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#2374SBSTTA 15
2011-11-11
CAPACITY BUILDING OF SABUJA VAIDYA (TRADITIONAL HEALERS)
CAPACITY BUILDING, KNOWLEDGE DOCUMENTS, FEATURE OF TRADITIONAL HEALERS AND RESOURCES OF MEDICINAL PLANT, FOR TRADITIONAL HEALERS
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#2394SBSTTA 15
2011-11-10
Exchange of Experiences on National Strategies and Action Plans between the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean 2010-2020.
The purpose of the event is to exchange views about the national strategies and Action Plans 2010-2020 of the Region of Latin America and the Caribbean, also to Promote discussion about suggested indicators for the strategic plan for biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Aichi biodiversity targets, ...
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#2404SBSTTA 15
2011-11-10
Innovative financial mechanisms - the impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem resilience
New mechanisms for financing biodiversity such as biodiversity offsets are being promoted by some governments both nationally and internationally, among them the UK. The experience from carbon offset markets to date suggests this is risky. Issues include the problems around derivative markets, t ...
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#2430SBSTTA 15
2011-11-10
The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ( IPBES)
This event will present the background and provide an update on IPBES, and its potential role for supporting the CBD SBSTTA in providing scientific advice to the CBD.
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#2364SBSTTA 15
2011-11-10
Progress and Opportunities for Financing Protected Areas and related Aichi Targets in context of the CBD LifeWeb Initiative
This side event will: 1. Update progress on funding matches, donor partners and submissions of Expressions of interest from recipient partners 2. Convey the instrument of financing roundtables and progress made 3. Profile key successes since COP10 4. Introduce version 2.0 of the carbon/biodive ...
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#2386SBSTTA 15
2011-11-10
IUCN Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on ABS
The IUCN Environmental Law Centre and the IUCN Global Policy Unit are currently developing an Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of the Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity. This ...
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#2405SBSTTA 15
2011-11-10
Climate and biodiversity: so-called solutions to climate change could further deplete biological diversity and undermine ecosystem resilience
Biodiversity and ecosystem resilience and integrity are crucial to efforts to stabilise climate, but some proposed solutions to climate change could undermine them still further. Key issues include: biomass for energy, biofuels and biochar, genetically engineered trees and crops, geoengineering ...
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#2420SBSTTA 15
2011-11-10
Restoring 15% degraded ecosystems; What are the opportunities, from local to global?
By 2020, restoration of at least 15% of the world's degraded ecosystems should contribute to climate change mitigation and to combating desertification. A challenging target, but what and where are these degraded ecosystems, and what is their extent? What has been already lost in terms of biodiv ...
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#2366SBSTTA 15
2011-11-09
Building capacity for biodiversity conservation monitoring and research in China's protected areas
The rate of increase in the number of protected areas (PAs) in China has been accelerating in in recent years. Despite the increasing number of PAs, the capacity of staff to effectively monitoring and assess biodiversity has failed to keep pace. The Wildlife Institute at Beijing Forestry Univers ...
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#2372SBSTTA 15
2011-11-09
Traditional Forest-Related Knowledge: Supporting the Objectives of the Convention
Forest-related knowledge and practices have supported the livelihoods and cultures of local and indigenous communities for centuries, while sustaining and enhancing biological diversity in forests and associated agro-ecosystems. In 2005, the International Union of Forest Research Organizations ( ...
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#2380SBSTTA 15
2011-11-09
A Conversation on Biodiversity and Health
The conversations on health and biodiversity linkages are expanding and new ideas and conversations are rapidly emerging internationally and regionally. The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011 – 2020 and the 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets is one possible platform for discussing health and biodiv ...
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#2397SBSTTA 15
2011-11-09
A Corporate Biodiversity Assessment Methodology
Presentation of a biodiversity assessment methodology designed to assess the biodiversity performance of any land-owning entity. The methodology is based on the 'pristineness' of an organisation's land. The methodology can be applied to companies, nations, regions, or any organisation which ow ...
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#2400SBSTTA 15
2011-11-09
Preventing Extinctions and Restoring Terrestrial Ecosystems on Islands: A Global Review of Priorities, Opportunities and Potential Benefits – Looking toward SBSTTA 16 and COP 2012
Following the Aichi Biodiversity targets set after the 10th Conference of the Parties in Nagoya, Japan, this side event to the SBSTTA 15 meeting aims to explore coordination and cooperation mechanisms to help Parties to CBD achieve their commitments to Target 9, related to invasive species and t ...
