Fwd: biodiversity-l digest: October 15, 2014

BIODIVERSITY-L Digest for Wednesday, October 15, 2014.

1. CBD COP12 High Level Reception Invitation
2. Invitation to 'Transformative Initiatives in Biodiversity Mainstreaming and Financing' 16 Oct at CBD COP12, Rio Conventions Pavilion
3. Biodiversity Update - 15 October 2014 - Biodiversity Policy & Practice



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From: Britta Garfield <bgarfield@rare.org>
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 02:37:15 +0000
Subject: CBD COP12 High Level Reception Invitation

 

***SPECIAL HIGH LEVEL RECEPTION***

  Open to all COP12 / MOP1 participants

 

Biodiversity Bright Spots High Level Reception:

 

Celebrating Leadership in Resource Mobilization and Commitment to Action

 

(Wednesday, 15 October, 18:00 in Hall D, Room 2 – GRULAC Meeting Room)

 

 

Programme:

 

·         Master of Ceremony: Mr. Gerald Miles, Vice President, Global Development, Rare

·         Welcome statements by the two hosts

o   Mr. Didier Dogley, Special Advisor to the Minister to Environment, Government of Seychelles

o   Dr. Elsa Nickel, Deputy Director General, German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety

·         Introductory remarks by

o   Mr. Braulio Dias Ferreira de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary of the CBD

o   Dr. Andrew Deutz, Director Intergovernmental Relations & Head of Delegation, The Nature Conservancy

·         Bright Spots

o   Mr. Batbold, Head of Delegation of Mongolia

o   Hon. Tony de Brum, Foreign Minister Marshall Islands

o   Dr. Spencer Thomas, Government of Grenada and Secretariat of the Caribbean Challenge & Yabanex Batista, Executive Director of the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund

o   Mr. Arnold Jacques de Dixmude, European Commission Directorate General for Development and Cooperation

 

 

 

Britta Garfield | Senior Associate, Global Development 1310 N Courthouse Rd, Suite 110, Arlington, VA 22201, USA T +1 703 522 5070 ext.157 | F +1 703 522 5027 | C +1 301 525 9646 | Skype: britta.garfield Rare inspires change so people and nature thrive | www.rare.org

 

 

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From: Veronica Lo <lo.veronica@gmail.com>
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:58:29 +0200
Subject: Invitation to 'Transformative Initiatives in Biodiversity Mainstreaming and Financing' 16 Oct at CBD COP12, Rio Conventions Pavilion

Dear colleagues,

UNDP and partners are delighted to invite you to a full day event at CBD COP-12:
'Transformative Initiatives in Biodiversity Mainstreaming and Financing'.

09:30 – 19:30 THURSDAY 16th OCTOBER, at the RIO CONVENTIONS PAVILION, Concert Hall, Alpensia Convention Centre (see flyer here and detailed programme here)

We will discuss complementary global and national initiatives that aim to:
- Quantify the economic benefit of biodiversity and ecosystems services
- Integrate these economic values into national accounting and decision-making systems;
- Assess the current expenditures in biodiversity;
- Determine the future investments required to meet national and global biodiversity targets; and,
- Explore challenges and opportunities of a range of financing mechanisms to address the global biodiversity finance gap.

Delegates are also invited to an evening high-level roundtable discussion at 18:30 with Ministers and senior officials from governments and agencies, discussing opportunities to advance, integrate and accelerate efforts to include biodiversity into policymaking and financing, including in the context of the emerging post-2015 development agenda. Speakers include:

-  Hon. Ernesto Adobo, Undersecretary, Department of. Environment and Natural Resources, The Philippines
-  Chencho Norbu, Director  General, Department of Forest and Park Services, Bhutan
- Bruno Oberle, State Secretary and Director, Federal Office for the Environment, Switzerland
-  Mark Zimsky, Biodiversity Focal Area Coordinator, GEF Secretariat
-  Ivo Havinga, Chief of Economics Statistics Branch, UN Statistics Division
-  Bill Rahill, Director, Environment and Natural Resources Management, The World Bank
- Nik Sekhran, Chief of Profession, Sustainable Development, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, UNDP

The high-level roundtable will be followed by a reception.

