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The TRUST Project is developing world best practice procedures for managing exchange of microbiological resources in concordance of the legal developments and principles of the Nagoya Protocol (NP). TRUST is imbedded in the culture collection community, which strives to provide for reliable ra ...
New OECD work on issues of key relevance to the negotations will be released: Indicators to monitor progress on positive and harmful incentives to biodiversity (Aichi Target 3) and on resource mobilisation (Aichi Target 20), including on the OECD DAC Rio Marker on biodiversity. And how to design ...
This event will present the latest results on the Arctic Migratory Birds Initiative (AMBI), a project designed to improve the status and secure the long-term sustainability of declining Arctic breeding migratory bird populations using international cooperation along entire flyways. Responding t ...
This event explores resilience principles that can be applied in undertaking assessments of social-ecological resilience at various scales, including the role of biodiversity and natural ecosystems. Methods for conducting resilience assessments, and possible development and monitoring of related ...
At the side event innovative planning tools (Strategic Environmental Planning and Biodiversity Impact Assessment) will be presented. The event shall form the official kick-off for a capacity building initiative by GIZ in cooperation with the German Federation for Nature.
Building upon lessons learned from a series of DGCS-IUCN development projects in different continents, the side-event supports the contention that systemic and objective approaches are essential to consolidating such significant processes as the those launched by the Biodiversity Indicators Part ...
IUCN knowledge products, including the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, contribute significantly to supporting the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity including through monitoring the status of biodiversity and developing indicators to measure progress. IUCN will highl ...
Experts will discuss how results from the program for Tropical Ecosystem Assessment and Monitoring (TEAM) can provide scalable data for multiple indicators and assessments under the Aichi Targets. Refreshments will be provided.
This event is being convened by the CBD Secretariat and the Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative in collaboration with various partners that were involved in the organization of the regional EBSA workshops conducted thus far, in order to highlight key results and discuss various scientific and t ...
A combination of informal discussion and presentations around the theme of the renewed Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (BIP) - specifically on the role of the BIP in: 1) Capacity Strengthening the role of indicators in NBSAP implementation 2) Supporting the continued development of suita ...
The Digital Observatory for Protected Areas (DOPA) is a biodiversity information system currently developed as a set of interoperable web services at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in collaboration with other international organizations, including GBIF, UNEP-WCMC, Birdlife ...
“Tangible Earth” is the world’s first interactive globe, invented by Prof. Shinichi TAKEMURA. It is a medium which makes it possible to visualize in real-time various aspects of our planet (such as cloud movements, cyclones, global warming, the global migration of birds and whales) as well as so ...
Contribution of artificial satellites to biodiversity survey and climate change monitoring (the second part). Current plan on the topic is as followed: Lecture on highlighting the contribution of artificial satellites to climate change and water circulation monitoring and global, regional and Lo ...
Presentation and Discussion on Assessment and indicators for biodiversity (Japan Biodiversity Outlook).
Contribution of artificial satellites to biodiversity survey and climate change monitoring (the first part). Current plan on the topic is as followed: Lecture on highlighting the contribution of artificial satellites to REDD-plus including forest monitoring and greenhouse gases monitoring.
Symposium on Japanese biodiversity and its conservation with scientific talks focusing on biodiversity informatics and its application to biodiversity conservation in Japan. Expected speakers in the symposium will be scientists working in biodiversity itself and biodiversity informatics. Citizen ...
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 ...
The Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) for Business provides key decision-makers with access to comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date biodiversity information to support critical decisions. For the first time, users can access critical biodiversity information at the site level whic ...
The overall objective of the Ramsar convention is the conservation and wise use of wetlands by national actions and international cooperation as a means to achieving sustainable development. According to the UN-CBD, inland water ecosystems are amongst the most threatened ecosystem types. Physica ...
This event will focus on the latest developments to strengthen the scientific basis of European biodiversity policy-making. This includes the development of a 2010 biodiversity baseline, a set of indicators (SEBI) and of science-policy interfaces, including the Biodiversity Information System fo ...
IIFB Working Group on Indicators work, updates since COP9
The Global Biodiversity Outlook-3 represents the scientific basis for the elaboration of the new strategic plan of the CBD and anticipates the types of assessments that the IPBES (International Science-Policy Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) might undertake. This side event will: - ...
Signing ceremony of Memorandum of Understanding with CBD and presentations on DNA barcoding and the International Barcode of Life Project, a consortium of 26 countries for non-commercial biodiversity research.
The session will launch Marine Biodiversity Outlook Reports in the 18 Regional Seas along with a Global Synthesis on Marine Biodiversity. These outlook reports provide insights into the current and future trends in marine biodiversity on a regional basis by utilising series of Pressure, State an ...
This seminar presents key aspects concerning how to assess and monitor diversity at the genetic level. Species and ecosystems depend on biological variation at the gene level for retaining resilience and evolutionary potential. Genetic biodiversity also provides the basis for terrestrial and aqu ...
The human beings live with bio-resources. However, we do not know a proper solution for sustainable use of these bio-resources. The information of ocean biodiversity is still scant. In the term of the land, detailed analysis and prediction on the biodiversity are necessary to understand the conn ...
The 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership draws on the outputs and experiences of over 40 partner organizations, as well as a range of Parties, MEA bodies and the private sector in understanding the challenges faced in monitoring progress towards a global biodiversity target. In support of th ...
The European Commission has completed the new Soil Biodiversity Atlas as a contribution to the International Year of Biodiversity. The Atlas represents a major initiative to compile and disseminate information on soil biodiversity, its interaction with above-ground biodiversity, and other soil ...