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<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

<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

<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 ...

<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 ...

<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.

<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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<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 ...

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-13/summary-14-en.pdf'>Regional Forest Cooperation– Reaching the 2010 Biodiversity Target and the UNFF Global Objectives on Forests by 2015</a>

This side event aims to highlight the current state of regional cooperation towards the conservation and sustainable use of forest biodiversity, and to identify challenges and opportunities for improving the linkages between the international environmental policy agenda and relevant regional pro ...

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-13/summary-15-en.pdf''>Follow up of the Consultative Process towards an IMoSEB</a>

Results of the consultation + work in progress

A 1st global network of key sites for seabird conservation: their uses for informing EBSAs and other marine conservation initiatives

Co-conveners: BirdLife International, Wild Bird Society of Japan, Bombay Natural History Society, Nairobi Convention Secretariat, Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat, The Forum for the Conservation of the Patagonian Sea and Areas of Influence Since 2005 BirdLife has been working to c ...

A 360° View of Forests: People, Biodiversity, Carbon, and More

Discussions on REDD and other payments for ecosystem services (PES) are showing the need for a holistic approach to forest management. For example, it is now widely accepted that REDD efforts can only be successful if they are built on a strong foundation of good forest governance in resilient a ...

A Case Study and Industry Guidelines on Access and Benefit Sharing [OFFSITE EVENT - Großer Bankettraum, Parkrestaurant Rheinaue]

Elements of an international regime on Access to genetic resources and Benefit Sharing (ABS) are an important part of the negotiation schedule of COP 9. It is of key importance that this regime will be appropriate to incentivize, and not impede, research and development in natural substances. Th ...

A Conversation on Biodiversity and Health

The conversations on health and biodiversity linkages are expanding and new ideas and conversations are rapidly emerging internationally and regionally. The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011 – 2020 and the 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets is one possible platform for discussing health and biodiv ...

A Corporate Biodiversity Assessment Methodology

Presentation of a biodiversity assessment methodology designed to assess the biodiversity performance of any land-owning entity. The methodology is based on the 'pristineness' of an organisation's land. The methodology can be applied to companies, nations, regions, or any organisation which ow ...

A Global Movement to Champion Aichi Target 1

This side-event will explore the diversity of work being done around the work to connect the public to nature, of innovation and best practice in reaching new audiences, and of the road to the World Parks Congress, where partners will come together to support the growth of a global movement dedi ...

A Joint Programme of Work on biological and Cultural Diversity

The International Conference on Biological and Cultural Diversity – for development, held in Montreal 8-10 June 2010, with over 230 participants from Parties, International organizations, IPOs, NGOs and civil society, has recommended a joint programme of work lead by UNESCO and the SCBD to explo ...

A Joint Strategy to Conserve Dugongs and Seagrass Beds in the Gulf of Mannar

The Mangroves for the Future Small Grants projects in the Gulf of Mannar (India and Sri Lanka) have undertaken a detailed survey of seagrass beds and dugong presence. Results will be shared and a strategy for joint conservation discussed with all stakeholders (fishing communities, state and nati ...

A New Vision for Biodiversity Conservation

IUCN's position on the post-2010 Strategic Plan of the CBD, its Mission, Vision and Targets will be presented at this event. Some targets will be presented in detail to promote further discussion about their rationale and follow up mechanisms.

A New Vision for Biodiversity Conservation - IUCN's position on the post-2010 Strategic Plan of the CBD and its Vision, Mission and Targets.

After having presented IUCN's views on the CBD SP at SBSTTA14/WGRI3, IUCN will further develop its position and present it at COP10 in order to contribute to the discussions on the Strategic Plan, the Vision 2050, Mission 2020, Targets and associated indicators. Specific targets will be presente ...

A Patent Indicator for Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing: The Role of Patent Databases and Web 2.0 ICT Tools in an ABS regime (NOTE EVENT COMBINED WITH TWN IN ROOM IX)

This event provides an overview of recent work with the World Patent Statistical Database to create a European indicator for patent activity for biodiversity and traditional knowledge. The side event considers issues relating to definition, country level trends, sectoral trends, disclosure of o ...

A Policy Brief Launch: Securing the Future of Mangroves

Mangroves are extraordinary ecosystems that offer countless goods and services to the human population. Their importance and value both economically and ecologically are largely known; despite this nearly all mangrove nations have experienced net losses in mangrove cover in recent decades as a r ...

A Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework Aims at Reinforcing Efforts to Save World’s Ecosystem

The UN’s highly-touted socio-economic agenda, which lays out an ambitious global plan for “people, planet and prosperity”, has been dominated by “goals, targets and deadlines.” But regrettably, most developing nations are struggling to reach these goals—due largely to a shortfall in much-needed ...

