Search criteria
Information Types
-
Side Events (205)
Meetings
-
COP 12 (205)
Subjects
Aichi Targets
Date
 |
> | KB | > | Results |
Resultados de Búsqueda
The search was executed to find both database records and web content.Side Event
#3400COP 12
2014-10-07
LEADERSHIP DIALOGUE FOR WORLD NATIONAL PARKS & PROTECTED AREAS - The role and vision for sustainable development
o Purposes - To build a social consensus to urge the UN to designate "World National Parks and Protected Areas Day" - To strengthen the importance of National Parks and Protected Areas in achieving Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) - To refocus the role and direction of protected areas(natio ...
Side Event
#3218COP 12
2014-10-14
LIFE Certification - Pre-eminent Biological Methodology for Businesses
LIFE Certification is an international tool for businesses concerned with the increasing risks of global ecological thresholds and the negative impacts to Natural Capital. With reliable, transparent and independent audits, a LIFE certified business can more effectively communicate its voluntary ...
Side Event
#3255COP 12
2014-10-08
Latest developments of the Clearing-House Mechanism (CHM)
The purpose of this side-event is to highlight recent developments to on the central Clearing-House Mechanism and its information services. The side event will include a presentation followed by an online demonstration
Side Event
#3272COP 12
2014-10-16
Le Protocole de Nagoya et la croissance verte.
La Ministre de l'Environnement du Maroc présentera les projets entamés en relation avec le sujet.
Side Event
#3237COP 12
2014-10-13
Learning and Action: Enhancing Conservation Finance through Environmental Funds and South-South Collaboration
Environmental Funds (EFs) have been established in more than 70 developing countries, created to co finance conservation and sustainable development initiatives. In 2010, RedLAC launched a program with the objective of strengthening EFs to exchange knowledge and develop innovative financial mech ...
Side Event
#3110COP 12
2014-10-10
MANAGING CORAL REEFS FOR RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE - PROGRESS MADE AND KEY PRIORITIES TOWARDS MEETING AICHI TARGET 10
The event will share information on coral reef planning and management approaches that safeguard or enhance coral reef resilience to increasing threats from climate change. Through presentations and panel discussion the event will review experiences and progress made, and discuss further actions ...
Side Event
#3177COP 12
2014-10-10
MARINE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE IN CORAL REEF AND ASSOCIATED ECOSYSTEMS
This side event will highlight the efforts of the GEF partnership to contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of coral reef and associated ecosystems and the achievement of the related Aichi Targets and provide an overview of programming opportunities within the GEF-6 biodiversity stra ...
Side Event
#3250COP 12
2014-10-08
MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING IN PRACTICE – TRANSITIONING FROM PLANNING TO IMPLEMENTATION IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS
ABSTRACT: Marine spatial planning (MSP) can cover a broad range of initiatives that aim to maintain the use of resources and ecosystem services through careful planning of available coastal or ocean space - essentially any effort that attempts to reconcile more than one sector’s development obje ...
Side Event
#3376COP 12
2014-10-13
MUTUALLY AGREED TERMS AND GUIDELINES IN RELATION TO ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND BENEFIT-SHARING
Discuss and share research findings about the Mutually Agreed Terms and Guidelines in relation to access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing.
Side Event
#3426COP 12
2014-10-15
MUTUALLY SUPPORTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NAGOYA PROTOCOL AND THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PGRFA
Both the COP and the Governing Body of the International Treaty have repeatedly emphasized the necessity for close cooperation and coordination between the Convention and the International Treaty, and their respective Secretariats. The Nagoya Protocol acknowledges the International Treaty and it ...
Side Event
#3212COP 12
2014-10-15
Managing coastal marine biodiversity in India: Can participatory approaches make a difference?
Protection of biodiversity in India has a long tradition with some remarkable success when it comes to terrestrial ecosystems. Similar efforts for marine areas along the coast proved to be much more difficult, mainly because of the enormous pressure on natural resources exerted by an ever increa ...
Side Event
#3137COP 12
2014-10-14
Meeting sustainable development objectives: opportunities and limits to biodiversity offsets
The conservation of global biodiversity alongside economic development is a key challenge for the 21st century. Impact mitigation and biodiversity offset need to be contextualised in the broader context of biodiversity, climate change and sustainable development. To allow biodiversity offset sc ...
Side Event
#3359COP 12
2014-10-10
Mobilising Resources to tackle IWT
Please join us for a side event to learn more about global efforts to tackle the scourge of the illegal wildlife trade, and how more resources are being mobilised to support them. Action to prevent and deter illegal killing and trade and reduce demand for illegal wildlife products is identified ...
