Charles Besançon LifeWeb Initiative Coordinator Scientific, Technical and Technological Matters

1. Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity Requires Local Action Charles Besançon LifeWeb Initiative Coordinator Scientific, Technical and Technological Matters Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity Montreal, Canada

2. United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity • Objectives: Conservation, Sustainable use, Benefit-sharing from genetic resources • Open for signature at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 (Rio Conventions) • 193 Parties • 250 decisions • 2011 – 2020 Strategic Plan for Biodiversity • Agreed in Nagoya at 10th Conference of the Parties • “Take effective and urgent action to halt the loss of biodiversity…” • Includes 20 targets

3. The 2010 Biodiversity Target was not met • No sub-target completely achieved • Most indicators negative • No government claimed success • Direct pressures constant or increasing

4. global Living Planet Index (LPI), has declined by more than 30% since 1970, • Tropical LPI has declined by almost 60%. • Temperate LPI showed an increase of 15%, reflecting the recovery of some species populations in temperate regions Source: WWF/ZSL Source: WWF/ZSL

5. The Red List Index (RLI) for all these species groups is decreasing. • Coral species are moving most rapidly towards greater extinction risk • Amphibians are, on average, the group most threatened. Source: IUCN

6. Biodiversity threats and action are local • Global action is necessary, but not sufficient • Local governments can transform national policy into action • Urbanisation, land use change, etc. drivers of biodiversity loss • Challenges but also opportunities for outreach

7. Challenges in sub-national implementation of the CBD • Implementation by Parties & sovereignty • diversity of sub-national governance arrangements • funding – how to finance cooperation and capacity building of • 1 million Local Governments • 3-5,000 States/Provinces/Prefectures/Regions

8. Plan of Action • Plan of Action on Sub-National Governments, Cities and Other Local Authorities on Biodiversity 2011-2020 (Annex to Decision X/22) • Development of tools • Support for NBSAPs through LABs, etc • Awareness campaigns (eg. Green Wave) • Monitoring and evaluation • How to implement?

9. Implementation requires coordination, capacity building • Need to work through partnerships • IUCN’s commissions, members, national committee’s, national and regional offices etc. are critical to success

10. Advisory Committee of Cities (Global Partnership) • Hosts of COPs and the SCBD (Curitiba, Bonn, Nagoya, Montreal, Hyderabad), leaders joined (Montpellier, Mexico) • Singapore joined to develop the City Biodiversity Index • Coordination by the Secretariat of the CBD, ICLEI/CBC as partner • Terms of Reference/Operations • Meets once a year at least and at every COP (overlap of meetings with Global Partnership) • Co-chaired by present and future venue/host for 2 years • Objectives: • Exchange best practices • Coordinate messages to COPs and other CBD events • Organize meetings and activities

11. Cities and Biodiversity Outlook (CBO) • A global assessment of the links between Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystems • To be presented at CBD COP 11 in Hyderabad

13. www.cbd.int/contact The Convention Cartagena Protocol Nagoya Protocol Programmes Information Secretariat Contact me Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity World Trade Centre 413 St. Jacques street, Suite 800 Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2Y 1N9 Tel. 1 (514) 288 2220 charles.besancon@cbd.int www.cbd.int