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Achieving the 2010 Biodiversity Target Message of Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, the New Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to Citizens of the World

3 January 2006<br><i>Montreal Canada

Achieving the 2020 Targets: Protecting the Right Areas

Bringing the right areas under some sort of management regime is a crucial piece of the strategy for achieving the CBD’s objectives and several of the proposed post-2010 targets – namely targets 5, 11, 12, 14 and 15. This side event will showcase analyses of where the most important areas for pr ...

Achieving the Aichi Targets and Strategic Plan: Lessons learned from PoWPA Implementation

Both the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the international protected area community have hailed the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA) as the most successfully implemented of the CBD programmes. A unique partnership between the CBD, civil society, NGOs, Par ...

Achieving the Aichi Targets: Perverse and Positive Incentives Related to Conserving Biodiversity and the Role of Indigenous and Community Conserved Territories and Areas

The event will discuss successful non-market based approaches and incentive schemes to conserving biodiversity and related traditional knowledge, including the redirection of perverse incentives that promote unsustainable forms and levels of livestock and bioenergy production, and the developmen ...

Achieving the Johannesburg Biodiversity Target on Protected Areas

Rome - 11 February 2008. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) convened the second meeting of its Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA 2) today at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome. The meeting will run from 1 ...

Achieving the World Flora Online by 2020

This side event will outline progress towards the achievement of the World Flora Online, representing Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. The ways in which national bodies can contribute, access and use the World Flora will also be outlined.

Actions are taking place around the world by governments and organizations to achieve the Aichi Targets. Find out what Biodiversity Champions are doing, and how your government or organization can become a Champion.

Actions towards achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 11: including areas of particular importance for biodiversity and improving ecological representation

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/SBG/LJ/84384 (2015-027)
To: National Focal Points to the CBD, PoWPA Focal Points

Activities for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Hyogo Prefecture

In accordance with its“Hyogo Biodiversity Strategy” the Prefectural Government is undertaking, together with people of Hyogo, NPOs and private companies, significant efforts, for example, in order to improve and revitalize the ecosystem of“Satoyama”, and use the outcomes and experiences of this ...

Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group Meeting on Indicators for the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

20 - 24 June 2011, High Wycombe, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on indicators for assessing progress towards, and communicating, the 2010 target at the global level

19 - 22 October 2004, Montreal, Canada

Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Indicators for the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

14 - 17 September 2015, Geneva, Switzerland

Adapting the Laws and Governance of Biological Diversity to Climate Change: Frameworks for Policymakers and Practitioners

Climate change is quickly undermining the ability of laws and policies governing biodiversity to achieve long-term objectives. These laws generally assume that ecological conditions are static, at least within certain parameters. They may forbid translocation of organisms, provide management or ...

Addressing Biodiversity Concerns in Sustainable Fisheries

To present and discuss the Fisheries Expert Group's Scientific Workshop on "Governance for Fisheries and Marine Conservation: Interactions and Coevolution," held in Bergen, Norway, in March 2012. This meeting is organized under the aegis of the Fisheries Expert Group of the IUCN Commission on Ec ...

Addressing Biodiversity Concerns in Sustainable Fishery: Need for an Ecosystem Approach

This side-event will highlight the key results of the Joint Expert Meeting on Addressing Biodiversity Concerns in Sustainable Fishery, held 7-9 December 2011 in Bergen, Norway, and discuss ways and means to apply the key conclusions of the meeting in effectively addressing biodiversity concerns ...

Addressing biodiversity concerns in sustainable fisheries

The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, in its tenth meeting, requested the Executive Secretary to collaborate with FAO, UNEP, regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs), IUCN-CEM-FEG, and other relevant organizations, processes, and scientific groups, o ...

Addressing the Bushmeat Crisis: Recommendations from the Bushmeat Liaison Group

The National and International Level Recommendations towards a more Sustainable Use of Bushmeat will be addressed by SBSTTA as part of item 3.1.6 of the provisional agenda on the implementation of Article 10 of the Convention (Sustainable Use of Biodiversity). The review of implementation inclu ...

