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		<title>UN Poverty-Environment Initiative Deepens Efforts on Gender, Equality and Stakeholder Partnerships</title>
		<link>http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/news/un-poverty-environment-initiative-deepens-efforts-on-gender-equality-and-stakeholder-partnerships/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biodiversity Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN Poverty-Environment Initiative (PEI) launched its 2013-2017 programme, announcing that its new phase will consolidate current programme achievements, further integrate gender and equality concerns, and strengthen stakeholder partnerships for the long-term mainstreaming of poverty-environment issues.]]></description>
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		<title>Event: Fourth ASEAN Heritage Parks Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biodiversity Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) will organize the Fourth ASEAN Heritage Parks (AHP) Conference in the Philippines, with support from the GIZ Biodiversity and Climate Change Project, and the Government of the Philippines' Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Department of Tourism. The conference is for park managers in Southeast Asia to discuss how to achieve international biodiversity targets and identify opportunities for international cooperation. Thematic sessions will be organized on: effective management of protected areas; biodiversity and climate change; integrating biodiversity values; ecotourism, business and biodiversity; and indigenous and local communities in protected areas. AHP conferences take place every three years. The ACB serves as the secretariat of the AHP Programme, which aims to ensure that park managers, policy makers, conservationists, scientists and other stakeholders benefit from available best practices and lessons on the management of AHPs and other protected areas. The ASEAN Declaration on Heritage Parks was agreed and signed by the environment ministers of the 10 ASEAN Member States in December 2003 in Yangon, Myanmar. There are more than 32 ASEAN Heritage Parks in the region.]]></description>
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		<title>OECD Report Examines Interface between Environment, Poverty Reduction and Development</title>
		<link>http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/news/oecd-report-examines-interface-between-environment-poverty-reduction-and-development/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biodiversity Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To mark World Environment Day, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released a report, titled 'Putting Green Growth at the Heart of Development.' ]]></description>
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		<title>CBD Secretariat Launches Survey to Assess Effectiveness of Biosafety Protocol</title>
		<link>http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/news/cbd-secretariat-launches-survey-to-assess-effectiveness-of-biosafety-protocol/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biodiversity Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Announcement / Statement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biosafety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is inviting Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to complete a survey to gather information for the second assessment and review of the Protocol's effectiveness.]]></description>
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		<title>Trondheim Conference Focuses on Biodiversity Mainstreaming</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biodiversity Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture & Food Security]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hosted by the Norwegian government in cooperation with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank, the seventh Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity was held from 27-31 May 2013 in Trondheim, Norway, under the title 'Ecology and Economy for a Sustainable Society.']]></description>
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		<title>UN Secretary-General, Prince of Wales Highlight Urgency of Addressing Poaching, Illegal Wildlife Trade</title>
		<link>http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/news/un-secretary-general-prince-of-wales-highlight-urgency-of-addressing-poaching-illegal-wildlife-trade/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biodiversity Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CITES]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his report to the UN Security Council on the activities of the UN Regional Office for Central Africa and on the Lord's Resistance Army-affected areas, the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, highlighted that increases in poaching, mainly targeting elephants, are a growing security concern in Central Africa.]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting of the East Atlantic Biosphere Reserve Network Sets Priorities</title>
		<link>http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/news/meeting-of-the-east-atlantic-biosphere-reserve-network-sets-priorities/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biodiversity Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the Eleventh International Meeting of the East Atlantic Biosphere Reserve Network (REDBIOS), the biosphere reserves of the REDBIOS Network agreed to reinforce their commitment to the development of the MAB programme and established different priority work areas.]]></description>
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		<title>Mongolia and Luxembourg Ratify Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress</title>
		<link>http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/news/mongolia-and-luxembourg-ratify-supplementary-protocol-on-liability-and-redress/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biodiversity Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mongolia and Luxembourg have ratified the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, bringing the total number of ratifications to 14.]]></description>
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		<title>Event: African Regional Online Real-time Conferences on Socio-economic Considerations Arising from Impacts of LMOs</title>
		<link>http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/events/african-regional-online-real-time-conferences-on-socio-economic-considerations-arising-from-impacts-of-lmos/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 13:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biodiversity Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), this online conference aims to continue the exchange of views and synthesis of information and experiences regarding socio-economic considerations arising from the impact of living modified organisms (LMOs) on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, especially with regard to the value of biological diversity to indigenous and local communities. Building on a series of previous online discussions, the conference is open to representatives from Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations and indigenous and local communities from the African Region.  
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		<title>Event: European and Others Regional Online Real-time Conferences on Socio-economic Considerations Arising from Impacts of LMOs</title>
		<link>http://biodiversity-l.iisd.org/events/european-and-others-regional-online-real-time-conferences-on-socio-economic-considerations-arising-from-impacts-of-lmos/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 13:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biodiversity Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), this online conference aims to continue the exchange of views and synthesis of information and experiences regarding socio-economic considerations arising from the impact of living modified organisms (LMOs) on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, especially with regard to the value of biological diversity to indigenous and local communities. Building on a series of previous online discussions, the conference is open to representatives from Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations and indigenous and local communities from the Western European and Others Group and Central and Eastern Europe.  ]]></description>
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