Side Event
#3314COP 12
2014-10-08
Mobilizing resources for mainstreaming biodiversity into production landscapes and seascapes
Making effective and efficient use of scarce resources is a must for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. This side-event will illustrate approaches developed under the Satoyama Initiative to support actions at the community level for the sustainable use of biodiversity. The Com ...
Side Event
#3165COP 12
2014-10-07
Monitoring indicators relevant to indigenous peoples, biodiversity and community-based monitoring systems (CBMIS)
The side event will showcase how selected indigenous peoples' communities crafted their action plans to address biodiversity loss, address poverty and mitigate and adopt to climate change. It will highlight the process undertaken to investigate specific indicators within a holistic perspective, ...
Side Event
#3265COP 12
2014-10-10
Moving to Target 11 – IUCN/UNEP-WCMC Assessments of Global Biodiversity Outcomes and Specific Progress in Asia
This event will profile the work of IUCN and its partners to help move toward Aichi Target 11. Preliminary results from the Protected Planet-Asia report - the first regional report of its kind - will be presented. Prepared by UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, the report includes the latest information on pro ...
Side Event
#3219COP 12
2014-10-06
Mutually supportive implementation of the CBD/NP and ITPGRFA/MLS: capacity building for implementation (tentative title)
Panelist will present progress, experiences, plans and perspectives on mutually supportive national-level implementation of the CBD/Nagoya Protocol and the access and benefit sharing mechanisms pursuant to the International Treat on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
Side Event
#3283COP 12
2014-10-10
NBSAP Development in South Eastern Europe: A Sub-regional Approach to Conserve Biodiversity: The SEE Revisions of NBSAPs and Development of National Reports to the CBD
NBSAP Development in South Eastern Europe: A Sub-regional Approach to Conserve Biodiversity: Four countries in the SEE region (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Macedonia Republic of Montenegro and Republic of Serbia) are updating their National Biodiversity Strategies and National Reports t ...
Side Event
#3181COP 12
2014-10-08
NBSAPs, sharing Georgia's experience
During the side-event Georgia will share it's experience about updating of National Biodiversity Strategy and action Plan (NBSAP). Representatives of the Ministry and NGO's will make presentations about the process which took place in Georgia, also new NBSAP will be presented to the guests.
Side Event
#3215COP 12
2014-10-14
NIEMA: Code of Conduct for Culture Collections, Microbial Resource Centers and Scientists using Microbes under the Nagoya Protocol
Since 2006, the microbial resource centers (MRCs) under Asian Consortium for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Microbial Resources (ACM) have been working on the development of legitimate and practical scheme for exchanging microbial resources between ACM member MRCs. Especially after the ...
Side Event
#3146COP 12
2014-10-16
Nature has no borders – transboundary cooperation to safeguard arctic and boreal biodiversity
A key theme #5 in the recently released Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA) concerns identifying and safeguarding important areas for biodiversity. This concerns the need to advance the protection of large areas of ecologically important marine, terrestrial and freshwater habitats, taking into ...
Side Event
#3192COP 12
2014-10-13
New OECD work on: Indicators to Monitor Progress on Aichi Target 3 (Incentives) and Target 20 (Resource Mobilisation); Designing Effective Biodiversity Offsets; and Finance for Biodiversity
New OECD work on issues of key relevance to the negotations will be released: Indicators to monitor progress on positive and harmful incentives to biodiversity (Aichi Target 3) and on resource mobilisation (Aichi Target 20), including on the OECD DAC Rio Marker on biodiversity. And how to design ...
Side Event
#3190COP 12
2014-10-08
Non-Extractive Users of Biodiversity: Generating Jobs and Income Through Conservation of Species and Habitats
Throughout the world, non-extractive uses of biodiversity such as Ecotourism, diving and the like generate billions of dollars in revenues and provide millions of direct and indirect jobs, a significant amount of which in developing countries. However, the non-extractive businesses have very rar ...
Side Event
#3220COP 12
2014-10-13
North-East Asian Cooperation on Migratory Bird and Habitat Conservation
The North-East Asian Subregional Programme for Environmental Cooperation (NEASPEC) is an intergovernmental mechanism of six North-East Asian countries, supported by UNESCAP. As part of NEASPEC's Nature Conservation programme, it currently carries out field surveys and studies for conservation an ...
Side Event
#3333COP 12
2014-10-08
Opportunities and Challenges in conserving biodiversity in transboundary landscapes for sustainable development in Hind Kush Himalayas
• 1 Overall presentation from ICIMOD based on its learning from transboundary landscapes programme • 1 presentation on Kailash landscape (India partner suggested on the Scope of mainstreaming CBD in Conservation and Development initiatives at Landscape Scale) • 1 presentation on Kangchanjunga or ...