Addressing the Bushmeat Crisis: Recommendations from the CBD Bushmeat Liaison Group

Please join the CBD Secretariat, FAO, CIFOR, and CIC to learn more about the Liaison Group on Bushmeat’s recommendations towards a more sustainable use of bushmeat. The recommendations will be addressed by COP 10 as part of the review of implementation of Article 10 of the Convention (Sustainab ...

Administrative and Judicial Remedies available for ABS Implementation -- Legal and Practical Analysis

Presentation of a legal study on the question of what remedies are already available at law for the implementation of ABS, and what additional legal and practical issues must be addressed to enable ABS implementation by legal means. The study will be presented by its author and discussed i ...

Advancements and reflections on fulfilling National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs)

National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) are the principal instruments for implementing the CBD at the national level. Aichi Biodiversity Target 17 states that by 2015, each Party has developed, adopted as a policy instrument and has commenced implementing an effective, partici ...

Advances in Deep Sea Research and Application to Governance and Management of Marine Biodiversity

This event will showcase key research by the EU funded Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man’s Impact on European Seas (HERMIONE) Consortium, and demonstrate how scientific research can be utilised by decision makers and competent management authorities to aid the governance and management of deep ...

Advances in marine conservation in Chile: lesson learned, virtuous partnership and challenges for new MPAs

Since the time of Chile’s canoeist populations along its coasts, Chile has a long outstanding history of maritime vocation in the southeastern Pacific. In the last decade, this vocation has been reinforced by the need for the sustainable use of marine resources and their environments, which has ...

Advancing Strategic Goal A of the Aichi Targets, Statement by the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the Conference on Ecology and Economy for a Sustainable Society, 27-31 May, 2013, Trondheim, Norway

Advancing Strategic Goal A of the Aichi Targets, Statement by the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the Conference on Ecology and Economy for a Sustainable Society, 27-31 May, 2013, Trondheim, Norway

Advancing the Understanding of Biosafety

During the side-event, international scientists will present their recent findings on GE crops risk research covering aspects from the level of organisms to landscapes. The session integrates the different disciplines and approaches into the concept of assessing the "systemic risks" (OECD 2003, ...

Advancing the biodiversity agenda: A UN system-wide contribution

The purpose of the event would be to launch the UN report on “Advancing the biodiversity agenda: A UN system-wide contribution” during the high level segment to share its findings with a wide audience present at COP and to discuss on further expectations and actions from the UN system for the fo ...

Africa Regional Training Workshop related to national arrangements on traditional knowledge for achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 18 and contributing to Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, 8 - 12 October 2018 - Marrakech, Morocco

Reference: SCBD/SPS/AS/JS/VF/87279 (2018-040)
To: CBD, ABS, TK Focal Points, and indigenous peoples and local community organizations

African Regional Training Workshop on National Arrangements on Traditional Knowledge for Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 18 and Contributing to Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020

8 - 12 October 2018, Marrakesh, Morocco

African experiences and challenges with the development and implementation of NBFs and how the EU sees risk assessment in relation to identification, liability and redress bottlenecks and capacity building needs.

The event will have African scientists sharing their experiences and challenges in the development and implementation of NBFs in Southern Africa, and discussing their capacity buiding needs in risk assessment and management. A represantative from Ministry of Environment in the Netherlands will ...

African scientists call for policy shift to attain biodiversity targets

The attainment of biodiversity restoration targets agreed by the international community, governments and donors will be realized subject to policy reforms, sufficient funding and greater community involvement, African scientists said in a study released in Nairobi on Tuesday.

Afro Asian Food Sovereignty: Can Millets be the Bonding Crops?

An international meeting comprising of farmers and pastoralists from Western Africa, South Asia and South-East Asia to discuss the global challenges and threats facing indigenous knowledge systems and traditional farming and pastoralist communities, and the tools that can be employed in order to ...

Agenda 21 and the Convention on Biological Diversity

Seminar. Participation of panelist from Canada, France and Brazil, from government and civil society sectors.

Aggressive action to address climate change could save the world $145 trillion

As respected research group, Project Drawdown, finds that deploying solutions consistent with meeting the Paris climate targets would cost tens of trillions of dollars globally. But crucially, those outlays would also yield long-term savings many times larger than the up-front costs.

