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#3339COP 12
2014-10-16
Demonstrating the role of biodiversity and ecosystems in delivering good health at low cost
Of the several services that biodiversity provides, a cross-cutting one is the contribution to secure the health of people and life forms in all manifestations – physical, mental and spiritual. While the relevance of biodiversity and related traditional knowledge to mainstream health may be more ...
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#3292COP 12
2014-10-10
Biodiversity, Health, Food, Nutrition and the Sustainable Development Goals: Ways Forward
Dialogue Session jointly launched with Bioversity International and FAO to strategically focus on relevance of agrobiodiversity and nutrition to work carried out under the CBD-WHO Joint work programme. Strategically linked to this core thematic area of State of Knowldege Review on Biodiversity a ...
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#3194COP 12
2014-10-09
Biodiversity, Well-being and the Post-2015 Agenda
As negotiations for a post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda are on full-swing, advocating an approach to human well-being based on biodiversity conservation and social equity is crucial. This should emerge from the CBD Parties and Observers as a crucial outcome of COP12. Well-being approaches ...
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#3291COP 12
2014-10-08
Framing Biodiversity and Health in the Context of the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Keynote presentation followed by a multidisciplinary discussion panel on thematic issue areas included in the State of Knowledge Review on biodiversity and health (under COP 12 Agenda item 16). To be carried out jointly with WHO and several core partners who have co-led work for the publication ...
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#3209COP 12
2014-10-07
Tackling common drivers of disease and biodiversity loss: a One Health approach
Human disease and biodiversity loss share common drivers, providing opportunities for cross-sectoral collaboration for co-benefits for health and biodiversity. For example, the overexploitation of wild fauna and flora places pressure on wild populations and threatens the health-supporting ecosys ...
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#2776COP 11
2012-10-18
The challenge to produce more food & energy with less pollution: Towards a Global Nitrogen Assessment.
Reactive nitrogen is needed to feed the world, but pollutes the world’s air, land and water, threatening biodiversity and contributing to climate change. With projected increases in human population and standard of living, this makes for a major global challenge to produce more food and energy, ...
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#2919COP 11
2012-10-11
CAN GORILLAS SAVE THE EARTH? GREAT APES AS INDICATORS OF BIODIVERSITY HEALTH AND HUMAN WELL-BEING IN CENTRAL AFRICA’S RAINFORESTS
The Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP) is the unique alliance of member nations, UN agencies, research institutions, conservation organizations and private supporters that works to conserve great apes in Africa and Asia. By focusing on gorilla conservation in Cameroon, Cong and DR Congo, G ...
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#2445SBSTTA 16
2012-05-03
Biodiversity, traditional knowledge and community health
The event will bring together perspectives of people working to promote biological resource use to improve nutritional and health security at the level of rural communities, using resources and capabilities at the local context in order to achieve broader development and conservation goals.
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#2453SBSTTA 16
2012-05-02
Naturally Healthy Children: mutual benefits for children and biodiversity from children’s contact with nature
There is increasing evidence showing that children in contact with nature are more focused and disciplined, that their sensitivity, reasoning and observational skills are sharper and their imagination is more stimulated. On the contrary, in the absence of regular contact with nature, optimal dev ...
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#2487SBSTTA 16
2012-05-01
Biodiversity and Health: Linkages and Benefits
Biodiversity and health have inextricable links, with biodiversity offering critical health-supporting ecosystem services, and public health arguments increasingly acknowledged as an opportunity for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Emerging infectious diseases presents an ex ...
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#2223COP 10
2010-10-25
Health, Biodiversity and Traditional knowledge: Strengthening linkages
The side event will focus on mechanisms to advance self reliance in health and nutritional security at a local community level. Case studies will be used to demonstrate how available biological resources and specific knowledge within communities can be utilized for this purpose, through a proce ...
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#2145COP 10
2010-10-21
Wetlands and Urbanisation
This side event will illustrate the linkages between the issues of urbanization, inland waters, biodiversity, public health and resilience to climate change. This side event will be organised by Wetlands International with the involvement of the secretariats of the Ramsar Convention, CBD and the ...