Side Event
Sustainable Use Indicators: Meeting the needs of the CBD
Organizer
IUCN - The World Conservation Union
Date and Time
22 March 2006 18:30 - 20:15
This side event builds on the previous session at the 11th SBSTTA (December 2005) and a meeting of the IUCN Ad Hoc Working Group on Sustainable Use Indicators (January 2006). The purpose of the side event is two-fold: • To promote greater understanding and clarity of the requirements and value of having indicators to monitor sustainable use of biodiversity resources; and • To establish mechanisms to engage more specialists and Parties in the development, testing and application of sustainable use indicators. Agenda Welcome and overview of approach and desired outcomes - Jon Hutton, Chair IUCN/SSC Sustainable Use Specialist Group The science of biodiversity indicators – Jonathan Baillie, Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, UK Building markets while controlling exploitation – Lorena Jaramillo, Coordinator, National BioTrade Programme, Ecuador. Sustainable Use Indicators: an Indigenous peoples' perspective - Joji Carino, Tebtebba Foundation, Philippines Secretariat perspective: Next steps in the Cambridge Process – Markus Lehmann, CBD Secretariat Respondent – Barney Dickson, Head of International Policy, Flora and Fauna International Facilitated discussion – Steve Edwards, Special Advisor, IUCN – The World Conservation Union Examples of substantive issues that will be discussed are: • Can indicators for the sustainable use of species serve as indicators for sustainable use of ecosystems? • How can we discriminate between the impact of use and other factors such as climate change or invasive species on the status of species? • How do we assess the impact of the international trade in wildlife on the status of biodiversity? • What procedures can we adopt to assess sustainable use candidate indicators at different scales (e.g., local, regional, and global)? As in previous IUCN/SSC sponsored side events, participants will receive a summary of the key conclusions reached in the discussions. Refreshments will be served.