi Target 9

Since the early 1980s the Bern Convention – Europe’s treaty on nature conservation - has been encouraging its Contracting Parties (51 nowadays) to prohibit the introduction of non-native species into the natural environment, to take preventive measures against accidental introductions, and to ta ...

Geoengineering - meeting extreme climate fixes with extreme precaution.

As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change nears the end of its mammoth fifth assesment cycle, the London Convention grounds its ocean fertilization moratorium on a legal basis, and a spate of new modelling studies point up serious problems, especially with ocean fertilization and Solar Ra ...

ICCAs and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

This side event will explore the ways in which Indigenous Peoples’ and Community Conserved Territories and Areas (ICCAs) can help in the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets.

AN ECOSYSTEM SERVICES APPROACH TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND AICHI TARGETS

The CBD Strategic Plan and Aichi targets (2012) introduced new language and concepts on ecosystem services which offer both challenges and opportunities to expend traditional interpretation of conservation and better integration of biodiversity and development outcomes, the theme for COP12. Of p ...

Roadmap to achieve an effectively and equitably managed, ecologically representative and well-connected system of marine protected areas in the Mediterranean by 2020

In cooperation with the CBD Secretariat, MedPAN will share the situation of marine and coastal biodiversity, MPAs and EBSAs in the Mediterranean. The roadmap elaborated in 2012 to achieve the Aichi targets in the Mediterranean will be presented. Although it represents less than 1% of the globa ...

Worldwide Integrated Assessment of the Impact of Systemic Pesticides on Biodiversity and Ecosystems (W.I.A.)

An international scientific Task Force on Systemic Pesticides of independent scientists was created in 2009 to examine the relationship between the persistent, systemic and neurotoxic neonicotinoids and fipronil, introduced in the early 1990’s, and the catastrophic decline of insects and arth ...

ACHIEVING THE AICHI BIODIVERSITY TARGETS: LEGAL ASPECTS, BEST PRACTICES AND LESSONS LEARNED TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION

While law plays an important role in implementing the Convention, the Strategic Plan on Biodiversity 2011-2020, and meeting the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, best practices drive effective implementation. This side-event showcases the multi-year program of work conducted by the Centre for Internat ...

Sustainable Ocean Initiative: Global platform for partnerships and capacity development toward achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets in marine and coastal areas.

This event will update on the results of SOI implementation since COP 11, in particular its regional implementation in West Africa and Asian regions. It will also brief on future activities.

Fostering Synergies between Biodiversity and Human Health: Towards the Post 2015 Development Agenda

Biodiversity, ecosystems and the life-supporting services that they provide are essential to human health, livelihoods and overall well-being. Drawing on the critical connections at the biodiversity-health nexus, the CBD and World Health Organization are working with several partners to develop ...

Synthetic biology, new breeding technologies and LMOs – the need to map gaps in regulation and risk assessment and how to address them.

This side event gives an overview of the various DNA based technologies currently in use or development, asking the question: "What is covered by risk assessments, and where are the gaps?" We will present the different technologies, including the new breeding and genome editing technologies, and ...

Capacity building for Parties on conservation and restoration (Aichi Biodiversity Targets 5, 11 and 15)

This event will provide an update on the activities and the results of capacity building workshops to support Parties in achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 5, 11 and 15 convened by CBD Secretariat together with multiple global and regional partners. It will also provide an opportunity to disc ...

Mid-term review of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation

This side event will bring together key stakeholders in the GSPC to present information on progress being made towards the targets of the GSPC. The event will also provide an opportunity to discuss gaps in implementation and opportunities to address these.

Synthetic Biology and the CBD: Risks and Benefits - a panel discussion

Synthetic biology aims to take genetic engineering to a new level, re-characterizing engineered organisms as programmable ‘machines’. It, as a field, is characterized by rapid rates of change and by the novelty and breadth of applications. Market research indicates that the global market for sy ...

Global Invasive Alien Species Information Partnership

Information on invasive alien species and their pathways is a key requirement to enable progress toward Aichi Target 9. The Global Invasive Alien Species Information Partnership has been formed to enable information Parties and other partners to share information for understanding the spread an ...

Updated scientific synthesis on the impacts of ocean acidification on marine and coastal biodiversity

This event will provide the details of the updated scientific synthesis on the impacts of ocean acidification on marine and coastal biodiversity, as requested by COP 11 (decision XI/18)

Dialogue on the CBD Secretariat’s Approach to Capacity-Building for the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Protocols