IISD RS @ CBD SBSTTA 14, 10-21 May 2010, Nairobi, Kenya

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Fourteenth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

10-21 May 2010 | UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

Highlights for Monday, 17 May 2010

Daily web coverage (click on the following links to see our daily web pages)

10 May - 11 May - 12 May -13 May - 14 May - 17 May - 18 May - 19 May - 20 May- 21 May

On Monday, Working Group I started discussions on agricultural biodiversity, including biofuels, dry and sub-humid lands, and invasive alien species (IAS). Working Group II considered the messages and implications of GBO 3, outcome-oriented goals and targets for the period beyond 2010, the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, and incentives.

Working Group I: Agricultural Biodiversity, biofuels, dry and sub-humid lands, and invasive alien species

Mohamed El Hassan Ali (Sudan)

Bell Batta Torheim (Utviklingsfondet)

Gaspard Michel Andrew
(Saint Lucia)

Gideon Nyamasyo (Kenya)

The dais during the morning session.

José Esquinas (Spain)

Elzbieta Martyniuk (Poland)

Co-Chair Tone Solhaug (Norway)

Kurechi Masayuki, Japanese Association for Wild Geese Protection

Delegates in consultation during the session.

Working Group II: GBO 3, outcome-oriented goals and targets for the period beyond 2010, the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation and incentives.

The dais during the morning session.

Portia Segomelo (Botswana)

Li Yuan (China)

Theresa Mundita Lim (The Philippines)


Delegates during the session.


Delegates from New Zealand and the Netherlands in talks during the session.

José Luis Sutera (Argentina)

Marianne Schlesser (Belgium)

Sarat Babu Gidda (CBD)

Sharon McAuslan (UK)

Side Event: Grains of wisdom - farmer innovations, agricultural biodiversity and climate change

Side Event: Sustainable agriculture for enhancing biodiversity in eco-tone by using a rice-based ecosystem


Delegates during the event.


Presentation on the complex ecosystem that supports biodiversity in a rice paddy.

Side Event: Adapting to climate change in Africa - identifying impacts and planning adaptive management responses

Around the Conference


As SBSTTA negotiations resumed after the weekend hiatus, several delegates pondered which items would take up the simba’s share of negotiations for the rest of the meeting.

Daily web coverage (click on the following links to see our daily web pages)

10 May - 11 May - 12 May - 13 May - 14 May

Related Links

CBD resources

Meeting web site

Provisional agenda

Annotated agenda

SBSTTA 14 documents

Calendar of side events

IISD RS resources

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IISD RS coverage of Selected Side Events at CBD COP 9, 19-30 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

IISD RS coverage of SBSTTA 13, 11-22 February 2008, UN Food and Agriculture Organization Headquarters, Rome, Italy

IISD RS coverage of SBSTTA 12 and the Second meeting of the CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation, 2-13 July 2007, UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Headquarters, Paris, France

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