BIODIVERSITY-L Digest for Wednesday, October 22, 2014.
1. @IISDRS announcing @theGEF #GEF47Council, CSO Consultation and 17th LDCF/SCCF Council
2. IUCN Protecting the Planet Newsletter: Enhancing Governance and Europe
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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:06:05 +0000
Subject: @IISDRS announcing @theGEF #GEF47Council, CSO Consultation and 17th LDCF/SCCF Council
Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council Consultation meeting with Civil Society Organization (CSOs), Forty-seventh meeting of the GEF Council, and 17th meeting of the Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund (LDCF/SCCF) Council
27-30 October 2014 | Washington, DC, United States of America
http://www.iisd.ca/gef/council47/
The 47th meeting of the GEF Council will convene in Washington, DC, from 28-30 October 2014. The GEF Council will consider a full agenda, with topics including: Annual Monitoring Review; Results-based Management Action Plan; GEF-6 Non-Grant Instrument Pilot and Updated Policy for Non-Grant Instruments; Improving the GEF Project Cycle; the Country Support Programme Implementation; Gender Equality Action Plan; Conversation with the Executive Secretaries of the Conventions; Relations with Conventions and Other International Institutions; Progress Report on the Pilot Accreditation of GEF Project Agencies and Timeline for Further Discussion of Accreditation; Progress Report of the GEF Independent Evaluation Office Director; Report of the Chairperson of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel; Stocktaking of Integrated Approach Pilots Preparation; and Report of the Selection and Review Committee. A Work Program, which inaugurates the GEF-6 programming period and consists of 15 project concepts totaling US $177.79 million in GEF financing and $12.94 million in associated Agency fees, and with co-financing amounting to $861.42 million, will also be considered for approval.
In addition, on 30 October 2014, the 17th meeting of the Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund (LDCF/SCCF) Council will convene. A consultation with CSOs will take place on 27 October.
IISD RS will provide a summary report and daily digital coverage of the GEF Council meeting, including web updates from the CSO Consultation and LDCF/SCCF Council meeting. Please return to the above link on 27 October for more information.
Funding for coverage of this meeting provided by The GEF
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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 15:21:55 +0000
Subject: IUCN Protecting the Planet Newsletter: Enhancing Governance and Europe
| | |  Protecting the Planet Newsletter: Inspiring conservation success | | | Enhancing Governance – Europe | 17 October 2014 | | |
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| | | | PREVENTING EBOLA OUTBREAKS: THE BENEFITS OF CONSERVATION
The Ebola crisis in West Africa brings to light critical links between biodiversity loss and human health. IUCN delivered a statement at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Conference of the Parties, which concludes today, noting that the drivers of emerging infectious diseases are also the leading pressures contributing to biodiversity loss. These underlying drivers, such as land use change including deforestation, are causing massive changes in our ecosystems.  | | | | | | | | | | | IUCN world parks congress 2014 | WPC Programme and Promise of Sydney now live!
Click here to browse through the entire programme in an interactive format so you will always have the most up-to-date version at your fingertips.
We are also launching the public consultation on the draft Vision for the Promise of Sydney, the principal document that will capture the outcomes of the Congress. Read all about it here!
| | | | | | | | |  | | Berlin © Chantal van Ham | | | | INSPIRING PLACES | Berlin – the value of green spaces for a sustainable future
The German capital is one of the greenest cities in Europe, with more than 2,500 public green spaces, parks and gardens. These areas provide a home for natural diversity and a high quality of life for citizens. A new online video, 'Berlin - A thriving city embraces its green spaces', shows how the city's administration has recognized nature conservation and the protection of green spaces as vital for sustainable urban development and social equality. Watch it now! | | | | | | | | |  | | Ignace Schops © RLKM | | | | INSPIRING PEOPLE | A leading voice on protected areas at a crucial time for Europe
For Ignace Schops, EUROPARC's newly elected President, the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 "comes at a crucial moment for Europe". In this interview, he shares some of the key messages Europe will bring to the table in Sydney. He also gives his insight on how the Congress presents an opportunity for the European Union to show leadership in sustainability. | | | | | | | | |  | | Field of arnica, Eastern Belgium
© Frank Vassen (CC BY 2.0) | | | | INSPIRING SOLUTIONS | European protected areas of key importance in the global context
Covering over one million km2 of land and sea, the EU's Natura 2000 network of protected areas has been instrumental in safeguarding natural environments from short-term economic and political decisions. An event recently took place to highlight the European contribution to the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014, and stress the importance of the region's protected areas in the global context. | | | | | | | |  | | Tusheti Protected Landscape
© Marika Kavtarishvili | | | | RESPECTING PEOPLE | Home at last: A protected area in Georgia now under local control
For the first time since 1921, when Georgia became part of the Soviet Union, local authorities can manage and protect the Tusheti Protected Landscape. The government officially transferred control of the protected area to the municipality of Akhmeta. It is the first case of decentralized forest management in the country. The move will ensure local forest needs can be met in a sustainable way and provide employment for local people. | | | | | | | |  | | Oceanic gecko on Nasoata Island
© Randy Thaman | | | | BLUE SOLUTIONS | New alliances to protect Fiji's Nasoata Island
New ways of managing natural resources are developing on the Fijian island of Nasoata, involving partnerships between local people and authorities. About half the size of London's Hyde Park, the uninhabited island belongs to the people of Nakorovou village. A plan is bringing together formal and informal management systems at the national, provincial and community level, with a consultation process initiated by IUCN. | | | | | | | |  | | Lake Ohrid © Boris Erg | | | | WORLD HERITAGE | Stronger governance for Lake Ohrid
A new transboundary project for the natural and cultural heritage of the Lake Ohrid Region has seen the light of day. It aims to reinforce cooperation between Albania and FYR of Macedonia in protecting and managing the World Heritage site, and possibly extending its boundaries. The three-year project is a result of the so-called 'upstream process', encouraging governments to consult World Heritage advisory bodies - such as IUCN - before proposing sites for World Heritage listing. | | | | | | | |  | | Ako'akas, Cameroon © Thomas Bacha | | | | BIOPAMA | Launch of Central Africa Observatory for biodiversity and protected areas
Last week, BIOPAMA launched the second regional observatory for biodiversity and protected areas in Brazzaville, Congo. Hosted by the Observatory for Central African Forests (OFAC) in Yaoundé, Cameroon, it will contribute to the collation and sharing of information on protected areas in Central Africa and provide support on decision-making processes to governments across the region. | | | | | | | | | SAVE THE DATE | Science for Parks, Parks for Science: The Next Century, 25-27 March 2015, University of California, Berkeley
100 years after the historic meetings at UC Berkeley that helped launch the National Park Service (NPS), this two-and-a-half-day summit will feature 15 visionary plenary lectures by leading natural, physical and social scientists. Registrations are now open and proposals for presentations can be submitted until 1 November. | | | | | | |  | | 2014 EUROPARC Conference
© Don MacMonagle | | | | FOLLOWING UP | Better understanding of the value of nature at EUROPARC Conference
Some 300 protected area professionals from 28 countries gathered at EUROPARC's yearly international conference, which took place in Killarney, Ireland from 28 September to 1 October. The event focused on the benefits protected areas provide to society and highlighted the urgent need to communicate the value of nature to the wider public. Catch up with the event's highlights on Facebook.
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