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The Australian Insitute of Marine Science undertakes marine biodiscovery research on Australia's mega biodiversity. It is a government research organisation supported by taxpayer funding with a clear public good mandate. However, it is also required to commercialise its research outcomes, and ...
One of the most controversial issues in Brazil concerning access to traditional knowledge is how to implement more flexible mechanisms when access is made for scientific research, than when there is a commercial perspective. However, non-commercial researches often result in commercial outcomes ...
<br>David T. Suzuki PhD, Chair of the David Suzuki Foundation, is an award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster. <br><br> During this event, Dr. Suzuki will present the film “Journey Into New Worlds”. This one-hour film is the first in the series of 4 documentaries prepared by D ...
<br>This will be a presentation exploring the proposed uses of Genetic Use Restriction Technologies for preventing geneflow and the impacts of these technologies on small farmers and biodiversity.
<br>This is to launch The Cloud Forest Agenda Report in support to the CBD agenda on Mountain Biodiversity which will be discussed on Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th February. This report is the very first detailed report of its type outlining statistics which have been unknown until now.
<br>In anticipation of the adoption of a strong Programme of Work on Protected Areas, seven governments are stepping forward to take a leadership role, and have entered into formal agreements with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to start implementing key actions that are likely to be inclu ...
This side-event will be held jointly between the OECD and the World Bank Institute
<br>The Global Crop Diversity Trust aims to match the long term nature of conservation needs with long term secure and sustainable funding by creating an endowment that will provide a permanent source of funding for crop diversity collections around the world. The endowment will ensure the perpe ...
<br>At its sixth meeting, the Conference of the Parties adopted a Strategic Plan, including the target to achieve, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional, and national level, as a contribution to poverty alleviation and to the benefit of all lif ...
<br><b>LOCALE:</b><br>THE LEGEND HOTEL<br>Helang Room, level 9<br>Putra Place, 100 Jalan Putra <br> Opposite of Putra WTC<br><br><b>PROGRAMME</b><br><br><b>Introduction</b><br>Chair Nik Lopoukhine, vice-chair, IUCN, Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)<br><br><b>Words of Welcome</b><br>Hamda ...
<br>The CBD Secretariat, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and UNDP will announce a joint Memorandum of Cooperation for activities to meet the 2010 targets of the CBD Strategic Plan. The signing ceremony will be attended by Executive Secretary of the CBD, the Global Manager of the UNDP/GEF Small ...
<br><b>Locale</b><br>Pan-Pacific Hotel<br>Bunga Melor/Tanjung Room<br><br>Lunch will be provided
<br>The Equator Initiative is a partnership of BrasilConnects, the Government of Canada, the German Federal Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), IUCN - The World Conservation Union, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the Televis ...
<br>The high seas and deep oceans comprise the largest habitat for life of Earth. The “high seas” cover an estimated 50% of the Earth’s surface, 64% of the oceans’ surface, and include the deep seabed “Area” (as defined by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) and the water column ...
<br>The side event will outline a major initiative in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Australia, called the Representative Areas Program (RAP). The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem and largest marine protected area. This initiative has produced a new network ...
<br><i>Jointly organised by the Secretariats of these three instruments.</i> <br><br> The draft programme of work on protected areas to be examined at Cop-7 (UNEP/CBD/COP/7/15), under Goal 1.1, makes reference to "existing international systems of protected areas", including the Ramsar Conven ...
<br>- Agricultural biodiversity can contribute crucial elements that people want from their farming systems and can do so sustainably. Indeed, it will play an essential role in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. As COP V noted (Decision V/5) our understanding of agricultural biodiversit ...
<br>The Iranian Department of Environment in collaboration with UNDP-GEF is formulating an integrated mechanism to effectively conserve biodiversity resources in Central Zagros Mountain Ecosystems in Western Iran. The project as a demonstration experience will bring together sustainable use of b ...
<br><b>BY INVITATION ONLY</b> <br><br> <b>LOCALE:<br> <br>THE LEGEND HOTEL <br>Putra Place, 100 Jalan Putra <br>Opposite of Putra WTC <br><br></b> This evening will explore options for meeting the marine conservation finance requirements for creating and sustaining MPA networks worldwide with ...