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Ambassador Celso Amorim, Brazil’s Minister of External Relations, welcomed representatives to the world’s most megadiverse country and called for progress in the Convention’s implementation. |
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Carlos Alberto Richa, Mayor of Curitiba (Brazil) noted the important role cities play in biodiversity conservation. |
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Roberto Requião, Governor of the State of Paraná (Brazil), opposed attempts to downplay government partnerships with popular movements and indigenous peoples and, stressing that transnational corporations have no commitment to nature, he called for public policy to defend the environment. |
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Welcoming relevant national and international initiatives, CBD Executive Secretary
Ahmed Djoghlaf urged upholding the commitment enshrined in the 2010 biodiversity target. |
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Marina
Silva, Brazil’s Minister of the Environment instilled a sense of responsibility to mainstream environmental issues into public policy, especially cross-cutting issues such as ABS. |
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UNEP Executive Director
Klaus Töpfer warned representatives that the poorest people cannot bear the burden of protecting nature and traditional knowledge and that the 2010 biodiversity target cannot be reached through a business-as-usual approach. |
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Brazil’s President
Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva (above) called for adoption of an international regime on ABS, noting that biodiversity is our planet’s greatest treasure and that opposition to fair benefit-sharing is a threat to life on earth.
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Liberia for
AFRICA favored
finalization and adoption of decisions on incentive measures at COP-8.
Above photo: Ben Turtur Donnie (Liberia) |
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INDIA, opposed by the
EU, proposed convening an
ad hoc expert group (AHTEG) on incentive measures prior to COP-9.
Above photo L-R: Sujata Arora and Desh Deepak
Verma (India) |
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CANADA
drew attention to recent research by the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development on harmful subsidies.
Above photo: Timothy Hodges (Canada) |
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BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE:
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SWITZERLAND called for activities that contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Above photo: Robert Lamb (Switzerland)
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TUVALU emphasized the importance of protecting coastal ecosystems, such as, coral reefs and mangrove forests as an effective measure to address climate change impacts.
Above photo: Ian Fry (Tuvalu)
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WORKING
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Above
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to WG-II Chair Sem Shikongo (Namibia) |
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PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT:
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ABS:
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International regime:
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Malaysia, for G-77/CHINA, supported using the text agreed in the fourth meeting of the ABS Working Group (ABS-4).
Above photo: Gurdial Singh (Malaysia) |
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AUSTRALIA opposed, noting the ABS-4 outcome is not an agreed document.
Above photo L-R: David Dutton and Julie
Dowdle (Australia) |
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The US noted that the last two ABS meetings had not brought parties closer on basic concepts and welcomed the discussion as suggested by AUSTRALIA.
Above photo L-R: Terry Williams, Doug Neumann,
and Mary Rowen (US) |
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