Résultats de recherche

The Rites of Access and the Mysteries of Benefit Sharing

a panel discussion concerning facilitated transboundary movement of biodiversity and traditional knowledge

ABS Governance : the compliance issues

Present the results of the third ABS Governance roundtable been held in november 2005 in Paris with the aim of identifying existing and potential mechanisms for ensuring compliance with the an international regime on ABS, ABS agreements and protection of sovereign and community rights.

Needs and Options for ABS Implementation in Africa: Recommendations of the "Regional ABS Capacity-Building Workshop for Eastern and Southern Africa"

Swiss initiatives for the implementation of the ABS

Two 10 to 15 minutes presentations: 1. ABS: good practice for academic research on genetic resources 2. A guide to using the working draft ABS management tool Booklets describing these two tools will be available

ABS regulations and their impacts on biodiversity-related (basic) research activities.

Inter alia roundtable with experts discussing the implementation of ABS regulations and their impacts on biodiversity-related (basic) research activities.

Results from the International Expert Workshop on ABS co-hosted by Norway and South Africa

to be updated later

Business perspectives on ABS

Workshop to share business experiences and perspectives on ABS issues

Introduction to the BIO Guidelines

Representatives from the Biotechnology Industry Organization will explain their recent guideline for bio-prospecting.

Northern Workshop on Access to Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge and Benefit-sharing: ABS as a Sustainable Development Opportunity for the North

The Government of Canada, together with the Arctic Athabaskan Council and the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, hosted a workshop on access to genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge and benefit-sharing, in Whitehorse, Yukon, from March 15 to 17, 2005. The objective of the workshop, ...

ProBenefit - Implementing the CBD principles on ABS: a case-study from Ecuador

ProBenefit is an interdisciplinary research project aiming at the implementation of the principles of the CBD. Its goal is to work out a model procedure for a fair and transparent sharing of benefits from the use of biodiversity in the Amazon lowlands of Ecuador through negotiations with the nat ...

Illegal access to genetic resources and traditional knowledge - Andean Amazonic Iniciative against biopiracy

Case presentation regarding ilegal access to genetic resources and traditional knowledge

Use of medicinal plants by local communities in North Africa

Use of medicinal plants by local communities in north africa

Indigenous Peoples' Practical and Legal Experiences regarding the Protection of Traditional Knowledge/ Experiencias Legales y Prácticas de Protección de Los Conocimientos Tradicionales desde la Perspectiva de Los Pueblos Indígenas

This event will profile indigenous peoples' legal experiences (approx 3 to 5 cases) regarding the protection of traditional knowledge in various countries/regions / Este evento describirá las experiencias legales de los pueblos indígenas (aproximadamente, 3 o 5 casos) relacionadas a la protecc ...

The Phlebodium decumanum project, an experience of ABS in Honduras:innovation, co-development, biodiversity protection and patentability of inventions derived from natural resources

The presentation will cover the identification of the plant, methods of propagation, isolation of fractions from leaves and rhizomes, scale-up, study of the biological activity, patent policy, a survey of potential clinical targets and the way how the biological material has been protected. Spec ...

Promotion of the 8th Conference of the Parties on Biological Diversity - COP-8 and the 3rd meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety - MOP-3

Promotion of the 8th Conference of the Parties on Biological Diversity - COP-8 and the 3rd meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety - MOP-3

The Gambia is first country in the world to establish citizen forum for achieving the 2010 biodiversity target. “Friends of the Convention on Life on Earth” will promote action for the planet by civil society.

DUBAI – 7 February 2006. In his message to the citizens of the world issued the first day after assuming office as the new Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf stated that “the Earth’s life support systems, from its forests and flowers to its coral re ...

SACRED SHRINES AND THE MYTH ATTACHED TO THEM IN THE NORTH WEST PROVINCE OF CAMEROON

THESE ARE AREA RESERVED FOR TRADITIONAL RITUALS AND IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE TRADITIONAL HEADS DISAPPEAR AND GO TO SUCH PLACES FROM WHERE THEY HELP TO DIRECT THEIR SUCCESSORS;

Cocktail Reception - launch of resources for a workable liability regime

We would like to have an evening reception on the first or second evening of the week (on a night that does not conflict with the Secretariat's plans for a reception - if they will have one) to launch the publication of a number of materials on the issue of liability & redress related to the Bio ...

Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf calls on the citizens of Canada to join forces with their Convention by establishing “Canadian Friends of the Convention on Life on Earth”

2006 marks the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the permanent Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal. It is a time to reflect. And it provides an opportunity to renew action aimed at achieving the internationally agreed target of reducing the rate of loss of ...

Building Capacity for Biotechnology and Biosafety

Six years on from the adoption of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, numerous activities have been implemented by international, bilateral and private donors to build capacity to assist developing countries implement Protocol obligations. How effective have these activities been and what are t ...

International Project on GMO Environmental Risk Assessment Methodologies - Phase 2

The GMO ERA Project will present an update on the methodologies developed by the project and the current status of implementation in Brazil. Project members will present three tools and their application in Brazil. Delegates will be informed about the project publications and project activities ...

Risk/ Safety Assessment: Activities of the OECD - The Blue Book 20th Anniversary Side-event -

The main purpose of this side event is to outline the work of the OECD and its relevance to risk assessment. It will also describe the development of the general framework for the evaluation of the safety of transgenic organisms in the environment over the last 20 years and the role of the OECD ...

Key issues for COP-MOP 3 (details to be confirmed later)

This side event will focus on some of the key issues that will be discussed in COP-MOP 3 (details to be confirmed later)

The Brazilian Network on LMO Biosafety

The Brazilian Network on Biosafety - BioSeg- propose a presentation of a strategic collaboration among 13 Research Stations from Embrapa to develop the studies necessary to address environmental and food safety impact assessment of 5 transgenic crops under development by Embrapa. The proposal an ...

Biotechnology Biodiversity Interface (BBI): Competitive Grants for Risk Assessment Research

The BBI program is a component of the Program for Biosafety Systems (PBS). PBS, financially supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), addresses this need as part of a broader effort to support science-based decision-making and policy development. The Biotechnology and B ...

PERMACULTURA E AGROECOLOGIA NA DEFESA DA BIODIVERSIDADE

Tenemos uma exposição de alto nível demonstrando a importância do surgimento de novos paradigmas sustentáveis no desenvolvimiento de uma nova agricultura e bioconstrução, e sua relação intima com uma nova nutrição vital bio-hemisférica e uma medicina preventiva e mais holistica.

'experiences by developing countries in complying with the Cartagena Protocol through the development of National Biosafety Frameworks and Biosafety draft Laws'

The idea is to explain the potential regulatory challenges related to the Cartagena Protocol implementation based on the experiences of countries who have finished Phase I of the UNEP-GEF project in order to deal with cross-cutting issues and challenges that could interest countries that are sti ...

LMO labelling: How to reconcile trade, biosafety and consumer concerns?

At MOP-3, Parties to the Cartagena Protocol will again be under pressure to finalise the negotiations on documentation requirements for LMO shipments. Underlying these negotiations are important trade interests that favour unhindered flows of agricultural goods, consumer demand for choice, and c ...

PUBLIC RESEARCH IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOSAFETY IN LATIN AMERICA

THE WTO RULING AND REGULATING LMOs UNDER THE PROTOCOL: NGO PERSPECTIVES

Panel- speakers will address the specifics of the ruling, the reactions of governments/industry/civil society/ and offer analyses of courses of action under the Protocol and othet international agreements.

MISE EN OEUVRE DU PROTOCOLE DE CARTAGENE EN AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST: ÉTUDE DE CAS

L'objectif de cette presentation est de montrer l'état d'avancement de la mise en oeuvre du protocole en Afrique de l'ouest, particulièrement au Burkina.

The largest biodiversity meeting in decades meets in Brazil to adopt a roadmap to achieve the 2010 biodiversity target and save life on earth.

Curitiba, 16 March 2006 – The ecological capital city of Brazil, Curitiba will be the host to the largest biodiversity gathering since the World Review Summit of September last year when 154 Heads of state recommitted themselves to reduce the rate of loss of biodiversity by 2010. More than 30 ...