Side Event
#3216COP 12
2014-10-13
Our Pacific Voyage: Natural Solutions for Island Resilience
Our Pacific Voyage to protect and conserve our regions’ biodiversity is an ongoing one, as we navigate this journey we are learning and experiencing new moments and lessons which we wish to share and learn from others. The Pacific islands will showcase work done in the region on our voyage, und ...
Side Event
#3200COP 12
2014-10-09
PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES IN THE NBSAPS REVISION PROCESS
NBSAPs are the main vehicles of national implementation of the CBD. They are processes through which societies come together to make the difficult decisions of where, when, and how biodiversity and ecosystem services should be conserved, used sustainably, and the benefits of this use shared equi ...
Side Event
#3142COP 12
2014-10-14
PEOPLES DIALOGUE on Bt-Brinjal in Bangladesh and GE politics
The Government of Bangladesh permitted to grow Bt-brinjal in the farmers fields.Farmers, Environmentalist and media are still now protesting. In the coming COP12 of CBD we want to arrange a public dialoufe session on Bt-brinjal and the politics of GE. Our presentation is based on the 20 Bt-brin ...
Side Event
#3309COP 12
2014-10-15
POSEIDON ARMY -Empowering Youth for Coastal Bio Diversity Management
How a youth volunteer can be improved to conserve the marine biodiversity and oceanic natural resources for any country by developing a National Strategy and Management Plan for Marine ecosystems conservation by introducing marine researches and conservation programs. Further it will build up e ...
Side Event
#3281COP 12
2014-10-16
PROMOTING LAWS FOR BIODIVERSITY
IDLO invites COP 12 delegates to learn about the latest tools, innovations and initiatives available to assist CBD Parties to use law to support the national implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and its Aichi Biodiversity Targets. The IDLO-SCBD Legal Preparedness for Achieving ...
Side Event
#3239COP 12
2014-10-13
Partners Roundtable on Achieving the Aichi Targets through Integrated Coastal Management
The Roundtable with Donors and Partners will feature the joint initiative of the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity and the Partnership for Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia in supporting efforts in South East and East Asia to achieve the Aichi Biodiversity targets through integrated ...
Side Event
#3369COP 12
2014-10-16
Patent Activity for Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge: Experience from the UK
This side-event presents the results of research to identify genetic resources and TK in UK international patent activity as part of a project with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and UK Intellectual Property Office. The project aimed to understand the origins of ...
Side Event
#3169COP 12
2014-10-06
Plant Conservation 2014: a mid-term review of progress towards the GSPC
This side event will feature the launch of a new report from the CBD Secretariat and BGCI on the current status of global plant conservation. The report provides details of the value of wild plants both to the global economy and to local communities. It also provides an assessment of the conser ...
Side Event
#3236COP 12
2014-10-08
Presentation and discussion of the book on "Governance for Fisheries and Marine Conservation".
Two editors of the book and several of its authors will be presenting the book followed by questions and discussions by the audience. The book is coming out this month and will be officially launched in Oslo, Norway, August 26 2014.
Side Event
#3264COP 12
2014-10-14
Presentation of a Draft Sourcebook of opportunities for enhancing cooperation and collaboration among the biodiversity-related conventions at the national and regional levels
As part of the UNEP project “Improving the effectiveness of and cooperation among biodiversity-related conventions and exploring opportunities for further synergies”, funded by the European Union and the Swiss Government, a Sourcebook of opportunities for enhancing cooperation among the biodive ...
Side Event
#3233COP 12
2014-10-09
Priority Actions to Achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 10 for Coral Reefs and Closely Associated Ecosystems
This side event will highlight the importance of coral reefs and associated ecosystems (e.g., mangroves, seagrasses) for sustainable development and the need to enhance action towards Aichi Target 10. The main aspects of the Priority Actions to Achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 10 for Coral Reef ...
Side Event
#3124COP 12
2014-10-15
Privately managed protected areas – helping achieve the Aichi Targets
Privately managed protected areas (PPAs) are underrepresented in national protected area systems and under reported internationally despite the fact that they are a rapidly growing element of the conservation estate. This side event will draw on the results of a two-year project which has review ...
Side Event
#3342COP 12
2014-10-08
Progress in implementing the IPBES Work Programme
Last December, the IPBES Plenary agreed a work programme for the period 2014-2018, and agreed the budget for the first two years. The intention of this side event is to brief participants on the progress made to date in implementing the IPBES work programme, and on what can be expected in the co ...
