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#3235COP 12
2014-10-15
TEEB India Initiative – Implementing Aichi Biodiversity Targets
Drawing example from India, the side event will present how TEEB implementation at national and sub-national levels could support countries towards achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets. A presentation on the TEEB India Initiative (TII) and National Biodiversity Targets 2020 will be made, follow ...
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#3218COP 12
2014-10-14
LIFE Certification - Pre-eminent Biological Methodology for Businesses
LIFE Certification is an international tool for businesses concerned with the increasing risks of global ecological thresholds and the negative impacts to Natural Capital. With reliable, transparent and independent audits, a LIFE certified business can more effectively communicate its voluntary ...
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#3247COP 12
2014-10-14
Biodiversity and Business
Biodiversity and Business: economic value for companies
Side Event
#3125COP 12
2014-10-13
India Business & Biodiversity Initiative: Mainstreaming Sustainable Management of Biodiversity by Indian Businesses
The event will feature the good business practices of biodiversity management by Indian companies. The key note would be addressed by Mr. Hem Pande, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India. A case study report will be released covering business initi ...
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#3162COP 12
2014-10-09
How businesses implement the Aichi Biodiversity targets: Green farm, Green development?
Presentation of Thai business and private sector’s engagement regarding the business case in support of the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem service that lead to the successful implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Aichi Targets, wh ...
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#3190COP 12
2014-10-08
Non-Extractive Users of Biodiversity: Generating Jobs and Income Through Conservation of Species and Habitats
Throughout the world, non-extractive uses of biodiversity such as Ecotourism, diving and the like generate billions of dollars in revenues and provide millions of direct and indirect jobs, a significant amount of which in developing countries. However, the non-extractive businesses have very rar ...
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#3284COP 12
2014-10-06
3D views on the rice paddy fields for wild biodiversity conservation - science, policy and business
Rice paddy fields are important habitat for wild species. Three speakers from different sectors(scientific society, government organization and business) will report on practical approaches to conserve biodiversity in rice paddy fields. <p></p> Programme <br> 13:15 Greetings <br> 13:20 Presentat ...
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#2619COP 11
2012-10-19
Business and Biodiversity in Transition: 'Biodiversity in Good Company' as an example for creating business initiatives
The topic of business and biodiversity is progressing all over the world. Different kinds of platforms, initiatives, organizations, and of course governments are striving to integrate the private sector in the implementation of the CBD goals and targets as well as national strategy plans for bio ...
Side Event
#2910COP 11
2012-10-18
The Brazilian Initiative on Business and Biodiversity - IBNB: The challenging task of engaging the private sector
The Brazilian Initiative on Business and Biodiversity was recently launched during Rio + 20 by the joint efferts from the Confederation of Industries - CNI, the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development CEBDS, LIFE Institute and the Business Movement for Biodiversity - MEB. One of t ...
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#2553COP 11
2012-10-18
Mobilizing resources for conservation: marrying public and private sector to raise revenue and cut costs
Biodiversity conservation activities have been driven until recently by an imperative to manage global public goods associated with biologically rich ecosystems. In the next decade, biodiversity conservation will need to take place in the context of rapid human population growth, increased loca ...
Side Event
#2727COP 11
2012-10-18
The South African Story-The Business Case for Biodiversity
A side event, highlighting South Africa’s experience regarding the Nagoya protocol, business and biodiversity and trade issues. The event provides the opportunity for the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs to sign the MOU with Vietnam and the People’s Republic of China in the field of ...
Side Event
#2847COP 11
2012-10-17
‘Going Wise’: Mutual benefits for plant-based businesses and national policy makers
Over 50,000 medicinal and aromatic plants (MAP) species are used globally for health, food and cosmetics, providing an important source of income generation for many national economies and rural communities. At the same time, one-fifth of MAP species are threatened due to over-harvesting and lan ...
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#2934COP 11
2012-10-17
THE BUSINESS CASE FOR BIODIVERSITY FORUM
Business has an impact on biodiversity in the course of their business operations as they use natural resources for production or consumption of products. The ecosystem is being impoverished by unsustainable activities. Currently there is much concern over the increasing impact of our business a ...
