Mountain biodiversity is important for human wellbeing at global scale. Mountains are biodiversity hotspots, providing home to outstanding natural heritage and habitat for unique species. They support the provision of essential ecosystem services to local communities and beyond: as water towers, mountain regions supply freshwater to over half of humanity and as reservoirs of genetic diversity of many food crops, they contribute to global food security. In the face of fast-changing climate, mountains can serve as a refuge for species shifting to higher altitudes. Given the severe impacts of climate change on mountain regions, tools to increase the resilience of mountain habitats, wildlife and human communities and methods to support their adaptation to these changes are urgently needed.
The continuous efforts to elevate mountains in the post-2020 agenda of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) underline the relevance of mountain biodiversity for securing a sustainable future for all. Given the uniqueness of our world’s mountains and their ecosystems, and the growing challenges they are facing in terms of adaption, dedicated action towards implementing the new post-2020 in mountain regions is crucial.
In this regard, the CBD’s Programme of Work on Mountain Biological Diversity provides a framework for collaboration and for the identification of common goals and targets to strengthen the conservation of biodiversity in mountain regions. The need to sustainably manage mountain regions and to build resilience to climate change and disasters to protect mountain biodiversity has also been strengthened in the 2019 report of the United Nations Secretary-General report on sustainable mountain development. The proclamation of 2022 as the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development by the UN General Assembly on 16 December 2021, provides further strong impetus and an opportunity to continue highlighting mountains and their unique biodiversity under pertinent United Nations processes and initiatives such as the 3 Rio Conventions, the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and other global fora. In this light, the CBD COP15 offers a strategic opportunity to reiterate the need for the protection of mountain biodiversity at global scale and of the ecosystem functions and services upon which communities in mountains and beyond rely, and highlight the solutions developed at transnational, national and community level to address the challenges mountain regions are facing.
This high-level mountain side event highlights the efforts undertaken to elevate mountain biodiversity and the need for its protection within the post-2020 outcome and implementation and gives insights into supporting science-policy processes and products. The side event further provides a platform for dialogue and exchange of views among high-level representatives from countries working towards the protection of mountain biodiversity. Consequently, preliminary ideas for the roadmap of how mountain biodiversity will be addressed in the implementation of post-2020 will be collected. As a best-practice example, the renewed trilateral Memorandum of Cooperation between the CBD, the Carpathian and Alpine Conventions, will be presented as well as the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, including key flagships.
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Indicators for Elevating Mountains in the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Effective indicators of mountain biodiversity and ecosystems status and trends are crucial for supporting the goals and targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity's (CBD) Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Given the uniqueness of biodiversity in mountains, and the relevance of the ecosystems services they deliver for the well-being of people worldwide, the need to elevate mountains in the GBF was addressed by previous policy briefs presented at the first and second meetings of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG). This document complements earlier contributions and supports decision-makers in ongoing Post-2020 GBF discussions.
sbstta-24-item3-unep-indicators-mountains-en.pdf
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Indicators, Post-2020, GBF, Mountains, Biodiversity, CBD, Monitoring Framework, UNEP, GMBA, MRI, GRIDA
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Elevating Mountains in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework 1.0
This brief, prepared ahead of the first Open-Ended Working Group meeting on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework in August 2019, highlights how mountains are important areas for the world’s biodiversity, how mountains are currently reflected in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and why these regions deserve specific attention in the new biodiversity framework. This brief was prepared by GRID-Arendal and the UN Environment Programme in collaboration with the Mountain Research initiative (MRI), the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA), GRASP, the Alpine Convention and the Carpathian Convention. It received financial support from the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg through the Vanishing Treasures project.
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Indicators, Post-2020, GBF, Mountains, Biodiversity, Sustainable mountain development, CBD, Monitoring Framework, UNEP, GMBA, MRI, GRIDA, SCC, PSAC
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Elevating Mountains in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework 2.0
This brief, prepared for the second Open-Ended Working Group meeting on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework in February 2020, highlights how mountains are important areas for the world’s biodiversity and why these regions deserve specific attention, and outlines concrete policy recommendations for the inclusion of mountains in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. This brief was prepared by GRID-Arendal and the UN Environment Programme in collaboration with the Mountain Research initiative (MRI), the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA), GRASP, the Alpine Convention and the Carpathian Convention. It received financial support from the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg through the Vanishing Treasures project.
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Indicators, Post-2020, GBF, Mountains, Biodiversity, Sustainable mountain development, CBD, Monitoring Framework, UNEP, GMBA, MRI, GRIDA, SCC, PSAC
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Briefing note – Mountains in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
The protection of mountain biodiversity is a critical step towards stopping biodiversity loss and for maintaining and restoring healthy ecosystems. The declaration of 2022 as the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development adopted by the UN General Assembly on 16th December 2021, provides an important impetus and opportunity to continue highlighting mountains and their unique biodiversity. This briefing note supports preparations for the resumed OEWG-3/SBSTTA-24/SBI-3 sessions in March 2022.
OEWG-3_SBSTTA-24_SBI-3_Briefing note on mountain biodiversity_website.pdf
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Indicators, Post-2020, GBF, Mountains, Biodiversity, Sustainable mountain development, CBD, Monitoring Framework, UNEP, GMBA, MRI, GRIDA, SCC, PSAC, MP, FAO
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Including mountains in the CBD Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Mountains are vital for the conservation of biodiversity, and mountain people are critical to managing and protecting biodiversity; therefore, in this policy note the Mountain Partnership calls on the Parties to the CBD to ensure that mountains are explicitly included in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and in all CBD processes.
Mountain Partnership Biodiversity Policy Note.pdf
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Indicators, Post-2020, GBF, Mountains, Biodiversity, Sustainable mountain development, CBD, Monitoring Framework, MP, FAO
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Carpathian Convention and its role and contribution to the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework - assumptions by the Secretariat
The Carpathian Convention, as the international treaty on environmental protection and sustainable development, and one of only two international agreements specifically dedicated to mountain region worldwide, can play a substantial role in translating the global biodiversity targets at regional level and becoming an important regional instrument for implementation of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. The Carpathian Convention and its involvement in the Post-2020 process will strengthen the global biodiversity movement by serving as a role model for other regions sharing similar problems and challenges, especially in mountain regions, due to the regions’ characteristics.
1309Carpathian Convention contribution and role - Post-2020 GBF1.pdf
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SCC, Post-2020, GBF, Mountains, Biodiversity, regional mechanism, Carpathians, Memorandum of Cooperation
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Vanishing Treasures
The Vanishing Treasures programme, which is funded by the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, contributes to the conservation of three iconic and endangered mountain species threatened by climate change – the snow leopard in Central Asia (Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan), the Royal Bengal tiger in Bhutan, and the mountain gorilla in the Virungas (Rwanda, Uganda), as well as other associated biodiversity and mountain ecosystems they inhabit. This acts an umbrella approach to conserve wider mountain habitats, landscapes and other species, whilst also strengthening the resilience of the local mountain communities through climate-smart conservation as part of a wider ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approach.
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Climate Change, Endangered Species, Mountain Biodiversity, Local Communities, Knowledge Sharing, Mountains, Key Species, Ecosystem Restoration, climate-smart conservation, conservation, ecosystem-based adaptation, UNEP
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