Side Event
#3196COP 12
2014-10-08
Protected areas as tools for climate change adaptation in the Amazon
To show the importance of PA systems as an integral part of climate change strategies through the presentation of results of the project “Building resilience of the Amazon biome: Protected areas as an integral part of climate change adaptation” implemented by RedParques (Latin American Regional ...
Side Event
#3160COP 12
2014-10-15
Protecting Brazilian Nature: Improving the Protected Areas System, Knowledge and Conservation Tools
The Biodiversity Conservation Actions Support Program, which was launched by the Boticário Group Foundation for Nature Protection in 1991, has invested over US$ 14 million in Brazil on 1,377 projects by 480 institutions. These projects have benefited 445 protected areas and have studied 235 enda ...
Side Event
#3268COP 12
2014-10-10
Protecting the central Arctic Ocean: the need for action
Arctic biodiversity is facing unprecedented challenges due to rapid ongoing climate change. The Arctic region is currently significantly under-represented in marine protection, leaving this unique Arctic environment and its fragile ecosystems and biodiversity exposed to the threats of industrial ...
Side Event
#3306COP 12
2014-10-17
Protocolo de Nagoya, Pueblos Indigenas y Conocimiento tradicional asociado a recursos geneticos
Se tratara los desafios de la entratada en vigor del Protocolo de Nagoya con un enfoque en conocimientos tradicionales asociados a recursos geneticos
Side Event
#3188COP 12
2014-10-14
Présentation de l'Atlas de l'empreinte écologique et de la biocapacité des pays francophones
Cet Atlas, fruit d’une collaboration entre l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie et le Global Footprint Network, avec l’appui d’autres partenaires, dont la FRANCE et la Wallonie, vise à améliorer et à approfondir la compréhension de l'Empreinte écologique et des tendances de la biocap ...
Side Event
#3389COP 12
2014-10-08
RESEARCH FOR RESTORATION OF SOUTH KOREAN WALLEYE POLLOCK, THERAGRA CHALCOGRAMMA
Walleye pollock fishery was one of the largest fisheries in Korea. Due to a population decline since a dozen years ago, a project has been initiated to restore the fishery which provides only a total of one ton a year. The event offers presentations and workshops on the research findings.
Side Event
#3155COP 12
2014-10-07
RESILIENCE ASSESSMENTS AND INDICATORS - DIALOGUE
This event explores resilience principles that can be applied in undertaking assessments of social-ecological resilience at various scales, including the role of biodiversity and natural ecosystems. Methods for conducting resilience assessments, and possible development and monitoring of related ...
Side Event
#3415COP 12
2014-10-17
ROLE OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN CONVERSVATION AND ACCESS & BENEFIT SHARING OF BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES AS PER THE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ACT. 2002, INDIA WITH CASE STUDIES
Gervernment of India, enacted the Biological Diversity Act. 2002 in spirit of UN Convention on Biological Diversity and which enabled the local communities have rights on their Biological Resources and its associated traditional knowledge. We would like to bring the notice of internatonal commu ...
Side Event
#3214COP 12
2014-10-13
Realizing the Borneo Elephant Sanctuary (This is a case study on the collaboration between the Asahiyama Zoo, the Borneo Conservation Trust (BCT), BCT Japan and businesses , revealing how the Borneo Elephant Sanctuary was built and how future conservation work will be shared among the participating parties. )
In October 2013, The Borneo Elephant Sanctuary held its inaugural opening in Sabah Malaysia on the island of Borneo. It was built through the efforts and collaboration among several companies, the Asahiyama Zoo in Japan, BCT, and BCT Japan. Each party has played different roles and the project t ...
Side Event
#3228COP 12
2014-10-07
Regional Seas @ 40: supporting CBD decisions for the next 40 years.
The side event will explore how the Regional Seas Convention and Action Plans Programme, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary and has supported CBD decisions since 1992, can strengthen its support in implementing CBD decisions in the coming years. As part of the 40th celebrations the Progra ...
Side Event
#3361COP 12
2014-10-10
Remote Sensing and Biodiversity: where are we at?
This side event will present the state-of-play with remote sensing activities for biodiversity, including the European Copernicus Programme and work of the European Space Agency and UNEP-WCMC. There will be an opportunity for participants to discuss user requirements and services for biodiversit ...
Side Event
#3336COP 12
2014-10-13
Report Launch: "The Future of the Bornean Orangutan: Impacts of a Changing Climate and Land Use"
The Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP) will launch its latest report, "The Future of the Bornean Orangutan: Impacts of a Changing Climate and Land Use," which models scenarios to project the losses of population and habitat faced by orangutans in Borneo. Produced in collaboration with Liver ...