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#2003SBSTTA 14
2010-05-12
Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas - Has the implementation of PoWPA benefited biodiversity and indigenous peoples?
Indigenous peoples from various countries will present their experience concerning the implementation of the PoWPA, assess effects on biodiversity and indigenous peoples, and provide recommendations for the future.
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#2005SBSTTA 14
2010-05-12
A Global Emergency Strategy for Coral Reef Ecosystems
This side event will focus on coral reefs, the world’s most biodiverse marine ecosystems, and the need for a global emergency strategy to ensure their protection and restoration. The crisis facing coral reefs through the combined effects of climate change and direct anthropogenic impacts was hig ...
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#2025SBSTTA 14
2010-05-12
GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY OUTLOOK-3: BIODIVERSITY FUTURES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
This side event, jointly organised by DIVERSITAS and UNEP-WCMC, will present the main findings of the Global Biodiversity Outlook-3, and the associated study: "Biodiversity Scenarios: projections of 21st century changes in biodiversity and associated ecosystem services". This assessment is based ...
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#2029SBSTTA 14
2010-05-12
GSPC & GTI: COMBINED WORK TOWARDS A GLOBAL TAXONOMIC FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT THE CONVENTION
Work at RBG Kew, Missouri Botanical Garden and collaborators to create a Working List of Plant Species is being combined with the wider work of Catalogue of Life to create a taxonomic framework for all known species of Plants, Animals, Fungi and Micro-organisms.
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#1701SBSTTA 14
2010-05-12
Collaboration between CBD and UNFF
The side event will provide further information on the collaboration between the UNFF and CBD Secretariat, including proposed joint capacity building activities.
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#1714SBSTTA 14
2010-05-12
What is happening to biodiversity in Africa's protected Areas?
The status and trends of biodiversity (with emphasis on bird species) following the 'Pressure- State- Response' monitoring framework was measured within protected areas in 13 African countries. The results of the baseline and monitoring studies will be presented during a workshop and panel discu ...
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#1792SBSTTA 14
2010-05-12
Lessons learned and next steps in delivering on CBD Targets in West Africa
Review of progress and discussion on next steps in implementing the Programme of Work on Protected Areas in the West Africa Marine Ecoregion (Cape Verde, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia). A multi-stakeholder event with governments, development agencies and civil society or ...
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#1842SBSTTA 14
2010-05-12
2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership: Lessons learnt from the current process, and recommendations for post-2010
The 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership draws on the outputs and experiences of over 40 partner organizations, as well as a range of Parties, MEA bodies and the private sector in understanding the challenges faced in monitoring progress towards a global biodiversity target. Highlighting the ...
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#1846SBSTTA 14
2010-05-12
Regional Seas Biodiversity Outlook
Regional Seas Biodiversity Outlook
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#1917SBSTTA 14
2010-05-12
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS): A heritage for the future
Worldwide, specific agricultural systems and landscapes have been created, shaped and maintained by generations of farmers and herders based on diverse natural resources, using locally adapted management practices. These traditional and unique agricultural systems have resulted in well-balanced ...
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#1989SBSTTA 14
2010-05-11
Biodiversity, climate change and agriculture: Enhancing or eroding resilience?
Biodiversity is fundamental to resilient ecosystems, which are themselves key for climate stability. Agricultural biodiversity is crucial for ensuring food supply, especially in times of unstable climate. In contrast, industrial agriculture damages ecosystems and biodiversity, while accelerati ...
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#1700SBSTTA 14
2010-05-11
Addressing the Bushmeat Crisis: Recommendations from the Bushmeat Liaison Group
The National and International Level Recommendations towards a more Sustainable Use of Bushmeat will be addressed by SBSTTA as part of item 3.1.6 of the provisional agenda on the implementation of Article 10 of the Convention (Sustainable Use of Biodiversity). The review of implementation inclu ...
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#1703SBSTTA 14
2010-05-11
GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY OUTLOOK-3: PROGRESS TOWARDS THE 2010 TARGET, FUTURE PROSPECTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE POST-2010 STRATEGIC PLAN
This side event, will present the main findings of the Global Biodiversity Outlook-3, drawing upon the analysis of CBD Indicators by the authours of the paper recently published in Science (Butchart et al, April 29th). The event will also provide an introduction to a study of projections of 21s ...
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#1706SBSTTA 14
2010-05-11
New CBD PoWPA Web Portal and E-Curriculum
The completely revised and updated PoWPA web portal on the CBD website is unveiled with new functionalities including thousands of easily searchable resources and an e-curriculum on the PoWPA.
