IUCN event | 16 Dec, 2022

Regional centres in support of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework in Africa, Caribbean, Europe and the Pacific for monitoring Targets 1,2, and 3

The Regional Observatories catalyse and facilitate technical cooperation and technology transfer. This side-event will showcase the role of existing regional observatories in Africa, Caribbean, Europe, and the Pacific play in support of the CBD Parties in the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework.

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The Regional Observatories catalyse and facilitate technical cooperation and technology transfer. They facilitate liaison between Parties and stakeholders and they provide tailored support to Parties’ needs and requirements. The BIOPAMA regional observatories support collation of data on protected and conserved areas and biodiversity, which can make a direct contribution to the monitoring of the Global Biodiversity Framework. For Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific, these regional observatories are ideally placed to be advanced options for establishing the proposed “regional cooperation support centers”.

This side-event will showcase the role of existing regional observatories in Africa, Caribbean, Europe, and the Pacific play in support of the CBD Parties in the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework. It will also showcase the experience of long-established (EEA) and newly established regional centres (Africa, Pacific) serving as regional nodes for monitoring Target 3 (and 1 and 2). Finally, it will demonstrate complementarity with other global reporting and monitoring tools, such as DART and with the Global Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity proposed by the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and the European Commission and which will be discussed at this COP15 with the Parties.