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BIODIVERSITY-L Digest for Wednesday, May 14, 2014.

1. Biodiversity Update - 14 May 2014 - Biodiversity Policy & Practice
2. Articles on CBD enforcement issues

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A compilation of items recently posted to the Biodiversity Policy & Practice knowledgebase of international activities on biodiversity Latest News - 14 May 2014 ICCWC Portal Supports Fight against Wildlife Crime 12_May_2014: The International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) has launched a web portal to support capacity-building through improved access to information. The portal provides information on the ICCWC tools available to national enforcement agencies and regional enforcement networks for addressing poaching and illicit trade in wildlife and forest products.  continued...   CITES Scientific Committees Discuss Sustainability of Wildlife Trade 9_May_2014: At their annual meetings, the Animals and Plants Committees of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) met back to back to discuss the conservation and sustainable use of a number of species, including sharks, rays, pythons, rare plants and tropical timber species. The Committees drew attention to the impacts of illegal trade on cheetahs, making recommendations for further consideration of this case, as well as a number of other legally traded species, at subsequent CITES meetings. continued...   Kenya and China Sign Bilateral Agreements on Environment 10_May_2014: The Governments of Kenya and China have signed fifteen agreements and memoranda of understanding to enhance bilateral cooperation on the environment, agriculture, health, transport, culture and investment. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang witnessed the agreement signings in Nairobi, Kenya, on 10 May 2014. continued...   WMBD Marks the Launch of Project Destination Flyways 11_May_2014: On this year's World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD), 10-11 May 2014, the UN highlighted the role of sustainable tourism in conserving migratory birds along their flyways. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed support for raising awareness about the threats to migratory birds from habitat destruction, over-exploitation, pollution and climate change.  continued...   IPBES Interim MEP Report Calls for Improved Member Selection 9_May_2014: The Plenary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), through Decision IPBES-2/2 (para 3), requested that the interim Multidisciplinary Expert Panel (MEP) prepare a report by June 2014, reflecting on "the lessons learned with regards to its functioning and how to improve it." The report, now published, highlights nine lessons learned. continued...   CBD Secretariat Reports on CBD Administration from July to December 2013 May_2014:_The 61st edition of the 'Biannual Report on the Administration of the Convention on Biological Diversity' (CBD), covering the period from July to December 2013, has been made available online. continued...   Biodiversity Policy & Practice Calendar: Current & Upcoming Events CBD Workshop for Eastern and Southern Africa on Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration Livingstone, Southern, Zambia 12 May - 16 May 13th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII 13) New York City, US 12 May - 23 May WAVES Fourth Partnership Meeting Washington D.C., US 14 May - 15 May First Meeting of the ITPGR Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the MLS Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland 14 May - 16 May Insects to Feed the World Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands 14 May - 17 May CBD Workshops for East, South and Southeast Asia on South-South Cooperation and for Cities and Biodiversity Qingdao, Province of Shandong, China 21 May - 24 May 2014 International Day for Biological Diversity worldwide 22 May 46th GEF Council Meeting and GEF Assembly Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico 25 May - 30 May CBD Workshop on Resource Mobilization for Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia Vilm (Isle of), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany 26 May - 28 May Seventh GEOSS Asia-Pacific Symposium Tokyo, Japan 26 May - 28 May 15th Meeting of the Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea New York City, US 27 May - 30 May Eleventh Meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety Montreal, Quebec, Canada 28 May - 30 May Ecosystems, Economy and Society: How Large-scale Restoration Can Stimulate Sustainable Development Washington D.C., US 29 May - 30 May Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on LMO Risk Assessment and Risk Management Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany 2 Jun - 6 Jun UNFCCC 40th Sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany 4 Jun - 15 Jun    Subscribe to our iCalendar and your computer will gain access to all the events listed in our  Biodiversity Policy & Practice  Calendar ( Learn More | Subscribe ) Please send suggestions for articles to Lauren Anderson at lauren@iisd.org Funding for Biodiversity Policy & Practice has been provided by the European Union (EU) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)

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From: Faizi S <s.faizi111@gmail.com>
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Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 20:04:32 +0530
Subject: Articles on CBD enforcement issues

Dear List members,

There have been several requests for my articles on CBD issues following my posting of the powerpoint on the weakening of CBD implementation. I was able to respond to only a few. Therefore I am giving below links to some of the articles. Also there are two articles attached. A 2006 article 'CBD: The unmaking of a treaty' various versions of which was published at more than 12 places, another examines the issue of national sovereignty in the CBD context..an issue about which a lot of confusion has been generated.

Lets work hard to bring sharp focus on CBD enforcement issues as we prepare for the CoP12.

S Faizi

India

(Chairperson, CBD Alliance)

CBD:Putting the focus on enforcement

http://www.cbd.int/ngo/square-brackets/square-brackets-2012-10-en.pdf  pages 18-19

Another article on enforcement (rather on the failure)

http://www.countercurrents.org/faizi011012.htm

IPBES: An Unbearable Burden

http://www.countercurrents.org/burden191212.htm

Spansih version of the IPBES article

http://ecologiapolitica.info/wordpress/?p=1130

On the legally binding nature of CBD as an international treaty (no soft law this)

http://www.cbdalliance.org/storage/sbstta-wgri/ecos/ECO%202%20WGRI%202012.pdf

A critical issue that has not yet found its way to the CBD parlance.  'Biodiversity and land reforms: a neglected linkage'
http://www.island.lk/2008/03/17/features8.html

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