COP 2014 Pyeongchang

Press Conferences and Press Briefs

Below you will find:

COP 12 Press Conferences

Time   Title   Organizer
   
Monday, 6 October
   
9:00am   Opening Press Conference   SCBD
1:15pm   Launch of Global Biodiversity Outlook 4   SCBD
   
Tuesday, 7 October
   
9:00am   Daily Press Briefing by SCBD   SCBD
9:30am   Briefing by the presidency of COP 12   Republic of Korea
10:00am   Indigenous and Community Conservation and achievement of Aichi Targets   ICCA Consortium
10:30am   Press Conference on the signing of the MOU with SCBD   EAAFP
11:00am   Launch of “Nature is Speaking” Film Series   Conservation International
11:30am   Members of the High Level Panel on Resource Mobilization   SCBD
4:00pm   Press Briefing   SCBD
   
Wednesday, 8 October
   
9:00am   Daily Press Briefing by SCBD   SCBD
9:30am   Briefing by the presidency of COP 12   Republic of Korea
10:00am   Launch of Ocean Acidification Report   SCBD
4:00pm   Press Briefing   SCBD
   
Thursday, 9 October
   
9:00am   Daily Press Briefing by SCBD   SCBD
10:00am   Global NGOs joint statement for the renaturalization of Korean 4 rivers   Korea Wetland NGO Network
   
Friday, 10 October
   
9:00am   Daily Press Briefing by SCBD   SCBD
10:00am   Launch of Access and Benefit-Sharing Clearing House (ABS CH)   SCBD
11:00am   Threats to island biodiversity by military base constructions in Jeju, Korea   GreenKorea United
2:30pm   Press Briefing   SCBD
   
Monday, 13 October
   
9:00am   Daily Press Briefing by SCBD   SCBD
9:30am   Opening Press Conference for COP MOP 1   SCBD
1:30pm   Press Conference by Government of India   India
2:30pm   Use of the term “Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities” in decisions and secondary documents under the Convention: A historical perspective   International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB)
3:30pm   Press Conference: Ignored Conservation Area, Destroyed Forests   CBD-KCN, JCN-UNDB
   
Tuesday, 14 October
   
9:00am   Daily Press Briefing by SCBD   SCBD
5:00pm   Press Briefing by the Republic of Korea   Republic of Korea
   
Wednesday, 15 October
   
8:30am   Special event: Biodiversity and Sustainable Development - Post 2015 actions   SCBD
9:00am   Daily Press Briefing by SCBD   SCBD
3:00pm   Midori Prize for Biodiversity   AEON Foundation and SCBD
4:00pm   Launch of the ICCA Global Support Initiative (ICCA GSI)   ICCA Global Consortium
   
Thursday, 16 October
   
9:00am   Daily Press Briefing by SCBD   SCBD
9:30am   Bamboo – a new strategic resource   INBAR
10:00am   HLS Press Panel 1 - Integrating Biodiversity into SDGs and Post 2015   SCBD
10:30am   HLS Press Panel 2 - Integrating NBSAPs into other processes   SCBD
11:30am   Press Conference   Austria and Lifeweb Initiative
3:00pm   World Food Day Press Conference   SCBD and FAO
3:30pm   HLS Press Panel 3 – Nature-based solutions for Global Challenges   SCBD
4:30pm   HLS Press Panel 4 - Biodiversity and the Creative Economy   SCBD
5:00pm   HLS Press Conference   Republic of Korea
6:00pm   Press Conference with the Minister of Environment of Brazil   Brazil
   
Friday, 17 October
   
9:00am   Daily Press Briefing by SCBD   SCBD
6:00pm   Press Conference by the Government of Brazil   Brazil
6:30pm   Closing Press Conference   SCBD and Republic of Korea