Side Event
#2838COP 11
2012-10-16
Business and Ecosystem Services: Risks, Opportunities and Solutions
With an economy closely linked to its natural resource based and climate sensitive sectors, India is poised with the challenges of poverty eradication, sustaining the rapid economic growth and dealing with the global threat of climate change, biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation. All bu ...
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#2554COP 11
2012-10-16
International Finance Institutions and the Impact of Environmental & Social Performance Standards on the Private Sector
This event will describe the role of International Finance Institutions (IFIs) and their ability to influence biodiversity management practices of the private sector through the implementation of Environmental and Social Standards and compliance requirements. The main focus will be on the Inter ...
Side Event
#2551COP 11
2012-10-15
Global Partnership for Business and Biodiversity
This event will allow delegates to COP 11 to get a better understanding of the Global Partnership, how it interacts with the various national and regional initiatives for business and biodiversity, and the longer term goals of the Partnership.
Side Event
#2775COP 11
2012-10-15
Business and Biodiversity: Valuing Ecosystems Services
Biodiversity is a key indicator of sustainable development. Companies rely on many of the ecosystems services which biodiversity provides. Mismanagement of biodiversity by themselves or by others poses a lot of risks to the sustainability of businesses. The way companies respond to these risks a ...
Side Event
#2617COP 11
2012-10-15
Corporates and the CBD: Sharing experiences on effective biodiversity conservation amongst the private sector in India (incoming host of CBD COP 11) and Japan (previous host of CBD COP 10)
This side event aims to further the discussions on the role of the private sector in biodiversity conservation from CoP 10 to CoP 11. It will bring together Japanese corporations with Indian and international corporations to share the experiences. Presentations will include those from leading In ...
Side Event
#2903COP 11
2012-10-12
Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Business in Brazil: The TEEB for Business Brazil Project
We live in a world transformed by business activities. Companies have prospered by providing products and services to people everywhere, and play a key role in economic development. For nature, however, the price of development and business success has been very high. Demonstrating the economic ...
Side Event
#2701COP 11
2012-10-12
Business and Biodiversity in Thailand
Presentation on implementations of the business sector in Thailand on regarding the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity in accordance with the objectives of Convention on Biological Diversity.
Side Event
#2488WGRI 4
2012-05-08
Public or private funding for biodiversity – the continuing debate
The challenge of mobilizing resources for biodiversity has led to proposals for market mechanisms to generate funding. But the questions remain. Should biodiversity be turned into a tradable asset? Wouldn’t this simply lead to the privatisation and commodification of biodiversity? What about the ...
Side Event
#2474WGRI 4
2012-05-08
LIFE CERTIFICATION
The event is designed to present the LIFE Certification - history, methodology, concepts and application.
Side Event
#2489SBSTTA 16
2012-05-04
[Workshop] Making a smart and effective index for biodiversity friendly consumption.
In order to develop products and services that are friendly to biodiversity, what kind of ideas are more effective? In this session we will share ideas about · Variety ideas from marketing perspective. · Building better index for biodiversity friendly consumers. Introduction(10min) Presentat ...
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#2486SBSTTA 16
2012-05-02
Biofuels and biodiversity: tackling the real issues
The evidence from many parts of the world shows how the push for biofuels and biomass for energy is having serious, often irreversible impacts on indigenous peoples, local communities and biodiversity. Furthermore biofuels incur a carbon debt at a time when we should sharply reduce emissions and ...
Side Event
#2031COP 10
2010-10-28
Business meets Biodiversity - Doing Business the Biodiverse Way
Leading companies from around the world, who are dynamically engaged in protecting biodiversity by conscientiously adapting business practices, will present their efforts at this side event. Participants will be able to hear from and interact directly with business members of the Business and B ...
