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 Energized to Reduce the Loss of Biodiversity
4 April 2006
Curitiba and the people from Brazil energized the 8th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity to achieve the 2010 biodiversity target and implement the Convention in full.
Full story IUCN @ CBD COP8Convention on Biological Diversity |
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 High Seas Bottom Trawling and Marine Protected Areas: Progress or politics?
31 March 2006
The Convention on Biological Diversity again called on Parties and States to take immediate action to protect vulnerable seamounts and cold water corals from destructive fishing practices such as high seas bottom trawling.
Full storyIUCN Global Marine ProgrammeIUCN @ CBD COP8 |
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 Will we be able to measure the 2010 target?
31 March 2006
The 2010 biodiversity target is only four years away, yet we still currently lack the means to measure trends in biodiversity. The World Conservation Union (IUCN) and its Species Survival Commission are therefore developing a suite of indicators to measure biodiversity trends.
Full storyIUCN @ CBD COP8IUCN Species Survival Commission |
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 Convention on Biological Diversity agrees to conserve highly threatened island biodiversity
31 March 2006
The World Conservation Union welcomes the adoption by the Convention on Biological Diversity of a new Programme of Work on Islands. The Programme of Work is set to slow down the loss of biodiversity on islands.
Full storyIsland Nations Commit to Protect Their Futures |
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 El Derecho Consuetudinario, un tema central en los debates de la COP8
30 March 2006
Las comunidades indígenas demandan el reconocimiento de sus leyes, la protección de sus saberes y la apertura hacia su participación en el debate. Conozca la opinión de algunos de sus representantes, expresada en un evento paralelo a la Conferencia de las Partes (COP8) organizado por la Unión Mundial para la Naturaleza (UICN).
Noticia completaEquidad Social y Políticas Internacionales - UICN en América del Sur |
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 Environment is an investment for development
29 March 2006
Achim Steiner tells ministers at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting in Brazil that the environment should not be seen any longer as a cost, but rather as an investment for development.
Full storyAgenda of Ministerial Segment [PDF] |
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 Austria delivers on Countdown 2010
29 March 2006
The Austrian Federal Forests Enterprise has joined the Countdown 2010 initiative by adopting an ambitious 5-year Biodiversity Programme. “This is a clear and meaningful contribution to the 2010 biodiversity target”, said Achim Steiner, Director General of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) during the launch on 28 March 2006.
Full storyCountdown 2010Austrian Federal Forests Enterprise |
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 Island Nations Commit to Protect Their Futures
29 March 2006
Leaders from island nations around the world joined together last night during the Eighth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to announce significant conservation commitments to protect the future of islands. They announced the Micronesia Challenge: to protect 30 percent of near-shore marine and 20 percent of terrestrial resources on islands by 2020.
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 Global Biodiversity Forum identifies roadmap for action to achieve 2010 biodiversity target
28 March 2006
A roadmap for action to achieve the 2010 biodiversity target was identified by the 37th Global Biodiversity Forum. The three main action areas of this roadmap are: building awareness of the role biodiversity plays in reducing poverty, providing an enabling policy framework for achieving the 2010 target, including political buy-in from finance and trade ministries, and partnering for action.
Full storyGBF statement [PDF] - en español [PDF]ENB report on GBFGBF Website |
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 More funding needed for protected areas
28 March 2006
Negotiations at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) conference highlighted protected areas as crucial to meeting the 2010 Biodiversity Target, but also stressed the need for more funding.
Full storyIUCN World Commission on Protected Areas |
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 Conservation Commons at the CBD
28 March 2006
Any conservation practitioner will agree that access to data is key to successful conservation. On March 22, 28 conservation and scientific organizations came together to call on governments to improve access to publicly funded data and research on biodiversity.
Full storyConservation CommonsCountdown 2010 |
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Taking stock: Global Biodiversity Forum to assess progress towards 2010 target
24 March 2006
The Convention on Biological Diversity sets out what governments intend to do to slow down the loss of biodiversity by 2010. The Global Biodiversity Forum (GBF) is open to all sectors of society, including governments, civil society and the private sector to discuss challenges and opportunities in achieving the 2010 target. It opens today.
