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#807COP 8
2006-03-23
Capacity Development for ABS
This side event will discuss the present UNU-IAS, UNEP and UNDP ABS capacity building proposals across 41 countries and a possible global strategy for ABS capacity building.
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#874COP 8
2006-03-27
Caucasus Regional Protected Area Network
Presentation of progress made at a recent ministerial conference focused on implementing the Programme of Work on Protected Areas in the Caucasus Ecoregion Conservation.
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#936COP 8
2006-03-24
Celebrating ordinary people protecting biodiversity
films from around the world 'suits and savages' 'development at gunpoint' plus 3 shorts from italy, uk and nigeria
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#835COP 8
2006-03-23
Challenges and Strategies for the Construction and Implementation of Marine Protected Areas National Systems
According to decisions from the Seventh Ordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 7) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Brazil and all other parties had assumed the Commitment to develop and implement a National Plan for Coastal and Marine Protected Areas, as part of the Wor ...
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#895COP 8
2006-03-22
Climate Change, Biodiversity and Desertification Synergies
Biodiversity, land use and climate are inextricably linked. Because of these linkages, there are many examples at regional, national and international scales where integrated joint work on the synergies between the issues and their Conventions will be more effective than dealing with each separa ...
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#878COP 8
2006-03-28
Cocktail and Announcement of the Advisory Board Members of the Regional BioTrade Programme
The objective is to offer a cocktail to the high level representatives of the eight Amazon countries, the Andean Community, CBD, donors and the programme's partners to discuss further about how regional BioTrade programmes can contribute to development in the Amazon and announce the advisory boa ...
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#648COP 8
2006-03-28
Community Action for achieving CBD and MDG Agendas: challenges, gaps and opportunities.
Presentation of 24 h bio-observation marathons and biodiversity lobbying in Germany, Colombia, China, Brazil, USA and Mali. Discussion of outreach approaches, awareness creation and impacts.
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#720COP 8
2006-03-22
Community Conserved Areas: Prospects and Progress
Areas of biodiversity significance being conserved by communities are spread across the world. Though the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas requires Parties to recognise and support these, there is much that needs to be done in policy and practice to take this forward. The event will high ...
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#865COP 8
2006-03-27
Comunidades Locales de la Region Norte-Amazonica y la Convencion de Diversidad Biologica
Presentacion de experiencias de trabajo de las comunidades locales (riberenos y riberenas, extrativistas,pescadores y pescadoras, afrodescendientes , campesinos y campesinas , comunidades con estilos de vida tradicional )de la parte norte de la cuenca amazonica de los paises : Brasil,Colombia,Gu ...
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#729COP 8
2006-03-23
Connecting agriculture and biodiversity: integrating action of GEF projects in the Southern Cone of South America
GEF finances or is on the verge of financing 09 full-scale projects in the Southern Cone of South America. All of them share some objectives and targets, but are developed with different strategies as the environmental situation and socioeconomic background of regions are different. The COP-08 ...
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#799COP 8
2006-03-24
Conservation and livelihoods - experiences and perspectives from FFI
FFI has, in recent years, been addressing the question of how to link its conservation work more closely with the poverty reduction agenda. This meeting will report on the opportunities and challenges of this work, at both project and policy level. The topics include: the imperative for conserva ...
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#828COP 8
2006-03-24
Conservation and sustainable use strategy in indigenous peoples lands
Brazil has nearly 12% of its territory protected as Indigenous Peoples lands. It has been framed as protected thanks to its high potential for the promotion of conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Notwithstanding this high profile of environmental concern, the management of Indigen ...
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#804COP 8
2006-03-29
Conservation of Ecological, Cultural and Economic Dimensions of Traditional Rural Landscape (Satoyama)Area: the case of Ishikawa Prefecture of Japan
This Roundtable seminar attempts to discuss the importance of the satoyama area (traditional rural landscape), its problems and ways in which the satoyama area can be restored and conserved. The satoyama area can encompass at least 3 or 4 major ecosystems, including agro-ecosystems, forestry eco ...
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#678COP 8
2006-03-22
Conservation of below-ground biodiversity through agro-ecosystem management
Short introduction of the GEF funded and UNEP co- implemented project on Below-Ground Biodiversity; Launch of the book entitled "Soil Biodiversity in Amazonian and other Brazilian Ecosystems; Presentation of some results from the inventory on below-ground biodiversity across seven tropical count ...
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#730COP 8
2006-03-28
Conservation of psittacine bird species as contribution to reduction of biodiversity loss
In this event will be shown works for psittacine birds conservation, which are carried out in national parks and surrounding areas in Brazil. The initiatives showed will present the results and the potential of these works to play a significant role in management of official conservation units, ...
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#866COP 8
2006-03-27
Conserving Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes: Challenges and Priorities for the CBD
The event will convene a panel of leaders representing international conservation NGOs, agricultural agencies and community-based organizations to present a range of innovative strategies focused on ecosystem-scale approaches that are jointly addressing the challenges of sustaining agricultural ...
