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Global Environmental Actors Present New Research on Climate Change and Biodiversity

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) present their most recent publications on the linkages between climate change and biodiversity

Agreement on the Conservation of the Asian Houbara Bustard: Final Meeting to Conclude Negotiations

25 - 27 November 2006, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

National level collaboration between agencies responsible for biodiversity and plant protection.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/VA/56765 (2006-129)
To: CBD and SBSTTA National Focal Points Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) is an agreement with 159 Parties which aims to prevent the introduction and spread of any species (plant, animal or other) that directly or indirectly affect plants. The Conference of the Parties, in decisions VI/23 and VI/20 respectfully, ack ...

Second International Agarwood Conference

4 - 11 March 2007, Bangkok, Thailand

14th Meeting of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) Scientific Council

14 - 17 March 2007, Bonn, Germany

One Million Species Catalogue of Life symposium

29 March 2007, Reading, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Contribution from Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the Seminar on Desertification and its Implications, 2 – 4 April 2007.

Dry and sub-humid ecosystems cover 47% of the Earth’s land surface. They are not barren land or dead landscapes; rather they contain a number of important well-adapted species. Indeed some of the world’s most important food crops originated in dry and sub-humid lands including wheat and olives. ...

World Migratory Bird Day, 12-13 May 2007 - U.N. Campaign highlights “Migratory Birds in a changing climate”

Bonn, 12-13 May 2007 -- A series of events will take place around the world this weekend to highlight the impacts of climate change on migratory birds. Over one hundred separate events in more than 48 countries will transmit the message of the 2007 World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) to local commun ...

Message by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the Occasion of the World Migratory Bird Day 2007 - Migratory Birds in a Changing Climate, 12-13 May 2007.

Message by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the Occasion of the World Migratory Bird Day 2007 - Migratory Birds in a Changing Climate, 12-13 May 2007

This year’s World Migratory Bird Day draws attention to the plight of birds as our climate changes. The main impacts of climate change will be on water, with extensive loss of coastal wetlands, retreat of glaciers, decreased sea-ice extent, thawing of some permafrost, longer ice-free seasons on ...

Message of Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the Occasion of the Celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity at the Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom, 22 May 2007

Climate change is a real threat to our own future and to other species that share this planet. Following the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released earlier this year, this is crystal clear. We are already losing biodiversity at rates unprecedented since the demise of t ...

55th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Standing Committee

2 June 2007, The Hague, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

3 - 15 June 2007, The Hague, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, the Hague, 3-15 June 2007

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, the Hague, 3-15 June 2007

It is a great pleasure and honour to address the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). As you know, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) attaches great importance to the need to ...

56th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Standing Committee

15 June 2007, The Hague, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-06-en.pdf'>Can we meet the 2010-target? 6 global options explored for GBO2</a>

On request of sCBD, the GLOBIO consortium has explored 6 global policy options to meet the 2010-target. The GTAP-IMAGE-GLOBIO models have been applied. The options concern implementation of WTO, poverty alleviation, bioenergy, plantation forestry, sustainable meat production and 20% protected ar ...

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-09-en.pdf'>International Standard for Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ISSC-MAP) – A tool to achieve the GSPC targets</a>

This side event would focus on the "International Standard for Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ISSC-MAP)" that has been developed in a joint initiative by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), the IUCN Medicinal Plant Specialist Group, WWF and TRA ...

Gearing up for COP 9: the In-Depth Review on Invasive Species

The event is intended to promote participation by countries and relevant organisations in the in-depth review of invasive species to be presented to COP 9. It will include presentations by the SCBD, GISP, countries and organisations with whom GISP is working. It will highlight some of the policy ...

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-15-en.pdf'>The SeaLifeBase database and its SeaLife Portal</a>

This event is dedicated to a global database and portal that our project, the SeaLifeBase Project, are presently developing for all marine organisms. This database called SeaLifeBase and the corresponding Internet portal called SeaLife Portal will eventually do what FishBase presently does for f ...

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-21-en.pdf'>Remote Sensing and Biodiversity Indicators</a>

Several members of the international conservation community, SCBD, NASA and UNEP/WCMC have created a technical guide to the use of remote sensing for monitoring indicators relevant to biodiversity. Simplifying the technical language commonly used in the remote-sensing field, the book discusses t ...

Terminator 2.0 – A New Generation of GURTs

Despite the fact that Parties re-affirmed and strengthened the CBD’s moratorium on GURTs in 2006, public and private sector researchers are expanding and refining research on a new generation of “suicide seed” technologies. Current research is being undertaken for the purpose of biological conta ...

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-36-en.doc'>Islands Biodiversity Programme: New Zealand Case Study</a>

Presentation outlining the global importance of New Zealand islands; management of threats from invasive alien species and uses 4 case studies to explain national strategies for island management, balancing people and nature against CBD focal areas.

<a href='/doc/side-events/sbstta/sbstta-12/summary-41-en.pdf'>JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE…ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS TOOLKIT & APPLYING THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH IN ENGLAND</a>

This side event focuses on issues facing the application of the ecosystem approach. It will explore work undertaken in the UK on the practical difficulties associated with the application of the ecosystem approach. It will also cover the development of a environmental economics toolkit specifica ...

Setting National Goals and Targets for 2010 - Brazil's experience

In December 2006 Brazil's multi-stakeholder National Biodiversity Commission adopted a set of National Biodiversity targets for 2010. The side event will explain the backgound to this process, how it was organized and give an overview of the 51 agreed national targets.

Technology Transfer: Benefits from Biotech

This side-event, organized by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) will explore how CBD members can best gain potential benefits from commercialization of biotechnology through technology transfer to provide economic and social benefits like job creation and improved living standards.

