Event: CBD COP 11 [viewed]
The 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is organized by the CBD Secretariat. The High Level Segment will be held from 17-19 October 2012. The provisional agenda includes consideration of: the status of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits arising from their Utilization; implementation of the Strategic Plan 2011-2020 and progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets; issues related to financial resources and the financial mechanism; issues related to cooperation, outreach and the UN Decade on Biodiversity; operations of the Convention; Article 8(j) and related provisions; in-depth review of the programme of work on island biodiversity; ways and means to support ecosystem restoration; marine and coastal biodiversity; biodiversity and climate change; other substantive issues arising from COP 10 decisions, including dryland, forest, inland waters, mountain, and agricultural biodiversity, protected areas, sustainable use of biodiversity, the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, biofuels and biodiversity, invasive alien species, the Global Taxonomy Initiative, incentive measures, and biodiversity and development; as well as administrative and budgetary matters.
27 January 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has circulated its Monthly Bulletin of Activities for December 2010.
24 January 2011: The Global Forest Expert Panel on the International Forest Regime has released its assessment report on international efforts to improve forest governance. The report, titled "Embracing Complexity: Meeting the Challenges of International Forest Governance," suggests that global efforts too often ignore local needs and fail to address the fact that deforestation is usually caused by economic pressures outside the forest sector.
20 January 2011: The World Bank has released a book titled "The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium," which contends that most countries are relatively highly dependent on natural capital initially, and the ones that progress most successfully are those that manage their assets for the long term and reinvest in human and social capital as well as in building strong institutions and systems of governance.
19 January 2011: Paraguay has decided to partially lift its voluntary moratorium on trade in species covered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Paraguay's decision is in line with the recommendations of the CITES regional workshop for Central and South America, held from 7-9 December 2010, in Bogota, Colombia.
6 January 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has circulated the agenda of the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS) to the CBD.
21 December 2010: The official report, including all decisions and outcomes, of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has been made available online.