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#1003COP 8
2006-03-22
Conserving Europe's Forest biodiversity
Presentation on the implementation of activities under the Framework for Cooperation between the Ministerial Conference on Protection of Forests in Europe and the Pan European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy in the pan European region as a contribution to the Expanded Programme of Wo ...
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#773COP 8
2006-03-24
Constructing a Global Environmental Citizenship in South and Central America, and in the Caribean Region
The Commission of Education and Environmental Communication of the World Conservation Union (IUCN/CEC) comprises of the Project of Global Environmental Citizenship, supported by the Global Environmental Facilities, and the PNUMA/ORPALC, executed by six international networks of civil society and ...
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#635COP 8
2006-03-22
Coral Reef Management Past, Present and the Future; case studies and lessons learnt
ICRI hosted side event disseminating goals and objectives of ICRI and the importance of coral reef conservation and management
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#782COP 8
2006-03-29
Customary Law, Traditional Knowledge and the International Regime on ABS
During the event, participants will participate on a discussion regarding national /regional processes on “customary law” and “traditional knowledge” and how these issues can contribute to the negotiation process of the International Regime on ABS. Questions for the discussion: Is it possible t ...
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#803COP 8
2006-03-20
DESD and its potential role in CBD process
The event will introduce the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) as a means to advance Communication, Education and Public Awareness for CBD process. The goals of DESD and its strategies will be presented and followed by the relevance of DESD process for CBD.
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#1006COP 8
2006-03-30
DISSEMINATION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND GRASSROOTS INNOVATIONS/TECHNOLOGIES
The event will show the experience of Honey Bee Network in India in documenting, dissemination and value addition of traditional knowledge and grassroots technologies in different language regions across the country over the last 15 years.
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#679COP 8
2006-03-29
Darwin Initiative Participatory Conservation in South America
Presentations on Darwin projects in South America focused on community participation and indigenous knowledge
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#724COP 8
2006-03-20
Demonstrating progress in implementing the Programme of Work on Protected Areas and management effectiveness through NISP agreements.
This side event will showcase how three countries have made significant progress in advancing the Programme of Work on Protected Areas and, particularly, management effectiveness, through collaboration with NGOs, including the World Wide Fund for Nature and The Nature Conservancy.
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#732COP 8
2006-03-27
Dialogue for the forest biodiversity in Brazil and Portugal
The event has as objective to present an applied strategy for the conservation in Brazil and Portugal, after the partnership between private companies and NGOs. In these countries similar works have been done by the local conservationists NGOs SPVS (Brazil) and Quercus (Portugal) to protect last ...
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#872COP 8
2006-03-28
Dinaric Arc Initiative
Demonstration of Ecoregion Conservation as a means of transboundary implementation of the PoW PA. Presentation of experience from the Dinaric Arc Initiative in the Balkans.
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#999COP 8
2006-03-28
Disclosure requirements in patent applications: A tool to prevent misappropriation or an obstacle to innovation?
The side-event will assess the different arguments that have been made in favour and against requiring patent applicants to disclose the origin of genetic resources and traditional knowledge along with evidence of prior informed consent and benefit-sharing. As a contribution to the ABS negotiati ...
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#996COP 8
2006-03-29
EXPERIENCES OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PROTECTED AREAS AND INDIGENOUS LANDS IN PAN AMAZONIAN
Meeting of the cases and experiences of relationships between protected areas and indigenous lands in Pan Amazonian. Cases of Brazil, French Guiana and Bolivia.
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#944COP 8
2006-03-20
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#898COP 8
2006-03-29
Earth Charter and the Convention on Biological Diversity
Seminar. Participation of panelist from Canada, France and Brazil, from government and civil society sectors.
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#868COP 8
2006-03-28
Ecological network of Central Asia – integrated method, regional GAP analysis and commitments of the countries
Presentation of the results of GEF-UNEP-WWF project: GAP analysis and regional Ecological network design, adopted by the countries of the region as the main base for protected areas system development and sustainable land-use development. Integration of biodiversity conservation into the Regio ...
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#831COP 8
2006-03-29
Economic sustainability for implementation of protected areas national systems
At its first meeting, in Montecatini, Italy, June 2005, the ad hoc open-ended working group on protected areas adopted through its subgroup on “Options for mobilizing financial resources for the implementation of the programme of work by developing countries, in particular the least developed an ...
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#651COP 8
2006-03-29
Enabling functional landscapes through public-private partnership: biodiversity offsets in the agricultural sector.
Corporations, governments and NGOs will discuss on the ground experiences that reconcile biological conservation with agricultural production. The group will demonstrate that the innovative use of information technology, legislation and market-based instruments can significantly reduce the costs ...
