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An overview of global biodiversity challenges Damon Stanwell-Smith

An overview of global biodiversity challenges Damon Stanwell-Smith UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre Cambridge, UK. start with the definition of biodiversity. Biological diversity is:

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An overview of global biodiversity challenges Damon Stanwell-Smith

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  1. An overview of global biodiversity challenges Damon Stanwell-Smith UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre Cambridge, UK

  2. start with the definition of biodiversity Biological diversity is: "the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part . This includes diversity within species, between speciesand of ecosystems” (CBD)

  3. Communicating the value of biodiversity

  4. 2010 Biodiversity Target “ . . .achieve a significant reduction of the current rate ofbiodiversity loss at global, national and regional levels as a contribution to poverty alleviation and to the benefit of all life on earth.” Adopted at CBD COP6 Endorsed by WSSD and UNGA Incorporated as a new target within MDG7 Communicating the value of biodiversity

  5. Communicating the value of biodiversity And beyond 2010 • "Ecosystem Services" • Economics (e.g. TEEB) Millennium Ecosystem Assessment www.teebweb.org

  6. Tracking the 2010 Biodiversity Target - timeline CBD COP 7 biodiversity indicator suite recommended CBD GBO3 indicator data deadline CBD COP 6 2010 target adopted CBD COP 8 2010 BIP mandated July 2007 2010 BIP established 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 WSSD endorsed MDG 7 incorporated

  7. "Working together to track global biodiversity trends" ■■■■ www.twentyten.net

  8. Walpole et al., Science325, 1503-4, 18 September 2009

  9. A paper currently under review in Science with the details of this work, including aggregate indicators with confidence intervals

  10. A paper currently under review in Science with the details of this work, including aggregate indicators with confidence intervals • Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 • CBD Flagship report • 10 May 2010 3

  11. “National governments and regional organizations using and contributing to the improved delivery of global indicators” Regional capacity building workshops: 45 Countries South East Asia Caribbean Mesoamerica Eastern Africa Southern Africa

  12. “National governments and regional organizations using and contributing to the improved delivery of global indicators” Regional capacity building workshops: 45 Countries South East Asia Caribbean Mesoamerica Eastern Africa Southern Africa

  13. “National governments and regional organizations using and contributing to the improved delivery of global indicators to inform National biodiversity-related decision making" Regional capacity building workshops: 45 Countries South East Asia Caribbean Mesoamerica Eastern Africa Southern Africa

  14. Post-2010 workshop recommendations: • A small set of broad headline indicators • New framework: Threats / Status / Ecosystem Services / Actions • Additional measures of threats and ecosystem services • National indicator development capacity building properly resourced • Inclusive partnership for indicator development maintained

  15. www.twentyten.net

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