Business.2010 newsletter: COP-9, Business and biodiversity in Bonn.

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• From the Secretariat
  Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
• Business: a key player in coping with the biodiversity challenge
  Humberto D. Rosa, Secretary of State for Environment, Portugal
• Assessing the economic cost of biodiversity loss
  Mark Schauer, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Germany)
• Quel système d’incitation pour les entreprises en vue de la conservation de la biodiversité en France ?
  Sarah Hernandez, Chargée de mission Biodiversité - Direction Etudes Economiques et Evaluations Environnementales

  Hélène Souan, Chargée de mission - Cellule de la stratégie nationale pour la bioidversité, Direction de la nature et des paysages, Ministère de l'Ecologie, de l'Energie, du Développement et de l'Aménagement Durables (France)
• Business and biodiversity: a perspective from three European NGOs
  Bjela Vossen, Project Coordinator, Business and Biodiversity Trilateral Project, Deutscher Naturschutzring (confederation of German environmental NGOs), EU Policy Coordination Office

  Paula Silva, Business and Biodiversity Project Coordinator, Quercus (Portugal)

  Anamarija Slabe, Director, Institute for Sustainable Development (Slowenia)
• The Corporate Ecosystem Services Review
  Charles Iceland, CFA Associate, World Ressource Institute (WRI)

  Mikkel Kallesoe, Program Manager, Ecosystems, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
• A composite indicator for analyzing a company's interdependency with biodiversity
  Joël Houdet, Biodiversity Advisor and PhD student, Orée - Entreprises, territoires et environnement
• Business and biodiversity: Some insights from Germany
  Angelica Pohlenz, Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Germany
• Report back on the business and biodiversity conference (2-3 April, Bonn)
  Silja Dressel, Project Officer, Business and Biodiversity Initiative
• News from Budapest
  Veronika Kiss, Business and Biodiversity Coordinator, CEEweb for Biodiversity
• Equitable payments for watershed services: the business proposal
  Julio Tresierra, Global Coordinator, WWF-NL
• Mainstreaming sustainable agriculture
  Jacques du Puy, Executive Committee Member, Bayer CropScience
• International Day for Biological Diversity
• Sustainable agriculture: Replicate and expand winning solutions!
  Annik Dollacker, Ecosystems Focus Area, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

  Laura Van der Meer, Director, International Environmental Resources SPRL
• Farmers are part of the solution
  Nora Ourabah Haddad, Senior Policy Officer, International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP)

  Jessica Goodfellow, Communications Officer, International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP)
• A biodiversity partnership in the Austrian forestry sector
  Gábor Wichmann, Conservation Officer, BirdLife Austria

  Gerald Plattner, Conservation and Environmental Officer of ÖBf
• Forests at COP-9
• Solving the energy and biodiversity challenges
  Richard Sykes, Executive Secretary, International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA)

  Erica Dholoo, Biodiversity Project Manager, International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPEICA)
• Creating the sustainable city
  Matthias Schuller, founder and managing director at TRANSSOLAR Energietechnik GmbH and visiting professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design
• Financing sustainability in Canada: from concept to practice
  Brent Parker, Senior Policy Advisor, Sustainability Policy Directorate, Environment Canada
• Report back on the Biodiversity & Ecosystem Finance conference (New York, 27-28 March)
  Sofia Santos, Partner at Sustentare
• Catalyzing global ‘corporate ocean responsibility’
  Paul Holthus, Executive Director, the World Ocean Council (WOC)
• Newly formed union promotes business engagement in CBD
  Gus Le Breton, President of the Board of the Union for Ethical BioTrade, and CEO of PhytoTrade Africa (the Southern Africa Natural Products Trade Association)

  Rodolfo Guttilla, Vice-President of the Union's Board, and Director of Corporate Affairs, Natura Cosméticos SA, Brazil.
• Bolivia’s biotrade experience
  Ruth Delgado, Natural Resources Manager of the Biotarde National Programme (PNBS), executed by Friends of Nature Foundation (FAN)
• The biodiversity revelation
  Doug Forseth, Senior Vice President of Operations, Whistler Blackcomb

  Arthur Dejong, Mountain Planning and Environmental Resource Manager, Whistler Blackcomb
• European protected areas and local tourism businesses
  Petra Dippold, European Charter project officer, EUROPARC Federation - Office Bruxelles
• Biodiversity offsets: a step on the road to the 2010 target
  Kerry ten Kate, Director of the Business and Biodiversity Programme (BBOP), Forest Trends
• A mining company perspective
  Stuart Anstee, Principal Adviser-Environment, Rio Tinto
• Offsets in the Ambatovy Nickel Project
  Pierre O. Berner, PhD, Environmental Manager, Ambatovy Project
• How much offsetting is enough?
  Ece Ozdemiroglu, founding Director, Economics For The Environment Consultancy Ltd (eftec)

  Ian Dickie, Senior Consultant, Economics For The Environment Consultancy Ltd (eftec)
• 'Aménager en ménageant la biodiversité'
  Laurent Piermont, Président-Directeur général, CDC Biodiversité
• Balancing Biodiversity: Towards an international incentive instrument
  Stefan Van Der Ersch, Policy Advisor at The Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM)
• A practical tool for ABS implementation
  Claudia Denss, Scientific Advisor, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO
• Views on the international regime
  Susan Finston, Executive Director, American BioIndustry Alliance (ABIA)
• ABS in the context of bioprospecting and Traditional Knowledge
  Anatole Krattiger, Researcher Professor Arizona State University, Adjunct Professor at Cornell University and Chairman, bioDevelopments-International Institute
• Facilitated access is an integral part of agricultural biodiversity
  Aaron Smethurst, Intellectual Property Policy Officer, CropLife International (CLI)

  Keith Jones, Stewardship and Sustainable Agriculture Officer, CropLife International (CLI)
• The Prince’s Rainforests Project
  Briony Mathieson, Communications Manager, The Prince's Rainforests Project, The Prince of Wales' Office