A REPORT FROM THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT – 1) BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT: AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE, AND; 2) A NEW PARADIGM FOR THE PRESERVATION OF WILDLIFE GENETIC DIVERSITY

Presentations addressing the issue of biodiversity will be given from the macro and micro perspectives. 1. Australia currently conserves more than 13 per cent of the country through the protected area network. Threats to reserves, however, go beyond boundaries and influences are often landscap ...

A Series of Reviews on International Collaboration for the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: A Case of Japan and Partner Nations

This side event will be “the initial review session” in the series of four CBD COP side events up to 2020 when the Aichi Biodiversity Targets will be concluded. Our prime objective of the side events is to discuss effective approaches and strategies to achieve the Targets and make recommendation ...

A global aquarium strategy for conservation and sustainability

Presentation of the world zoo and aquarium conservation strategy for the implementation of the WAZA aquarium community. The strategy is introduced and examples are being presented by WAZA president and representatives of the Japanese zoo and aquarium association (JAZA), followed by the launch of ...

A major series of four regional reports entitled The State of Biodiversity – a mid-term review of progress towards the Strategic Plan, have been launched.

The four reports, one each for Africa, Asia and the Pacific, West Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean offer a regional perspective of the Convention’s 2014 publication Global Biodiversity Outlook-4 (GB0-4). Using a similar approach and method of analysis to that of GBO-4, each of the regi ...

A new era of implementation of the Convention on all life on Earth is born in Curitiba at the largest ever gathering of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Curitiba, 31 March 2006 – 4,000 delegates from around the world have agreed on a road map to significantly reduce the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, in line with the agreement reached by 110 Heads of State and Government at the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg in ...

A regional network of protected areas- benefits for biodiversity and people in the EU: Natura 2000

A two-step contractual approach to making Nagoya functional: scoping contract and actualisation contract - the Bhutanese Policy for Access and Benefit Sharing

This side event is a joint side event between the National Biodiversity Centre in Bhutan, CEBPOL in India, Natural Justice og FNI. The topic is to explore a two step contractual approach for making ABS provide fair benefits from speedy access. The newly developed policy on ABS in Bhutan will be ...

ABS AND THE NEW CBD STRATEGIC PLAN

Access to genetic resources and Benefit Sharing (ABS) is one of the three objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) along with conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. Thus implementation of ABS provisions within the Convention need as much attention as the othe ...

ABS Capacity Development Network

Panel discussion followed by questions and answers

ABS Capacity Development in Africa: experiences and scaling-up

This side event will present results achieved so far under the Dutch-German ABS Capacity-Development Initiative for Africa, and consider how efforts under the Initiative can be scaled up, including in other regions.

ABS Governance : the compliance issues

Present the results of the third ABS Governance roundtable been held in november 2005 in Paris with the aim of identifying existing and potential mechanisms for ensuring compliance with the an international regime on ABS, ABS agreements and protection of sovereign and community rights.

ABS Implementation - and the Communication Challenge

With the adoption of the Nagoya Protocol, the ABS challenge has moved to the national level: all countries are called upon to design and implement measures that make ABS work in practice. This requires effective communication with a broad range of actors. The ABS Capacity Development Iniative is ...

ABS LIKE-MINDED IN SPIRIT GROUP OF WOMEN LUNCH

The Group, which was inaugurated at ABS-8 last November, will hold a luncheon meeting on Friday 26 March. All women participants at ABS-9 are warmly invited to attend including representatives from governments, NGOs, ILCs, civil society and industry. The purpose of the luncheon is to get to kn ...

ABS Protocol: Key tool to implement the CBD

The panel of speakers comprising government and civil society representatives will discuss the significance of adopting an ABS Protocol at COP10. The Protocol would implement not only the third CBD objective of fair and equitable benefit sharing, but also the other two objectives of biodiversity ...

ABS and Indigenous and Local Communities

The event will provide indigenous and local community views on the draft protocol to be adopted at COP 10. The Secretariat will sponsor the event in partnership with the UNPFII and Tebtebba Foundation. The UNPFII and IIFB will present the outcomes of the technical review of the current ABS Neg ...

ABS and Protected Areas: Issues to consider?

The Namibian example of the Dutch-German ABS Capacity Development Initiative for Africa

ABS and biodiversity conservation - a discussion on linking the three objectives of the Convention

Presentation of a draft paper funded by BMZ on why ABS is important for the 'conservation community' and why NGOs focused on conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity should engage more in the CBD process.

ABS and non-commercial research: Benefits and lessons learnt from collaborations

How to account for the multiple benefits derived from projects on basic research, can be challenging, as the benefits do not necessarily fall into the typical idea of monetary benefits. But there are immediate and long-term benefits that contribute both, to conservation and sustainable use of bi ...

ABS development in Southeast Asia: General evaluation

Discussion between SEA countries and stakeholders on the progress of ABS under the UNEP-GEF regional ABS project.