CBD
07 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 May 2012: The 16th session of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted 15 recommendations, including a package of recommendations on marine and coastal biodiversity. It also addressed the in-depth review of the work programme on island biodiversity (PoWIB).
The recommendations on marine and coastal biodiversity cover: ecologically and biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs); sustainable...
03 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
27 April 2012: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has reported that, on 20 April 2012, Seychelles became the fourth country to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS) to the CBD.
The Nagoya Protocol will enter into force 90 days after the deposit of the 50th instrument of ratification. Gabon, Jordan and Rwanda also have ratified the Protocol. [CBD Notification]
02 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
1 May 2012: The 16th session of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) opened on 30 April 2012, in Montreal, Canada. The session is focused on issues relating to marine and coastal biodiversity, and biodiversity and climate change.
CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Dias called for SBSTTA 16 to focus on issues that hinder progress on achieving the Aichi Targets and implementing the Strategic Plan, and...
30 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
26 April 2012: The Global Islands Partnership (GLISPA) announced the establishment of a working group on invasive species, focused on catalyzing commitments to reduce the threat of invasive alien species as a critical component of conservation of island biodiversity, ecosystem-based adaptation and sustainable livelihoods.
According to GLISPA, the working group’s terms of reference will be modelled on the GLISPA’s working modality of catalyzing action, mobilizing commitments and sharing...
25 Apr 2012
This event is being convened by Islands Conservation, in partnership with the Global Island Partnership (GLISPA), and with the participation of selected CBD parties. Island Conservation will present a proposed way forward to scale up the process of preventing species extinction, based on a recent scientific analysis provided by the Threatened Island Biodiversity database, illustrated by field examples and with the catalytic support of the international community. This event will convene in the...