We invite all COP delegates to attend and, especially for those not in Pyeongchang, to tune in via Twitter through: @UNDP, @UNDPbiofin, @UNDPSPC, #biodiversity and #CBDCOP12) Read more on our website here.

Best regards,

Veronica

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Veronica Lo

Consultant, UNDP 

Email: lo.veronica@gmail.com 

Skype: Veronica.Lo

Mobile: +31 684 131 854 (time zone: Rome)

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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 12:24:22 -0500
Subject: Biodiversity Update - 15 October 2014 - Biodiversity Policy & Practice

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A compilation of items recently posted to the Biodiversity Policy & Practice knowledgebase of international activities on biodiversity Latest News - 15 October 2014 CPW Calls for Work with Local Communities 14_October 2014: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has released the first fact sheet from the Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management (CPW), which outlines key issues and challenges associated with sustaining wildlife populations and habitats over time while considering the needs of people. continued...   Bioversity International Promotes Agrodiversity for Climate Resilience in Papua New Guinea October_2014: A publication by Bioversity International presents the results of a pilot project on the use of agricultural biodiversity for mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change. Initiated in Papua New Guinea in 2011, the project 'Seeds for Needs,' implemented in partnership with the National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) of Papua New Guinea, combines information from sweet potato and taro genebanks, and geographic information systems (GIS) to predict future climate scenarios and shortlist the most useful crop varieties for farmers in adapting to climate change. continued...   UN-REDD Explores Links with Aichi Biodiversity Targets October_2014: The UN Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation (UN-REDD) released a policy brief on how REDD+ is contributing to the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. continued...   Future Earth Forum Announces Research Agenda, Programmes 24_September 2014: Future Earth, a global research platform on issues of sustainability, has announced its research agenda and a series of fast-track initiatives. At a gathering of scientists, researchers, and public and private decision-makers known as the 2014 Future Earth Forum, the network announced that the three central themes for its work will be: a dynamic plant; global sustainable development; and transformations towards sustainability. continued...   EMG Reports on Green Economy Knowledge Products September_2014: The UN Environment Management Group (EMG) has published a 'Stocktaking Report on Green Economy Knowledge Products by UN Agencies and Partners,' which compiles toolkits, best practices, lessons learned and assessment methodologies that support learning and capacity building on green economy. continued...   Biodiversity Policy & Practice Calendar: Current & Upcoming Events CBD COP 12 Pyeongchang, Gangwon (Kangwon-do), Republic of Korea 6 Oct - 17 Oct 67th Session of the IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee London, England, UK 13 Oct - 17 Oct Nagoya Protocol on ABS COP/MOP-1 Pyeongchang, Gangwon (Kangwon-do), Republic of Korea 13 Oct - 17 Oct Mainstreaming Sector Policies into Integrated National Sustainable Development Planning: Enhancing Sustainable Tourism, Urbanization, Resource Efficiency, Biodiversity and Environmental Protection Tehran, Iran 14 Oct - 16 Oct Ramsar Convention Regional Pre-COP Meeting – Europe Austria 20 Oct - 24 Oct 47th Meeting of the GEF Council Washington D.C., US 27 Oct - 30 Oct Ramsar Convention Regional Pre-COP Meeting – Americas Colombia 27 Oct - 31 Oct Workshop on International Arrangement on Forests (IAF) beyond 2015 Beijing, China 29 Oct - 31 Oct 42nd Meeting of the CMS Standing Committee Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador 2 Nov - 3 Nov CMS COP 11 High-level Ministerial Panel Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador 3 Nov Ramsar Convention Regional Pre-COP Meeting – Asia Siem Reap, Cambodia 3 Nov - 7 Nov Fiftieth Session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC) Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 3 Nov - 8 Nov CMS COP 11 Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador 3 Nov - 9 Nov 7th International Conference on Ballast Water Management (ICBWM2014) Singapore, Singapore 5 Nov - 7 Nov Second Natural Capital Summit of the Natural Capital Initiative London, England, UK 6 Nov - 7 Nov    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 Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)

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