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		<title>CITES CoP16 Decisions and Resolutions Enter into Force</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has announced that the new listings of species and the 165 Decisions and 36 Resolutions adopted or revised at the 16th meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties (COP16) held in Bangkok, in March 2013 entered into force on 12 June 2013. ]]></description>
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		<title>GGIM Working Group Releases Report on Global Map for Sustainable Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) released the report of a working group tasked with considering a Global Map for Sustainable Development (GM4SD), the “Development of a Global Map for Sustainable Development” (E/C.20/2013/6/Add.1). The report describes the working group's progress, proposes a road map for consideration and highlights disaster and urban hazard mapping as a key input into the GM4SD. The GM4SD is also anticipated to be applicable to biodiversity and forest conservation, disaster mitigation and water resources management.]]></description>
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		<title>Bioversity International Calls for Fellows on Forest Genetic Resources</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bioversity International has issued a call for the 2013 Abdou-Salam Ouédraogo fellowship to conduct research on understanding status of and threats to genetic resources of priority forest tree species or methods for conservation and sustainable management of genetic resources of important tree species.]]></description>
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		<title>Bioversity International, IUCN and IFAD Stress Agricultural Biodiversity for Global Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The heads of Biodiversity International, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have published an editorial article describing the functions of agricultural biodiversity for human and ecosystem health, as well as threats to this natural resource base.]]></description>
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		<title>UN Poverty-Environment Initiative Deepens Efforts on Gender, Equality and Stakeholder Partnerships</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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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>Event: Food, Forests, and Landscapes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This event is being convened by the International Food Policy Research Institute  (IFPRI) and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), and will explore how the landscape approach can address food security challenges while protecting biodiversity and combatting climate change. IFPRI and CIFOR are members of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The session will be webcast live.]]></description>
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		<title>INC-Forests4 Suspended</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Legally Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe (INC-Forests4) made substantial progress in revising the draft negotiating text of a forest convention, but decided to suspend work until autumn because it had run out of time to conclude a few key issues in the text, reach consensus on institutional issues and prepare the interim arrangements for the convention. ]]></description>
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		<title>Bioversity International Considers Gender in Forest Research</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bioversity International announced the outcomes of the first workshop convened under its Gender Research Fellowship Programme on the theme of forest genetic resources, research and gender. The workshop aimed to identify differences between men and women with regard to the management of forests, as well as forest-related skills and knowledge.]]></description>
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		<title>Comoros, Mongolia and Syria Ratify ABS Protocol</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Access to Genetic Resources & Benefit-sharing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comoros, Mongolia and the Syrian Arab Republic have ratified the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing (ABS), bringing the number of ratifications to 18.]]></description>
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