Full storyGlobal Biodiversity ForumCountdown 2010Convention on Biological Diversity |
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 Communication and Education for Biodiversity: COP8 negotiations highlight World Conservation Union’s work
24 March 2006
Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity see the IUCN Commission on Education and Communication as a key partner to implement the work programme on Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA). The Global Initiative on CEPA is perceived as an important element to achieve the objectives of the CBD.
Full storyIUCN Commission on Education and CommunicationIUCN information on CBD COP8 |
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 European Union: incorporating biodiversity in its development cooperation agenda
24 March 2006
How can the European Union give biodiversity and related ecosystem services a higher profile in its development cooperation agenda? This was the theme of a side event, convened by the IUCN Regional Office for Europe on 22 March during the 8th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Full storyIUCN Regional Office for Europe |
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 The World Conservation Union helps European countries to implement the Biodiversity Convention
24 March 2006
Europe is getting a step closer to the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). A new network between the EU focal points for National Biodiversity Strategy Action Plans (NBSAP), responsible for the implementation of the CBD in their countries, will be set up with support of the World Conservation Union (IUCN).
Full storyIUCN Regional Office for Europe |
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 Act now to stop wave of extinctions
20 March 2006
The world’s governments have committed themselves to slow down the current loss of biodiversity by 2010. Now is the time to move to action, says the World Conservation Union to the 8th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP8).
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 BioRes focuses on next steps for an international regime on access and benefit sharing
20 March 2006
At the start of the Conference of Parties to the CBD, the latest issue of Bridges Trade BioRes covers how to proceed on a possible international regime to govern access to genetic resources and the sharing of benefits derived from their use (ABS). While several developing countries are likely to try to use COP8 as an opportunity to build political momentum for an international ABS regime, most developed countries have been less enthusiastic.
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Move from commitments to implementation now to achieve 2010 biodiversity target, says World Conservation Union
14 March 2006
With less than five years to meet the 2010 biodiversity target, the upcoming Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) needs to move from commitments to implementation. That is the main message of a letter Achim Steiner, Director General of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) sent to Environment Ministers ahead of the CBD conference.
Full storyFull letter [PDF] Es FrIUCN @ CBD COP8Convention on Biological Diversity |
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 The World Conservation Union calls on European Parliament to achieve the 2010 Biodiversity target
10 March 2006
We have to move from commitments to implementation if we are to slow down the current rate of biodiversity loss by 2010 – and achieve the 2010 biodiversity target under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
Full story Countdown 2010 |
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 Doubling Efforts for Biodiversity Conservation in Europe
2 March 2006
Officials from 40 European governments and 32 environmental organizations have recognized the need to redouble their efforts if they are to achieve the goal agreed in 2003 of halting the decline in Europe’s biological diversity by the year 2010.
Full storyFull release (PDF)Countdown 2010 |
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 The Eighth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
24 February 2006
The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity will meet in Curitiba, Brazil from 20-31 March. The eighth meeting of the Parties comes at a crucial time for the Convention when the world is expecting to see significant progress towards the bold global commitment to achieve by 2010 a significant reduction in the rate of biodiversity loss as a contribution to poverty alleviation and to the benefit of all life on Earth. The Union is providing active support to the Convention and the COP, and on these pages you will find its recommendations to Parties, information on side events, and any other news related to the Conference.
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 Ideas on how to achieve the 2010 biodiversity target? The Virtual Curitiba Biodiversity Conference needs your input!
16 February 2006
The Virtual Curitiba Biodiversity Conference, launched almost a month ago is asking for more contributions. The outcomes of this conference, an on-line mega-consultation process in order to gather opinions on how to achieve the 2010 biodiversity target, will assist the Eighth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in addressing this crucial issue.
Full storyVirtual Curitiba Biodiversity Conference |
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The World Conservation Union announces Global Biodiversity Forum to focus around the 2010 biodiversity target
7 February 2006
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) announces the Global Biodiversity Forum to be held at this year’s meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Curitiba, Brazil from 24-25 March 2006. This multi-stakeholder dialogue, initiated by the Union will focus on means how to significantly reduce the loss of biodiversity by 2010.
Full storyCountdown 2010Global Biodiversity Forum Announcement [PDF] |
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Convention on Biological Diversity kicks off private sector engagement