INTEGRATING BIODIVERSITY INTO STRATEGIES FOR POVERTY ERADICATION AND ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MDGS

Progress towards the 2010 Target and other biodiversity objectives clearly depend on incorporating biodiversity considerations into the productive sectors of the economy (e.g. agriculture, forestry, transport, energy, etc.) that present both serious threats to, and opportunities for, the conserv ...

The Equator Initiative: communities as partners for implementing the Convention

Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) 32nd Meeting of the Standing Committee

6 - 7 September 2007, Bonn, Germany

9th International Conference on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions

17 - 21 September 2007, Perth, Australia

UNEP/CBD/WG-ABS/5/INF/5

Access to Biocontrol Agents to Combat Invasive Alien Species and the Access And Benefit-Sharing Regulations

The ABS for Africa Initiative: achievements and upcoming activities

The Activities held under the Dutch-German Capacity Development Initiative for Africa will be presented first-hand by African Participants and Delegates as a basis for a discussion with the audience on the Initiative's future steps : 1. Welcome addresses by Germany, The Netherlands and SCBD ...

Exploring Issues raised by Synthetic Biology

A patent for the first completely human-made species has been applied for - what are the implications for the environment, for intellectual property, etc.?

IUCN- THE WORLD CONSERVATION UNION AND THE CBD SECRETARIAT

THE IMPORTANCE OF GENDER IN ABS The promotion of gender equity and equality has been pointed out as one of the key elements to sustainable development and poverty alleviation. An analysis of the importance of mainstreaming gender criteria in ABS process will be examine. Suggestions of practical ...

Synthetic Biology - Exploring the Implications

A patent for the first human-made species has been applied for. What are the implications of synthetic life for the environment? for intellectual property? For how we define life?

Second Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Consortium of Scientific Partners and Institutions

17 October 2007, Paris, France

Traditional Knowledge, Folklore and Genetic Resources: Developments at WIPO and other multilateral fora

The issues of folklore, traditional knowledge, and genetic resources that are being discussed and addressed in multiple fora at multiple levels. Indigenous and other local communities will be particularly affected by the outcomes of these discussions and it is important to ensure that developme ...

Indigenous Women's Biodiversity Network (IWBN) Presentation

This event will allow the Indigenous Women's Biodiversity Network (IWBN) to present themselves and the on-going work they have been doing

Briefing on Regional Workshops on NBSAP Capacity Buidling

This side event is organized to brief participants about the preparations under way for the regional workshops on capacity building for national biodiversity strategies and action plans, as requested in decision VIII/8. The briefing will build on relevant documents prepared for the second meetin ...

Reminder to submit views and experiences for the in-depth review of work on invasive alien species

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/aw/56333 (2007-134)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Pursuant to Notification 2006-116 (ref. SCBD/STTM/RH/56333) dated 20 October 2006, as well as the letter from the Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP) dated 11 June 2007, I would like to remind those Parties, other Governments and relevant international organizations who have not already pro ...

UNEP/CBD/WG-ABS/5/INF/5

Access to Biocontrol Agents to Combat Invasive Alien Species and the Access And Benefit-Sharing Regulations

MPAS: Perspectives from small-scale fishing communities

This side event will present case studies about MPA implementation in several countries, from a small-scale fisheries perspective. A film, Right to Survive, on turtle conservation and fisheries livelihoods will also be screened. The event will highlight ways in which conservation initiatives can ...

Key Biodiversity Areas as a basis for national protected area gap analyses

As part of the Program of Work on Protected Areas, the CBD has mandated national protected area gap analyses to assess how well protected areas conserve biodiversity, and where the highest priorities are for expanding and reinforcing existing protected areas. As 2010 approaches governments may ...

Understanding the Relationship Between PAs and Poverty: New Evidence on the Impacts of Protected Areas on Local Livelihoods

A number of different agencies are currently involved in assessments of the benefits and costs of Protected Areas to communities living in and around these areas using a range of newly developed methodologies. This effort addresses the concern that evidence of the positive and negative impacts o ...

La Mappa della Primavera (Map of Spring)

Monitoring vegetation in Italian protected areas: this is the aim of the project La Mappa della Primavera (Map of Spring), supported by and with the patronage of the Italian Ministry for Environment and Safeguarding of Territory and Sea, and carried out by Federparchi, Legambiente and Coldiretti ...

LAUNCHING OF THE BOOK ON " BIODIVERSITY AND HEALTH

Recommendation XIII/5

Invasive alien species: report on consultations regarding international standards

COP 9/CBD High Level Segment - Parties´ Commitments for Life on Earth

Explanation of/discussion on possible voluntary Commitments of Parties for achieving the 2010 biodiversity target, being presentetd by the ministers at the COP 9/CBD High Level Segment. What is the "The Life Web Initiative"? What else might be contributions?

Implementing in Europe the CBD guidelines on Invasive Alien Species: the European Strategy on IAS, from words to action

A number of European governments, the Council of Europe and other partner organisations (European Environment Agency, European Commission, GISP, Bonn Convention, EPPO, etc) will present reports on how the CBD guidelines on IAS are being implemented in Europe, with special emphasis on the role of ...

Synthetic Biology: The Implications of "Extreme Genetic Engineering" for Biodiversity and the CBD's programme of work.

Side-event hosts: ETC Group with participation from Professor Drew Endy, MIT (USA) Enabled by the convergence of biology, computing and engineering, synthetic biology refers to a suite of foundational technologies that permit the design and construction of any specified DNA sequence, allowing ...