THE CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION ON NEGOTIATION AND CELEBRATION OF TREATIES

Conference and debates about the role of organized civil society (universities, NGOs,etc) in international negotiation and treaty celebration- in general and the case of CBD/Cartagena Protocol/COPs and MOPs)

Trading Precaution: The Precautionary Principle and the WTO

This side event draws on the UNU-IAS report "Trading Precaution: The Precautionary Principle and the WTO". This report examines the debate on the evolution of the precautionary principle in the context of the WTO. It clarifies proposals to enhance the incorporation of this principle in the rules ...

Draft Elements for a GEF Biosafety Strategy for implementation

The side event will briefly described the elements under consideration for the elaboration of a biosafety strategy as requested by the GEF Council. It will then invite exchange of views with interested Parties and other stakeholders.

"Voices From Africa: Biotechnology and the Subsistence Farmer"

A screening of 20 minute DVD followed by panel and presentation by attendees

Message of Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, the New Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the Local Authorities of the World

17 March, 2006<br><i> Montreal, Canada</i>

Strategy to Save Earth’s Life Support Systems Unveiled by UN Body - End to Overfishing up to More Efficient Agriculture Key to 2010 Biodiversity Target.

Curitiba/Montreal, 20 March 2006 –Global Biodiversity Outlook 2, launched today in the Brazilian city of Curitiba at the eighth biannual meeting of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF FRAGMENTATION OF Araucaria angustifolia FOREST (BRAZIL) IN LANDSCAPE, BIODIVERSITY AND GENETIC LEVELS

Technical approach

Monitoring the 2010 target (SEBI2010) - The European contribution to CBD implementation

The intention is to present the process and preliminary outcomes of the European co-operation on biodiversity indicators – the so-called Streamlining European 2010 Biodiversity Indicators (SEBI2010), which is a joint pan-European activity with countries and other interested bodies. An overview p ...

ARCTIC FLORA AND FAUNA - Status and efforts towards conservation leading to 2010.

Side event focusing on Arctic Flora and Fauna, led by CAFF - Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Working Group of the Arctic Council with assistance from UNEP, WCMC, WWF and other international organizations.

The Benefits of Plant Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention. Language: English

Presentation on the benefits of plant variety protection under the UPOV Convention based on an Impact Study carried out by UPOV. Information on the relationship between the UPOV Convention and other international agreements will also be provided. It is planned to use half of the allocated time ...

Business and the 2010 Biodiversity Challenge

Introduction to, and outcomes of the Business and 2010 initiative, summary of business relevant findings of the MA

Early lessons learnt from the Access and Benefit Sharing Management Tool, developed by IISD and Secrétariat d'Etat à l'économie, Suisse (seco).

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Formal - Informal sector partnerships as models of Access and Benefit-Sharing and Institutionalizing agricultural biodiversity conservation

Presentation of case studies and statements from farmers, representatives from public research institutions or public seed sector. Linkages/partnership between the formal (public research institutions, government agencies, academe) and informal (farmers, communities) seed sector promotes a valua ...

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.

Les Parcs naturels régionaux de France : des collectivités territoriales engagées pour la protection de la biodiversité Regional nature parks of France : local authorities involved in protection of biodiversity

Outre le concept de Parc naturel régional, ce side-event permettra de comprendre comment les Parcs : - Fondent leur projet de territoire sur la biodiversité - appliquent le principe de développement durable et d'utilisation rationnelle des ressources, - mobilisent et associent les élus et l'ense ...

Update on high seas and deep seabed issues.

IUCN and invited speakers will highlight recent scientific discoveries about life in the open ocean and deep seabed beyond national jurisdiction and provide an update on discussions at the UNGA open-ended informal Working Group on issues related to marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdicit ...

DESD and its potential role in CBD process

The event will introduce the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) as a means to advance Communication, Education and Public Awareness for CBD process. The goals of DESD and its strategies will be presented and followed by the relevance of DESD process for CBD.

Transboundary Protected Areas & the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas. Launch of 2006 World Database on Protected Areas.

The objective of this side event is to emphasize the importance of Transboundary Protected Areas (TBPAs) for achieving biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in line with the objectives of the CBD and the Programme of Work on Protected Areas. The side event is intended to showcas ...