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Building on the Lisbon Conference on Business and Biodiversity

Regional Initiative on a business platform for 2010 business action.

Business and ABS: Issues and Opportunities

The event will focus on links between ABS, markets and business with examples, case studies and opportunities for national action

Business and Biodiversity

Presentation of a first draft of the assessment of agricultural indicators for biodiversity. On the basis of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the draft of the EC for EMAS III approaches to indicators will be developed.

CIC Markhor Award Ceremony (OFFSITE LOCATION)

Awards Ceremony

COMPLETING THE CATALOGUE OF LIFE: THE ROLE OF MEGADIVERSE COUNTRIES AND REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS

(Four short presentations and a round-table discussion) 1) One Million Species - the present Catalogue of Life (Michael Ruggiero & Frank Bisby) 2) The Species 2000 China Node (Keping Ma) 3) El Catalogo da Vida Brasil (Vanderlei Canhos) 4) Using the infrastructure to access further biodive ...

Caring for Pollinators – safeguarding agrobiodiversity and wild plant diversity

Following the the “São Paulo Pollinator Declaration” COP 6 the principal role of pollinators has been recognized and considerable work of the Pollinators Initiatives has been done since. Primary focus was on bees (Hymenoptera), while other pollinator groups remain largely ne-glected. In view of ...

Celebration of IDB : A Business Perspective

CP group, Thailand’s largest food product manufacturing multinational company will present the company’s implementation that promote and enhance biodiversity conservation. The company has conducted several projects. All business units of the organization do protect forests and provide reforestat ...

Centralised planning: Localised implementation

Peter Bridgewater, chairman of the UK's Joint Nature Conservation Committee, will provide a narrative considering several of the obstacles to implementing planning; to highlight these obstacles, and suggest possible solutions, the narrative will be interspersed with case studies detailing UK exp ...

Certificates of Origin, Source, Legal Provenance and Compliance

Proposals have been made for a variety of certification systems to act as the basis for an international system of documentation to provide evidence of PIC and MAT relating to access and use of genetic resources and traditional knowledge. This side-event will present a comparative anlaysis of a ...

Close to nature silviculture in Germany: A Chance for Biodiversity in Times of Climate Change?

Community Conserved Areas: from "oldest secret" to crucial avenue for the conservation of biodiversity…

This side event, organized by IUCN’s TILCEPA (a joint Theme of the IUCN Commissions WCPA and CEESP) will provide space to discuss Community Conserved Areas and their potential to further the CBD. Community Conserved Areas (CCAs) are “natural sites, resources and species’ habitats conserved in v ...

Compliance with ABS requirements: Wishful thinking or reality? Experiences from the Hoodia Case

Benefit-sharing agreements have been signed between the San, indigenous peoples of southern Africa and holders of traditional knowledge of the plant Hoodia, and different commercial users. A national law on ABS is also now in place in South Africa. Nonetheless many products are on the market tha ...

Computational Bioacoustics: New Tools for Assessing Biological Diversity

The rapid assessment of biological diversity is becoming increasingly vital for determining the effects of habitat loss and climate change on species composition. Current biological diversity assessment is time consuming, labour intensive, very intermittent and requires considerable expertise o ...

Conservation and sustainable use of Western Amazonian biodiversity

The results and activities of Finnish funded BIODAMAZ Project in Peru and BIOCAN Project in Andean Community countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) will be presented. The relation of the project activities to the needs of the area are discussed as well as collaboration possibilities with o ...

Designing Legal Translplants for ABS

Priority issues of ABS - Legislation shall be discussed including user country measures, PIC and disseminated knowledge. Joint projects shall be organized.

Durban + 5: Future directions for protected areas

The IUCN Vth World Parks Congress (WPC) convened in Durban, South Africa, in 2003, marked a paradigm shift in ensuring that protected area benefits extend “beyond boundaries”, and reinforced their role as the best means globally to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. ...