Agreements reached on actions to integrate biodiversity in forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and tourism sectors and to achieve the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development

Agricultural Biodiversity Food Fair

A presentation of the different food baskets in the different regions and linking farmers as keepers of agricultural biodiversity, food and nutrition. Actual presentation of different dishes from different regions.

Agricultural Biodiversity for Food Sovereignty

Civil Society Organisations and Farmers Movements will present key issues and examples concerning the relation of agriculture with biodiversity in the context of the multiple biological, technological, legal and commercial pressures on food production, including climate change and agrofuels. It ...

Agricultural Biotechnology Trends - What Opportunities for post-patent data access and stewardship?

The event will discuss the possibilities of accessing post-patents' data for genetically modified traits in crop biotechnology and the approaches that interested parties could use to ensure proper stewardship. This is particularly important for developing countries and public sector researchers ...

Agricultural Exhibition: Agro-Biodiversity Conservation for Today and Tomorrow

2 June 2010, Centeno, Trinidad and Tobago

Agriculture and biodiversity

Presentation of activities for biodiversity conservation in agricultural sector in Japan. Agriculture is an essential production activity on supplying necessary food and daily commodities for human lives, and also on the viewpoint of food security. For the maintenance and development of sustaina ...

Agrodiversity and Food Security

Depletion of Agrodiversity has reduced the food basket available for the community. This had serious impacts on the food security and nutritional security of the people. With changing climate the risk of crop failures are increasing. There is urgent need to bring back agrodiversity into the ce ...

Agroforestry Technology Transfer: Opportunity or Threat to Protected Areas - A Symposium

Agroforestry Technology Transfer: Opportunity or Threat to Protected Areas! - A symposium

Aichi 2020 in Mongolia

To introduce and share National Biodiversity Action Plan and the Aichi Targets and the progress, results, success And challenges of implementation.

Aichi Target 11 - Reshaping the agenda for Marine Protected Areas

During this event, we will provides a review of current MPA coverage (July 2012), showing dramatic increases in recent years. While this gives the impression that the 10% MPA target might be attainable, we revisit such information in the light of the Aichi Target 11 which introduces important n ...

Aichi biodiversity heads of agencies task force established with 27 global partners

Montreal, 21 September 2011 – At a signing ceremony organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed with 27 of the largest international agencies, organizations and environmental conventions for implementation and achievement o ...

Aichi target 3, agriculture and biodiversity: the case of the livestock sector

The side event will feature a presentation of a new report on the impacts of livestock and fodder production on biodiversity, indigenous peoples and local communities in Paraguay, the country with the highest deforestation rates on Earth. It will discuss how the effective implementation of Aichi ...

Aichi/Nagoya International E-Conference on the Post 2010 Biodiversity Target (ANIEC 2010)

Montreal 9 November 2009. Today, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) launched the Aichi/Nagoya International E-Conference on the Post 2010 Biodiversity Target (ANIEC 2010) to gather views from the broad and diverse groups of biodiversity stakeholders on actions that ...

Aichi/Nagoya International E-Conference on the Post 2010 Target (ANIEC 2010)

Reference: SCBD/CHM/ODM/SM/69533 (2009-151)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the Aichi/Nagoya International E-Conference on the post 2010 Biodiversity Target (ANIEC 2010) has been launched today to gather opinion from the broad and diverse groups of stakeholders on “how” and “what” actions should be taken in the short and medium term after ...

Aichi/Nagoya International E-Conference on the Post 2010 Target (ANIEC 2010)

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/SM/71539 (2010-077)
To: CBD National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the Aichi/Nagoya International E-Conference on the post-2010 Biodiversity Target (ANIEC 2010) is growing in popularity and support. We have now received hundreds of posts in English and Spanish. This e-conference represents a major consultation process that seek ...

Aid flows targeting CBD objectives

Donors report to the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) on their aid flows in support of the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The OECD will present the methodology used to collect the data ("Rio marker") and most recent statistics by donor.