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#2423SBSTTA 15
2011-11-09
The view from up here: Arctic biodiversity in a warming world
The Arctic environment is experiencing unprecedented and rapid change from a variety of stressors that often interact in unpredictable ways. Understanding and responding to current and emerging concerns facing Arctic biodiversity requires coordinated circumpolar scientific information. Panelists ...
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#2365SBSTTA 15
2011-11-09
PRESENT AND FUTURE EUROPE'S FORESTS
This will consist of a series of presentations to introduce the audience to two publications developed by the ECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section: the State of Europe’s Forests 2011 (SoEF 2011), prepared jointly with FOREST EUROPE and the European Forest Sector Outlook Study 2011 (EFSOS II). The ...
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#2368SBSTTA 15
2011-11-09
Forest restoration and climate change mitigation
Forest restoration has the potential to support both climate change mitigation and adaptation and is increasingly considered an element of national climate change strategies. The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation is working with the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre and the W ...
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#2369SBSTTA 15
2011-11-09
Protected Planet Report 2012: Tracking progress on how protected areas are contributing towards meeting the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
The side event will present key findings of the protected area analyses underpinning the Protected Planet Report 2012 and discuss how protected areas are key to meeting the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. The report, the first in a new series of regular reports prepared by UNEP-WCMC and a wide range ...
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#2401SBSTTA 15
2011-11-09
Indicators on the interface between biological and cultural diversity
In the framework of the UNESCO - SCBD Joint Programme on Biological and Cultural Diversity, the event will focus on the current work on indicators on the interface between biological and cultural diversity The event will also provide an update on initial progress and next steps in the implemen ...
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#2408SBSTTA 15
2011-11-09
Consultation on climate-related geo-engineering relevant to the Convention on Biological Diversity
This side event is a consultation on climate-related geo-engineering and its impacts on the achievement of the objectives of the CBD, as per decision X/33 on biodiversity and climate change and the ongoing work of the Liaison Group on Climate-related Geo-engineering as it relates to the CBD.
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#2409SBSTTA 15
2011-11-09
GEO BON: Assessment of observation capabilities for 2020 Targets
The Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) will present its “Assessment of the Adequacy of Existing Observation Capabilities for the CBD 2020 Targets, which was produced at the request of the CBD. The report constitutes the first attempt to assess the adequacy of ...
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#2373SBSTTA 15
2011-11-08
Water & Forests: Fostering Human Health in a Changing Environment towards a Green Economy
A Side Event at CBD/SBSTTA-15 organized by the Global Environmental Change and Human Health (GECHH) Joint Project, the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the UNECE/FAO Forestry and ...
Side Event
#2388SBSTTA 15
2011-11-08
Protected Areas – Natural Solutions to Climate Change Adaptation
This side event examines the role of protected areas as natural solutions for countries to adapt to a changing climate. Integrated landscape planning includes well designed and effectively managed protected areas, that are connected thru well managed production landscapes. These are the key so ...
Side Event
#2393SBSTTA 15
2011-11-08
The Nature Index for Norway – a new measure of biodiversity
The side event will include a presentation of the Nature Index of Norway, to be made by Dr Signe Nybø, scientific coordinator in the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA). There will also be a discussion on how the index may be used by the CBD community in providing information on the ...
Side Event
#2399SBSTTA 15
2011-11-08
Policies for sustainable forest management in Europe
Sustainable management of Europe’s forests requires a stable and efficient platform for coherent policy development and implementation. Therefore, European ministers responsible for forests has made the historical decision to launch negotiations for a Legally Binding Agreement on Forests. They a ...
Side Event
#2418SBSTTA 15
2011-11-08
Joint work programme to strengthen information services on invasive alien species as a contribution towards Aichi Biodiversity Target 9
This side-event will present the joint work programme to strengthen information services on invasive alien species as a contribution towards Aichi Biodiversity Target 9 further to the Informatics Expert Meeting on Invasive Alien Species held on 5-6 September 2011 in Copenhagen. It will also pres ...