Side Event
#2172COP 10
2010-10-28
Brazilian Biodiversity and Business Action
By presenting some case studies on how Brazilian companies are responding to the CBD, the side event aims at disseminating good practices in Brazil regarding the relationship between business, society and biodiversity. We believe that the business sector needs to become a bigger part of the solu ...
Side Event
#2039COP 10
2010-10-27
Going beyond mitigation: How can private sector drive biodiversity conservation?
The event will present views, experiences and recommendations from the private sector actors on how to advance towards effectively engaging business in supporting the implemetation of the three objectives of CBD, in particular in the use of BioTrade approaches.
Side Event
#2122COP 10
2010-10-27
How Japanese companies work on TEEB, certifications, PES, offsets: Many cases presented by Nikkei BP EMF.
Nikkei BP's EcoManagement Forum (EMF) is a consortium of 170 large corporations which work hard on biodiversity. EMF is also partnered with Nikkei Ecology. a leding Japanese magazine of environmental issues in business. The member companies present many cases of their approach to biodiversity an ...
Side Event
#1913COP 10
2010-10-27
Corporate Biodiversity Management - Practicality Meets Biodiversity
Business meets biodiversity in a real way. The all-new best practises manual “Corporate Biodiversity Management” is here. The handbook will be presented by the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) together with Business and Biodiversity Initiative members. It represents the consolidated efforts o ...
Side Event
#1963COP 10
2010-10-27
THE BUSINESS CASE FOR BIODIVERSITY
This side event will showcase European examples of partnerships with the private sector including the EU Business and Biodiversity Platform, the European Business and Biodiversity Campaign, the Nordic countries business and biodiversity example and will discuss the involvement of the business se ...
Side Event
#2288COP 10
2010-10-27
FROM CARBON NEGATIVE TO BIODIVERSITY POSITIVE: A NEW PARADIGM FOR BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY? Merged side event: “Net Positive Impact: A New Business Trend” And “Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme
This side event aims to share information on actions by leading companies to ‘neutralise’ their residual environmental impacts and to introduce the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme. It seeks feedback from CBD delegates on what Parties and others can do to stimulate more companies to ...
Side Event
#1936COP 10
2010-10-27
Corporate ecosystem valuation – Business guidance and examples
If biodiversity and ecosystems are to be conserved, it is crucial to realize their true value. Yet, some of the most vital ecosystem services are also among the most difficult to bring to market. While the economic value of some ecosystem services is obvious, the value of other services is less ...
Side Event
#2222COP 10
2010-10-26
Well being, Bioenterprises and Endogenous Development
Concepts of well being are defined differently in different worldviews, although they eventually aim to reach a level of welfare. Building on research and practices undertaken by the different partners, the side event will focus on the development and roles of bio-enterprises through endogenous ...
Side Event
#1755COP 10
2010-10-26
Sustainable Infrastructure Development consistent with biodiversity conservation in Japan
Japanese approaches (experiences and techniques) for harmonizing development and biodiversity will be presented to formulate agreements on the Revised Strategic Plan of the Convention. Japan has experienced environmental problems caused by rapid development, and has solved them through various ...
Side Event
#2247COP 10
2010-10-25
Ocean Industry Leadership in Addressing Marine Biodiversity Challenges
The World Ocean Council is the international, cross-sectoral industry leadership alliance on ocean sustainability that is tackling the single most important factor affecting marine biodiversity - the way business is done in the marine environment. The ocean supports a wide range of uses - shippi ...
Side Event
#1980COP 10
2010-10-25
Corporate Reporting on Ecosystem services
The Global Reporting Initiative, UNEP WCMC and CREM release research and development publication on Ecosystem Services and Sustainability Reporting. The publication is designed to support existing producers of sustainability reports and to support future GRI Working Groups seeking to devleop sec ...
Side Event
#2231COP 10
2010-10-25
Engaging the CBD to Build on Existing Biofuel Sustainability Initiatives
The primary objective of this side event is to demonstrate how existing biofuel guidelines and standards address ways and means to promote the positive and minimize the negative impacts of the production and use of biofuels on biodiversity. Additional objectives are to discuss the linkages to ot ...