EU-China Biodiversity Programme: Lessons on Mainstreaming Biodiversity

Presentation and Panel Discussion and Open Forum

Ecological, Economic, Cultural and Social Benefits of Protected Areas: Launch of SCBD publication "The Value of Nature"

Although protected areas prove a vast amount of goods and services to the people, especially to the poor; they are greatly undervalued by markets, politicians, and by the general public. As a result, they are extremely under-funded, overlooked and face constant threats. During this side event, ...

Enhancing the participation of indigenous peoples in the CBD process

In 2006, the International Alliance and RAIPON launched a global partnership aimed at enhancing the participation of indigenous peoples in the various CBD processes. This effort was a response to the growing need for indigenous peoples to systematize their participation in these meetings. Th ...

European Commission: Biodiversity and Climate Change

For the Framework Programme of 2007-2013 the EU will dedicate €1.8 billion to research on the environment, with a further €1.8 billion dedicated to the development of research infrastructures. EU research projects are open to both EU and non-EU nationals and institutions. This event will begi ...

European Funding of Biodiversity Research

For the Framework Programme of 2007-2013 the EU will dedicate €1.8 billion to research on the environment, with a further €1.8 billion dedicated to the development of research infrastructures. EU research projects are open to both EU and non-EU nationals and institutions. This event will pre ...

Evaluation Tool for Protected Areas Management Effectiveness (FAUC in Portuguese): methodology, application, results.

Over the last 10 years significant effort has been put in place to assess management effectiveness of protected areas in Brazil. Several methodologies have been developed and applied in a wide range of PAs in the country. In order to meet the national context, the Brazilian Government has recent ...

Experiences on Free Prior Informed Consent - A Discussion

The right to “free, prior, informed consent” (FPIC) is a fundamental right of indigenous peoples. Recent developments in international policy work have established this right and indeed, national governments are enacting laws and policies that seek to operationalize the principle of FPIC. Despit ...

Food Security in an Era of Climate Change: What can Agricultural Biodiversity Contribute and How Can It Do It?

The improved use of agricultural biodiversity lies at the heart of our ability to improve food security and develop the strategies that will enable agricultural producers throughout the world to confront the challenges of climate change. It is also central to achieving the effective conservation ...

Forest and Wood for a future with life of quality 'Get-together' at the International Forest and Timber Industry [OFFSITE EVENT - Rheinisches Landesmuseum from 19:00-23:00]

Forests and wood are connected with the history of humanity in a specific manner. Even though, their significance varied throughout different parts of the world and throughout human history, there is no doubt that wood as raw and construction material, as wood based product and as a fuel is know ...

Forest conservation at the landscape level: who cares about biodiversity?

Scientists and conservationists are becoming increasingly aware that conservation approaches based on threats and protected areas are necessary but not sufficient for the conservation of biodiversity. In the landscapes outside of protected areas, forest patches and other secondary forests, agrof ...

Forest protected areas - Identifying and closing global conservation gaps

This project will present the results of a project "Conservation of forest biodiversity under the CBD: Options for a global forest protected area (FPA) network" and a gap analysis for FPA carried out by UNEP-WCMC, WWF and WRI. The gap analysis evaluates FPA coverage of forest ecoregions, present ...

Forests and the CBD: What worked?

A side event to present the final summary of 22 independent monitoring reports on the implementation of the Expanded Programme of Work on Forest Biodiversity of the CBD in 22 different countries. The event will elaborate on the main lessons learned, the success stories of countries and territori ...

From COP 9 to COP 10 - The way forward on ABS and Plant Breeding

Panel discussion on assessing the outcome of COP 9 and Position for Future Negotiations especially focusing on plant breeding. Panel members represent a wide range of interests from both developed and developing countries.

Future of the GEF Biodiversity Program

The high-level panels, including the CEO of GEF, will discuss the future strategic direction and focus of GEF biodiversity program.

GEF Biodiversity Strategy: Catalyzing Sustainable Biodiversity Conservation

The side event will present GEF's strategic objectives and programs on biodiversity conservation, sustainable use, and access and benefit sharing for the period of FY2007-2010

GEF Evaluation Office: OPS4 and RAF - consultation with CBD stakeholders

The GEF Evaluation Office is presently conducting two evaluations: the fourth Overall Performance Study of the GEF and the mid-term review of the Resource Allocation Framework. The Office would like to present TORs and receive feedback, in an interactive way, from the parties on their experience ...

