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How are new technologies being deployed to mitigate climate change, and what are the implications of these for biodiversity and the environment?
Despite a clear decision at COP 10 that the views and experiences of indigenous peoples, local communities and other stakeholders on geoengineering and biodiversity needed to be sought and synthesized for SBSTTA, the discussion has been dominated by a small group of scientific experts, where the ...
What are the geoengineering technologies in the research and development phase that could have dramatic impacts on biodiversity through technological adjustments to earth's albedo, large scale manipulation of marine ecosystems, and conversion of "biomass" to industrial uses in a post-carbon economy
The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety will showcase innovative activities for integrating business in successfully implementing the goals of the Strategic Plan and Germany’s National Strategy on Biological Diversity. Theyare a contribution to CoP 10 dec ...
For over a decade, agricultural biotechology has enjoyed significant acceptance rates worldwide, with the potential to help address global challenges, such as rising food prices, food supply shortage and a growing global population. CropLife International will provide a number of perspectives ad ...
The Global Biodiversity Outlook-3 represents the scientific basis for the elaboration of the new strategic plan of the CBD and anticipates the types of assessments that the IPBES (International Science-Policy Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) might undertake. This side event will: - ...
Global Canopy Programme presentation on the revised `Little Biodiversity Finance Book`
Managing ex situ collections of microbial strains across the world has been hampered by the lack of an overarching tracking system. The coming into force of the Nagoya Protocol (NP) requires improved clarity on what strains are held where, how they can be accessed, and the conditions under which ...
Power Point presentation of the UNEP's GEO Asssessment process, including the GEO Data Portal and linkages to CBD implementation and its GBO
The even includes a presentation of a new book “Global Governance of Genetic Resources. Access and Benefit Sharing after the Nagoya Protocol” (Rosendal and Oberthur (eds.), 2014, Routledge: NY). The book analyses the status and prospects of global governance of access to and benefit sharing (ABS ...
The Global Industry Coalition (GIC) will share information about the implementation guide to the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol that we developed, and will provide an update on the status of the Compact.
This will be a lunch meeting, open to all COP8 attendees on a first-come, first-served basis, with a panel introducing and discussing the Global Integrated Trends Analysis Network (GITAN). Attendees will have the opportunity to meet with GITAN participants. Box lunches will be provided.
The Global Invasive Alien Species Information Partnership (GIASIPartnership) has come together to support Parties achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 9 (Invasive Alien Species). They are doing this by development of tools and improving access to existing resources. The Side Event will explore wh ...
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 ...
Review of progress on the implementation of the Islands Biodiversity Programme of Work through GLISPA, and support for new and additional commitments
The Global Canopy Programme and partners present an overview of their latest publication, The Little Biodiversity Finance Book. The event will explore the various options for generating finance (from traditional ODA to innovative green bonds), the range of mechanisms to deliver finance (includi ...
Launch of the 3rd edition of the FOEN-sponsored CISDL study on ABS measures worldwide.
This event will allow delegates to COP 11 to get a better understanding of the Global Partnership, how it interacts with the various national and regional initiatives for business and biodiversity, and the longer term goals of the Partnership.
Dialogue with international business person, deligation members of the parties and other stakeholders including NGOs.
Presentation of the results of a review of global trends in patent activity and their implications for debates surrounding ABS in the context of the emergence of the bioeconomy.
The event will highlight the work of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC). The GSTC is an international membership council that aims to foster the increased knowledge and understanding of sustainable tourism practices and the adoption of universal sustainable tourism principles. At the ...
Partners of the Global Tiger Initiative will take stock of the commitments made by tiger range countries and the international community at the September Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. The World Bank, with President Robert B. Zoellick, would report on this flagship initiative and its En ...
Forest as the one of ecosystem containing with biodiversity was threatening by human activity for supporting of economic growth and social development. People in every sector and level of education should be aware to create good management in forestry to make sustainable natural resources to fu ...
Biologically diverse ecosystems in countries served by the World Bank provide an array of valuable economic services to people. The benefits of conserving ecosystems frequently outweigh the costs but conversion occurs anyway, because many ecosystem benefits are public goods. Some public goods ...
The side event will review global progress with marine protected areas (MPAs) and explore practical and innovative ways to accelerate progress towards Aichi Biodiversity Target 11. At the side event we will present key findings from the Protected Planet Report 2012 on the current status and tren ...
To incite the discussion about the theme. Leading to ponder about the importance of Sanitary Watch fulness for the maintenance of port waters and the impact caused by the environment. Round table with the participation of Globallast Program and Brazilian Government.
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 ...
The Food and Agriculture Organization recognizes the enormous contributions and important role of family farmers, indigenous peoples and local communities in managing, conserving and sustaining our biodiversity. Ten years after its initiation by FAO in 2002, during the World Summit on Sustainabl ...
Launching of the Atlantic Forest Important Bird Areas Book
The event will present views, experiences and recommendations from the private sector actors on how to advance towards effectively engaging business in supporting the implemetation of the three objectives of CBD, in particular in the use of BioTrade approaches.
Presentation of major forest conservation concession project in Sierra Leone by the government of Sierra Leone, the Conservation Society of Sierra Leone (CSSL) and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (the RSPB).
Introduction on the general methodology for Environmental Risk Assessment. Appling the methodology of Risk Assessment on the case of Golden Rice. Explaining the procedure and going trough the different steps to be followed; hazard identification, likelihood estimation, evaluation of the conseque ...
ICMM's Good Practice Guidance for Mining and Biodiversity, which was developed in the context of our dialogue with IUCN, the World Conservation Union, will be presented briefly. Case studies will show how it is being applied at sites, followed by discussion on how to use the guidance to improve ...
Good agricultural practices
This event has as objective to present and to debate the interrelated efforts carried out during 20 years to protect an area of great interest to conservation of biological diversity. Despite of of many positive results reached by these efforts, this area is still deficient of a model that app ...
When conservation and sustainable use of the oceans are discussed, it is often with a direct focus on immediately tangible elements such as the enforcement of fisheries regulations. Insufficient attention, however, is generally paid to material cycling across ocean ecosystems both at a regional ...
Governance and rights security have significant implications for biodiversity conservation effectiveness and for the livelihoods of people relying on resources within and outside of protected areas. These linkages are recognized in numerous Articles, Programmes of Work, and Guidelines of the CBD ...
The event will review PoWPA requirements on governance of protected areas and illustrate how they can be met by taking advantage of advances in understanding and practice, drawing from IUCN guidance.
The role of agriculture in adapting to and mitigating climate change is crucial and there are basically two alternative approaches. Industrial solutions such as GM crops, biofuels and biochar present a serious threat to biodiversity and agriculture, but are presented as climate solutions. Mean ...
<br>UNESCO and UNEP will be presenting the Great Apes Survival Project (GRASP) GRASP is an innovative Partnership with the mission of lifting the threat of imminent extinction from the great apes and ensuring positive interactions between these species and people in shared habitats. Presentatio ...