Side Event
#1903COP 10
2010-10-25
Integrating Biodiversity management into the building materials sector
The event will focus on what are the risks and opportunities related to biodiversity in the building material sector. The Biodiversity Management System, which has been proposed for Holcim by the IUCN-Holcim Independent Expert panel will be presented, followed by an interactive discussion on the ...
Side Event
#2216COP 10
2010-10-25
The Green Development Mechanism (GDM) and innovative finance
In light of the deliberations of the Parties on innovative financial mechanisms, this side event will explore how a GDM could generate additional funding from the private sector in support of biodiversity and development. A high-level panel will discuss the case for further consultation and work ...
Side Event
#1935COP 10
2010-10-25
EFFECTIVE BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM POLICY AND REGULATION – BUSINESS INPUT TO THE CBD
In response to the emerging reality of natural resource limits, ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss, business must anticipate new and changing policies and regulatory frameworks to be developed and deployed by governments to address these pressing environmental challenges. However, busin ...
Side Event
#1970COP 10
2010-10-22
Biodiversity conservation in tropical forests
1) Debate on the ITTO/IUCN Guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests. 2) Report on the ITTO/IUCN/CBD Conference on Biodiversity Conservation in Transboundary Tropical Forests (Quito, Ecuador)
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#2221COP 10
2010-10-22
Business and biodiversity: cooperation between stakeholders and strategies
Exchanges and cooperation between biodiversity stakeholders are crucial to comply both with business needs and research needs. The French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity and Orée, an organisation for companies, territories and environment, act as a science-society interface through the ...
Side Event
#1721COP 10
2010-10-22
TEEB - The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: key findings for Local Policy and Business
This session presents key findings and recommendations for Local Policy and Business including Japanese best practices and other findings based on the “policy studies of environmental economics” program of MOE-J. It includes responses from the public and private sector and highlights practical n ...
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#2201COP 10
2010-10-21
ILCs and the Private Sector "Open for Business"
ILCs working with the private sector and in particular the Aromatic, Flavourings and Cosmetics Industry and representative of the industry will discuss good practices in the light of the IR ABS.
Side Event
#2228COP 10
2010-10-20
How the business sector is contributing to biodiversity in China
Leading businessmen in China will show cases of their action on biodiversity. Blive will introduce its platform role in promoting biodiversity protection work in China.
Side Event
#2028COP 10
2010-10-19
Greening trade for biodiversity conservation
Trade, if managed under sustainable practices, can enable biodiversity conservation. This is what UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative and its partners are promoting. Creating an enabling environment for developing sustainable businesses and fostering public-private sector engagement, while establishing S ...
Side Event
#1738COP 10
2010-10-19
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY THE MEASURES WHICH CONSERVE LOCAL LIVING CREATURES (LIVING CREATURE MARK)
In 2008, MAFF started to recommend the utilization of a voluntary eco-label called the “living creature mark”. It applies to agriculture, forestry and marine products produced by the measures which conserve local living creatures. (e.g. rice with oriental white stork mark.). These brands may hel ...
Side Event
#2308COP 10
2010-10-19
SGP / UNDP-GEF SUPPORT TO BIODIVERSITY-BASED PRODUCTS AND SUPPLY CHAINS
The UNDP/GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP), established in 1992, has implemented more than 6,500 biodiversity projects at the community level in 120 countries worldwide. The side event will profile a joint initiative of the SGP and UNDP/GEF to capture and profile the portfolio of biodiversity-bas ...
Side Event
#1719COP 10
2010-10-19
Launching of the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative
Launching ceremony of the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative with partners including national governments, international organizations, and NGOs. The Minister of the environment of Japan is expected to participate in the side event.
Side Event
#1862COP 10
2010-10-19
Business and Biodiversity: Country Perspectives and Approaches
A selection of countries will show-case their Business and Biodioversity-related activities and share both challenges and lessons learned. This will be an excellent opportunity to understand the current state of play for mainstreaming biodiversity, to develop networks and to facilitate partnerships.