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Drifting woods: the voyage from Eastern Africa to Nagoya

Climate change, a truly global challenge, has brought the strong interconnectivity of global ecosystems to the highest political agenda. Yet, in other environments, the understanding of global ecosystem functioning may be relatively well understood by scientists, sometimes recognized by Governme ...

Driving Innovation for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Asia and the Pacific

Innovative policy measures and local actions are key to promoting biodiversity/ecosystem service conservation and sustainable use of biological resources for environmental sustainability and human well-being. Panellists address key factors for driving innovation through enhanced macro-policy and ...

ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF BRAZILIAN PROTECTED AREAS

To understand that protected areas are necessarily to be "untouched" is overpast. Most of the soil uses and natural resources exploitation allowed in brazilian conservation units - a type of protected area - suppose and enable those activities that contribute to the income and employment generat ...

ECOSYSTEM BASED VISION OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION FOR THE AMAZON BIOME

Demostrate progress in the implementation of the program of work of protected area in the Amazon Biome, as complementarity effort among the Amazonian countries’ national system of protected areas. The Ecosystem Based Vision of Biodiversity Conseration for the Amazon Biome has the goal of comple ...

EFFECTIVE BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM POLICY AND REGULATION – BUSINESS INPUT TO THE CBD

In response to the emerging reality of natural resource limits, ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss, business must anticipate new and changing policies and regulatory frameworks to be developed and deployed by governments to address these pressing environmental challenges. However, busin ...

East and Southeast Asia Biodiversity Information Initiative (ESABII)

Introduction of the goal and progress of ESABII, activities for the development of biodiversity information and taxonomic capacity building in accordance with 2010-2011 ESABII Work Plan.

EcoFunds database – Monitoring Conservation Investments in the Andes Amazon Region

The Latin American and Caribbean Network of Environmental Funds - RedLAC - and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation present the Ecofunds Database, a georeferenced portal for monitoring conservation needs and investments in the Andes Amazon region. Ecofunds has tracked more than 600 projects and ...

Economic values for biodiversity & ecosystem services in real-life decision making

The economic evaluations of biodiversity and ecosystem services provide new powerful and useful points to argue in favour of biodiversity conservation. The event will look at different case studies to illustrate this power of figures and economic values during decision processes concerning biodi ...

Ecosystem based management and adaption lessons from the Pacific

As part of the Pacific's celebration of the International Year of Biodiversity, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)-Fiji and its partners will launch an Ecosystem Based Management (EBM) guide for the EBM practitioners in the Tropical Western Pacific, which is based on lesson learned from four ye ...

Emergency Marine Rescue Plan: Implementing the Roadmap to Recovery

Oceans are the least protected areas of the planet and progress is lamentably slow, with less than 1% of the world’s oceans given comprehensive protection. The current rate of protection means that there is little chance of the world’s governments meeting the 2012 target to establish a global ne ...

Empowering people to identify, conserve and monitor areas of importance for biodiversity across the world

The BirdLife International Partnership will present, for the first time, a global inventory of over 10,000 terrestrial Important Bird Areas (IBAs) and their protection status. It will also highlight key aspects of its site conservation approach that involves working with local communities across ...

Engaging the CBD to Build on Existing Biofuel Sustainability Initiatives

The primary objective of this side event is to demonstrate how existing biofuel guidelines and standards address ways and means to promote the positive and minimize the negative impacts of the production and use of biofuels on biodiversity. Additional objectives are to discuss the linkages to ot ...

Establishment of the Pannon Seed Bank for the long-term ex-situ conservation of Hungarian plants

At the side event we intend to present the so-called Pannon Seed Bank Project started in January 2010. The main goal of the project is the long-term seed preservation of the wild vascular flora of the Pannonian biogeographical region in order to assist and complement in situ species conservation ...

European Capitals of Biodiversity

This side event is dedicated to biodiversity protection specifically on the local level. In the project "European Capitals of Biodiversity", over 300 local authorities in France, Hungary, Germany, Spain and Slovakia participated in national competitions on local biodiversity protection. During t ...

European research supports international biodiversity governance

Research funded by the European Union contributes to international biodiversity governance in many ways. In this side event we present three such projects. The first shows how biodiversity conservation alleviates poverty in the highland regions of Asia. The second examines issues of scale in bio ...

Experience in Implementing High Seas Marine Protected Areas

The side event will showcase the first successfully installed High Seas MPAs and the approaches organizations have taken for the establishment. From the North-East Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea and the Southern Ocean speakers will present institutions’ responses to the challenges of protectin ...

FINANCIAL MOBILIZATION FOR FOR FORESTS AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Mobilization of financial resources on Forests and Biodiversity Conservation remains one crucial aspect in meeting the challenges of Biodiversity resource Conservation, poverty and hunger, climate change and improving lives of communities and forests users. Unfortunately several communities and ...

FISHERIES AND BIODIVERSITY

The purpose of this event is to share the information on the most recent status of marine protected areas and other coastal conservation activities in Japan. Discussion will be made on governance mechanisms and socio-economic incentives behind several good practices. The role of coastal fishing ...

FPIC: Experiences of Indigenous Peoples

The SEARCO and IPF, with support from Misereor conducted a two year project on FPIC aimed at learning from direct experiences of indigenous communities. The project looked at how FPIC was used by indigenous communities in securing their rights to lands and resources, including biological resour ...

