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<p><b>By Invitation Only</b></p><p>WorldFish and WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) are hosting an event titled "Building integrated solutions for marine turtle conservation: A Blueprint for Saving Pacific Turtles" at lunchtime on Monday February 16th. The event will focus on integrated approaches ...
<br><b>BioDets: a pilot-website on nature observation</b> <br><b>BioDets:</b>Biodiversity Detectives <a href=http://www.BioDets.net>www.BioDets.net</a> is an Internet-based pilot-platform on nature observation, which is being officially launched at this COP-7 side event. <br> <br>The BioDets ...
<br>How are governments working to meet the communication/education obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity in the context of the forthcoming Decade on Education for Sustainable Development?
<br>It is widely agreed that, if we are to halt and reverse the escalating trend in the destruction of biodiversity, an effective system of protected areas must be in place in every country and throughout the world. However, the existing system of protected areas is not comprehensive, adequatel ...
Winning entries for the 2004 IBD Poster Competition will be announced. This is one of the daily activities planned by I&O and should be scheduled on the 17th
<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 ...
<br>Is it feasible to set up regional networks of protected areas? <br>How does the EU support its developing country partners? <br><br> European countries have been working together since 1992 to safeguard Europe’s most valuable wildlife sites by setting up a network called NATURA 2000. In this ...
<br>The Darwin Initiative aims to assist those countries which are rich in biodiversity but poor in financial resources in implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity. The Initiative, funded by the UK Department of Food, Environment and Rural Affairs, supports collaborative projects whic ...
This side event is a Tri-National effort of the governments of Malaysia, Republic of Indonesia and Republic of the Philippines to promote biodiversity conservation in the two major sea basins, the Sulu and Sulawesi Seas. The event would highlight support and committment of the three countrie ...
<br>France would like to highlight the very key importance of partnerships to reach 2010 objective. Thus France convened a side event on “Partnerships and biodiversity” which will present four perspectives on partnerships to preserve biodiversity. Firstly the regional nature park will be present ...
<br>This side event will provide an update on the status and progress of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) with an emphasis on how the MA process and findings will contribute to the work of the Parties to the CBD. <br><br>The event will be chaired by Dr. A.H. Zakri, Co-chair of the MA Bo ...
Outcomes of the January 2004 IUBS Conference. Presented jointly by SCBD and UNESCO
<p>In the context of access and benefit sharing discussions, outstanding speakers from China, Philippines, Ecuador, Malaysia, and the US make vivid the many faces and forms of biopiracy. Presentations focus on how bioprospecting, genetic research, and even apparently well-meaning NGO initiat ...
<br>Synergy between the Rio Conventions is being addressed at various levels under the UNCCD, UNFCCC and CBD. The "Practicing Synergy Initiative" aims to reach out to the national and local level actions and activities that are being implemented especially by country parties. The sharing of prac ...
<br>The Kaska Dena Nation, in partnership with the ICT Development Group, is developing an integrated web-based information network to manage and share traditional knowledge among various Kaska communities in northern British Columbia and the Yukon. Through this initiative, the Kaska will benefi ...
<br>Ecoagriculture refers to resource management systems and practices that integrate productivity goals (for crops, livestock, fish, trees and forests) with provision of ecosystem services (such as biodiversity and watershed services) at a landscape scale. <br><br> Ecoagriculture Partners is ...
<br>Presentation of a film on Natura 2000 Sites in the so-called Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the German North Sea and Baltic Sea.
<p><b>Principal Presenters:</b></p> <p>Tomas Azcarate, President of the Institute of Responsible Tourism, Cipriano Marin, Vice Secretary-general of Insula (International Scientific Council for Island Development), and Paola Deda Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.</p> <p><b>M ...
<br>The Biodiversity Museum of Iran would present different species of taxidermy animals and fixed plants from all over the world. A broad range of beneficiaries have been targeted including scientists, students, teenagers, etc. to visit the museum and use expanded educational facilities.