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#876COP 8
2006-03-28
Encontro de Articulação do Fórum Brasileiro com os Fóruns Estaduais
Meeting of the states Foruns in Brazil to discuss wich mesures are being taken and to articulate an unite action to solve the issues that concern Climate Changes and the loss of Biodiversity
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#836COP 8
2006-03-21
Enhancing Indigenous Peoples' Participation in and Contribution to the CBD and Related Processes Through the Indigenous Peoples' Network for Change Project
The event will raise the profile of the Indigenous Peoples' Network for Change Project, its objectives, activities, and intended outcomes. It will also increase awareness of the value of Indigenous Peoples' contributions to, and participation in the CBD and related processes. Lastly, it will e ...
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#696COP 8
2006-03-21
Entrepreneurship on managing the biodiversity
Success cases of how companies are taking care of the biodiversity, and creating mechanisms to measure the return on investments (ROI)
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#877COP 8
2006-03-28
Environmental Management - the Itaipu Binacional case
Presentation of Itaipu's environmental program - with emphasis on biodiversity projects/actions - followed by a panel aimed at discussing Biodiversity Corridors.
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#744COP 8
2006-03-24
Environmental Sustainability in Klabin
A presentation of Klabin's director about a macro approach of sustainability in pulp and paper business with a focus on environment, industrial systems and forest
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#948COP 8
2006-03-22
Exchaging experiences: Implementation of National Laws on Access and Benefit Sharing and Protecting Traditional Knowledge.
The objective of this event is to present, compare and discuss the implementation of national legislations on Access and Benefit Sharing and on protecting traditional knowledge in order to exchange experience among countries of Latin America and Caribe.
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#869COP 8
2006-03-22
Experiences in implementing the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation through botanic gardens in Latin America
A series of speakers will outline experiences from Brazil, Argentina and Mexico in implementing projects through botanic gardens in support of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. Key areas will be community native plant conservation projects, environmental education initiatives, staff t ...
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#1017COP 8
2006-03-30
Experiencias de la Cooperación Española en la Protección de la Biodiversidad: Programa Indígena y Programa Araucaria
Experiencias de la Cooperación Española en la Protección de la Biodiversidad: Programa Indígena y Programa Araucaria
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#626COP 8
2006-03-23
Exploring a Global Island Partnership
A lunch event sponsored by The Nature Conservancy and other NGOs to discuss the importance of islands as it relates to biodiversity and the livelihoods of local communities; and to announce recent government and NGo commitments to work together to get island conservation to scale.
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#883COP 8
2006-03-24
Exploring the environmental and developmental dimensions of geographical indications
The growing interest for traditional ecological knowledge at all levels is generating significant demand for information, case studies and research. In France, approaches based on the concepts of heritage and the terroir have been developed, thus making it possible to better understand, conserv ...
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#711COP 8
2006-03-20
Family farming and biodiversity
Panel with experts bringing a state-of-the-art view of relationship family faming and biodiversity.
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#669COP 8
Field excursion to an area close to Curitiba (Brazilian-German Biodiversity Research Cooperation)
Field excursion into the habitat of the Mata Atlântica region close to Curitiba. Presentation of an Brazilian-German cooperation project which is focussed on biodiversity research.
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#991COP 8
2006-03-29
Finance Mechanisms and Funding for Biodiversity Conservation in Indigenous Lands: the Case of the Amazon Basin.
This side event has the objective of evaluating international funding mechanisms for biodiversity conservation in indigenous lands. As such, it will discuss the current strategies of the GEF (Global Environment Facility) and other multilateral and bilateral institutions for biodiversity conserva ...
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#884COP 8
2006-03-22
Financial Mechanisms for Strict Protected Areas
The event has the objective of discussing the existing mechanisms for finanacial sustainability of protected areas. The roundtable will be composed by people that are developing and implementing these mechanisms. Aditionally, some sucessful national and international cases will be presented. The ...
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#893COP 8
2006-03-21
Fingerponds - Biodiversity support in dense populated flood zones in Africa
There is going to be a film about internation research project called Fingerponds - about the possible way of supporting biodiversity in dense populated flood zones in rural areas of Africa. Fingerponds are small shallow ponds tested in flood zones of Lake Victoria (Uganda, Kenya) and the Rufiji ...
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#812COP 8
2006-03-23
First International Technical Conference Animal Genetic Resources and the first Report on the State of World's Animal Genetic Resources
Update on the progress made in the first Report on the State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources and announcement of the first International Technical Conference Animal Genetic Resources.
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#731COP 8
2006-03-29
Forest Conservation Projects for Biodiversity, Climate and Community benefits.
Rising levels of the “greenhouse gas” carbon dioxide (CO2), due to industrial activity and land-use changes, like deforestation, is considered the primary cause of climate change, which has been one of the main drivers of species extinction in the world, along with habitat loss and invasive alie ...