FROM CARBON NEGATIVE TO BIODIVERSITY POSITIVE: A NEW PARADIGM FOR BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY? Merged side event: “Net Positive Impact: A New Business Trend” And “Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme

This side event aims to share information on actions by leading companies to ‘neutralise’ their residual environmental impacts and to introduce the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme. It seeks feedback from CBD delegates on what Parties and others can do to stimulate more companies to ...

FUTURA Channel: a platform for education and community outreach in Brazil

Founded in 1997, as the first private TV channel in Brazil totally dedicated to education, FUTURA is committed to providing quality information and addressing the most challenging subjects in the agenda of the Brazilian society. Thus, a large portion of FUTURA’s programs aim at encouraging sust ...

Facing the Challenges of Mountain Biodiversity Conservation and Management in Changing Climate across the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region

During the side event, ICIMOD aims to invite a high level delegation from its eight regional member countries namely, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region. A panel discussion by the high level delegation is envisaged. ...

Friends of the CBD: A multistakeholder participatory model

Developed through an MOU partnership between The Canadian Environmental Network (RCEN) and the Secretariat of the CBD, The Canadian Friends of the CBD is a civil society multistakeholder association empowering civil society to take actions- while working collaboratively with federal government- ...

From International Year of Biodiversity to UN Decade of Biodiversity

International Year of Biodiversity 2010 has been successful in raising awareness on Biodiversity worldwide through many events and supporting materials. To link the success to implementation of the new strategic plan to be adopted in COP10, a global action plan for at least a medium range of 10 ...

GEF SUPPORT TO BIODIVERSITY PROGRAMS IN WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA

This side event will highlight experiences acquired through the GEF’s programmatic approach to biodiversity conservation in West and Central Africa. Lessons and best practices will be presented. Delivering impacts in the field will be the guiding thread. Take home messages and recommendations fo ...

GEF-5 BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY

The GEF-5 biodiversity strategy reflects the four-year framework of COP program priorities developed at COP-9 and includes refinements to previous GEF investment strategies based on advances in conservation practice and advice from the GEF’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel. The side eve ...

GEF-5 REPLENISHMENT AND REFORMS

The event will provide an update on the GEF-5 replenishment, during which donors have provided an historical increase. The various reforms that the GEF has proposed and plans to implement during this GEF-5 to further strengthen its effectiveness and efficiency will be discussed.

GEF: Fourth Overall Performance Study

The GEF Evaluation Office conducted the fourth independent evaluation of the GEF as an input to its fifth replenishment process. The Director of the Evaluation Office will present the main conclusions and recommendations of the study and will request feedback from the participants.

GEOENGINEERING: CHALLENGES FACING THE CBD

What are the geoengineering technologies in the research and development phase that could have dramatic impacts on biodiversity through technological adjustments to to earth's albedo, large scale manipulation of marine ecosystems, and converstion of "biomass" to industrial uses in a post-carbon ...

GLOBE International: Legislative actions to restore marine biodiversity and ecosystem services

The Global Legislators Organisation, GLOBE International, is a unique network of legislators committed to addressing global environmental challenges. GLOBE parliamentarians work closely with leading scientists, economists and policy specialists to develop progressive and coordinated environmenta ...

GLOBE International: Legislative approaches to recognising the value of biodiversity and natural capital

The Global Legislators Organisation, GLOBE International, is a unique network of legislators committed to addressing global environmental challenges. GLOBE parliamentarians work closely with leading scientists, economists and policy specialists to develop progressive and coordinated environmenta ...

GRAINS OF WISDOM: FARMER INNOVATIONS, AGRICULTURAL BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Presentation of community based management of agricultural biodiversity from different regions. Special focus on Community Seed Banks, and a launch of a report on Community Seed Banks.

Gap Analysis of Russian Federal Protected Area System

Presentation of 'National Protected Areas of the Russian Federation: Gap Analysis and Perspective Framework'. This event will be organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources, The Nature Conservancy, the MAVA Foundation and WWF.

Gender Mainstreaming in the three Rio Conventions: Promoting synergies for sustainable development

This side event will present gender mainstreaming in the three Rio Conventions, including an analysis of gaps and challenges for better coordination between the three conventions.

Genetic biodiversity in forests, inland waters, and marine environments – targets and indicators for monitoring genetic variation for resilience and future adaptation

This seminar presents key aspects concerning how to assess and monitor diversity at the genetic level. Species and ecosystems depend on biological variation at the gene level for retaining resilience and evolutionary potential. Genetic biodiversity also provides the basis for terrestrial and aqu ...

Global Biodiversity Outlook-3 and beyond

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 Options for Biodiversity Finance: A review of innovative financial mechanisms for biodiversity amd ecosystem services

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 ...

Global Patform on Business and Biodiversity

Dialogue with international business person, deligation members of the parties and other stakeholders including NGOs.

Global Sustainable Tourism Council

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 ...

Global Tiger Initiative: Mainstreaming Conservation and Biodiversity into the Development Agenda

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 ...

Global partnership for ecosystem valuation and wealth accounting: learning from other initiatives and country experiences

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 ...

Going beyond mitigation: How can private sector drive biodiversity conservation?

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.

Governance and rights: What works? Towards effective and equitable conservation for biodiversity and livelihoods

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 ...