GEF Sustainable Forest Management Program & the Tropical Forest Account

The side event will present the GEF strategy and program on sustainable forest management and the new Tropical Forest Account. A few related cases will be presented to provide examples and successful initiatives.

GEF and Indigenous Communities

The side event will present GEF's experience with projects involving indigenous communities and provide opportunity for a dialogue between the indigenous peoples and GEF on biodiversity conservation and sustainable use. A few case studies on GEF projects with indigenous communities will be high ...

GEF support towards Sustainable Financing of Protected Area Systems

The side event will present GEF's strategy towards supporting developing countries and countries in economic transition on sustainable financing of protected areas A few successful cases from Africa, Latin America, and Asia regions will also be presented.

GLISPA (Global Islands Partnership) - An Open Platform for the Island Biodiversity Programme

Awareness raising for GLISPA and its role in island biodiversity.

GRENELLE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT : how the french initiative could help to impruve relations between business and biodiversity

Some feed back from the expert groupe on Biodiversity, built for preparing concreat measurments through the "Grenelle de l'Environnement" . How it was important to build position paper. Could this exercise be duplicate in other countries ?

German Business and Biodiversity Initiative

Global Islands Partnership (GLISPA) High level Event [OFFSITE EVENT being held at the La Redoute Guest House, Bonn]

Growing Alliance of business and biodiversity commitments : Countdown 2010 experiences

Sharing of experiences on business partnerships through Countdown 2010 and opportunities for future engagements in different regions.

Heart of Borneo - Bridging Conservation and Sustainable Development in Three Countries

Governments of Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia will announce Progress Report of Heart of Borneo Tri-National Plan that has been formulated in the 2nd trilateral meeting in Pontianak, Indonesia, early April (2-5 April 2008).

Helping You Deliver Target 2 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation

IUCN will present the various tools available for assessing plants, including The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and the preliminary assessment tool, RapidList. RapidList is a free online software tool that allows experts to very quickly assess whether a plant is Likely Threatened, Likely ...

High Level Dialogue with Parliamentarians

High Level Dialogue with the 2010 Heads of Agencies Task Force

High Seas Marine Protected Areas - Showcasing Developments

The world’s four High Seas Marine Protected Areas already in existence will be showcased, presenting how they can work, what different meanings ‘MPA’ can have, and what the different systems/frameworks can be for such an MPA, to further understand the concept.

High-level Panel Discussion on Biodiversity for Development and Poverty Alleviation

Co-chaired by H.E. Ms. Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, and Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, the panel discussion will include selected high-level speakers such as government ministers and directors of multi and bi-lateral organizat ...

INDIGENOUS AND FARMING PARTNERSHIPS, PRESENTED BY AVEDA AND ITS SOURING PARTNERS

INDÍGENAS DA AMAZÔNIA LEVANTAM A VOZ: Proteção e Preservação de Conhecimentos Tradicionais Indígenas no Estado do Acre, Brasil / AMAZON INDIANS SPEAK UP: Protection and Preservation of Traditional Indigenous Knowledge in the Brazilian State of Acre

Description Portugese: A identidade dos povos indígenas amazônicos é fundada no seu profundo conhecimento sobre as formas de vida da floresta, e as complexas conexões entre elas. A apropriação indevida de recursos genéticos e conhecimentos tradicionais causa uma crescente preocupação entre os po ...

Identifying and Protecting Community Interests when Documenting Traditional Knowledge: The WIPO Toolkit Project

The side event will give an overview of the WIPO TK documentation toolkit project, providing an update and perspectives from diverse panelists involved with documentation projects in the field. It will cover strategies to ensure full and effective consultation as an aspect of prior informed con ...

Impacts of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and the Sub-global Assessments AND Research Gaps and Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: A Science Agenda

The objective of this side event is to analyse the use and early impacts of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) and the Sub-global Assessments (SGAs) for decision making on management, policies and science. Presentation of an overview impact analysis and case studies from SGAs will be follo ...