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European Regional Consultation Meeting in preparation for the 12th GMGSF and GC-26/GMEF. 27 October 2010 Ivonne Higuero UNEP-ROE Programme Coordinator Ecosystems Management Sub-Programme Regional Coordinator. 2010 - International Year of Biodiversity.
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European Regional Consultation Meeting in preparation for the 12th GMGSF and GC-26/GMEF 27 October 2010 Ivonne Higuero UNEP-ROE Programme Coordinator Ecosystems Management Sub-Programme Regional Coordinator
2010 - International Year of Biodiversity • Global Target: Reducing the rate of loss of biodiversity by 2010 • Global Biodiversity Outlook • Pan European target: Halt the loss of biodiversity by 2010 • EEA Biodiversity Assessment • Progress in some areas but still the decline in biodiversity continues • What has been achieved overall?
CBD COP 10, Nagoya, Japan • “Biodiversity Summit” • Adoption of an International Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing • Assessment on the achievement of the 2010 target • Adoption of a new strategic plan with internationally agreed goals and targets and a multiyear programme of work for the Convention • Cooperation with other Conventions, organizations and initiatives • Substantive issues: forest biodiversity, marine and coastal biodiversity, biodiversity and climate change, biofuels and Article 8j on traditional knowledge
UNEP and pan European biodiversity • 5th Intergovernmental Conference Biodiversity in Europe (Liege Conference, September 2009) • IPBES Regional Consultation for EECCA countries (May 2010) • Biodiversity for Development and Poverty Alleviation: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (Gabala Conference, July 2010) • Pan European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy (PEBLDS) and synergies in the implementation of the biodiversity-related conventions