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#1708SBSTTA 14
2010-05-11
Making African Forests Fit for Climate Change - A view of climate change impacts and options for adaptation
At the side event the policy brief 'Making African Forests Fit for Climate Change' will be launched and the results of the underlying scientific assessment led by IUFRO will be presented. Special emphasis will be placed on forest biodiversity and climate change.
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#1713SBSTTA 14
2010-05-11
The Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI): applying the CBD criteria to identify ecologically significant areas in the high seas
This side event is an introduction to the Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI). Speakers will provide illustrations of how this international partnership is advancing the scientific basis for conserving biological diversity in the deep seas and open oceans. The work under this initiative ...
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#1781SBSTTA 14
2010-05-11
Ocean Fertilization and Geoengineering: Challenges Facing the CBD
This event will feature scientific and legal experts on ocean fertilization and other geoengineering technologies. Following the adoption of the CBD decision in 2008 which constituted a de facto moratorium on ocean fertilization, there have been many developments in the field of geoengineering ...
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#1811SBSTTA 14
2010-05-11
Strengthening what works— recognising and supporting the conservation achievements of indigenous peoples and local communities
Case examples, distilled lessons and tools will be presented and distributed to the side event's participants providing practical support to the implementation of PoWPA and, in particular, its element no.2 on Governance, participation, equity and benefit sharing
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#1828SBSTTA 14
2010-05-11
Tracking progress towards the CBD’s protected area targets
Parties to the CBD set a number of targets for the world’s protected areas to be met in terrestrial habitats by 2010 and in marine habitats by 2012. These targets include 1) protecting at least 10% of each of the world’s ecoregions, 2) protecting areas of particular importance to biodiversity, a ...
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#1843SBSTTA 14
2010-05-11
National Biodiversity Indicators - African experiences and needs
Representatives of several eastern and southern African countries will report on their successes and needs in developing national biodiversity indicators. They will present some indicators developed during 2009 and 2010, their impact so far, and the lessons learnt about the capacity required to ...
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#1890SBSTTA 14
2010-05-11
Forest Biodiversity and REDD+
Sustainable management of forests including conservation is a vital part of the solution to solving two of the most pressing environmental issues: climate change and biodiversity loss. Reducing deforestation and forest degradation is a challenge that requires coordination between experts working ...
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#1999SBSTTA 14
2010-05-10
Implementation of Article 10, with a focus on Article 10(c): Indigenous peoples and local community representatives from Cameroon, Bangladesh, Suriname, Guyana and Thailand discuss their experiences, faced obstacles and present recommendations.
How effectively is Article 10(c) – to protect and encourage customary sustainable use of biodiversity - implemented at the local and national levels? During this side event, Indigenous peoples and support organisations from Bangladesh, Suriname, Guyana, Cameroon and Thailand will present and di ...
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#2063SBSTTA 14
2010-05-10
UNEP BRIEFING TO SBSTTA DELEGATES ON ITS WORK ON BIODIVERSITY
This event is to share and inform delegates attending the SBSTTA on UNEP's past and ongoing work on biodiversity that is intended to support the implementation of some of the work of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
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#1770SBSTTA 14
2010-05-10
The CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas - the new challenges ahead
The side event will present the results from the "Futures Workshop" on key issues and challenges to enhance implementation of CBD/POWPA in a post 2010 context.
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#1833SBSTTA 14
2010-05-10
The Science of Synergies: Biodiversity and Climate Change
Presentation of the draft report of the Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change.
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#1834SBSTTA 14
2010-05-10
Exploring biodiversity co-benefits of climate change mitigation measures: Bringing the CBD and UNFCCC agendas closer together
Through the implementation of climate change mitigation measures it is likely that co-benefits, such as biodiversity conservation and the maintenance of ecosystem services, can be gained in addition to emission reductions. Jointly organised by BfN, the LifeWeb Initiative and UNEP-WCMC, this side ...
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#1837SBSTTA 14
2010-05-10
Water, Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Sustainable Development post 2010
Water is the most important natural resource on the planet. It is central to sustainable development. Achieving water security in the face of global over-use of water, and in the face of climate change, is already one of the highest environment issues on the political, business and public agenda ...
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#1839SBSTTA 14
2010-05-10
The Satoyama Initiative (Part 1)
The Satoyama Initiative is a global effort led by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MoEJ) and the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) which aims to understand, maintain and restore socio-ecological production landscapes or human-influenced natural environmen ...
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#1908SBSTTA 14
2010-05-10
Building a Conservation Vision for the Amazon Biome
To show the progress in the implementation of the program of work of protected area in the Amazon Biome, as a way to build complementarity with national systems, to better achieve fully representative conservation focusing particularly on the maintenance of ecosystem services for adaptation, in ...