After a
relatively quiet couple of months in July and August, the calendar
has filled up again over the past two weeks. As this issue of
Linkages Update shows, climate change continues to hold center
stage, with a major meeting in Vienna in late August marking the
first of a series of events leading up to the Bali conference in
December, when delegates will try to agree on a framework for
negotiating a post-2012 agreement.
But climate change is not the only important issue on the
multilateral radar. …
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Chris Spence
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UNCCD COP 8 ASSESSING INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE |
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Madrid, 12 September—The
eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP
8) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification
(UNCCD) is negotiating proposals that could alter
its institutional structures. The meeting, which is
taking place from 3-14 September, in Madrid, Spain,
has already adopted a decision by its Committee on
Science and Technology (CST) that calls for future
sessions of the CST to be organized in a
conference-style format, organized by the CST Bureau
in consultation with a lead institution or
consortium with experience related to the selected
thematic focus.
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Photo: COP 8 President
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| Interlaken,
8 September—The
first International Technical Conference on
Animal Genetic Resources for Food and
Agriculture has resulted in agreement on a
Global Plan of Action. The meeting, which
was held from 3-7 September, in Interlaken,
Switzerland, adopted both the Global Plan
and Interlaken Declaration, which stresses
the importance of animal genetic resources
and confirms the adoption of the Plan. The
successful completion of the Global Plan and
Interlaken Declaration provides a framework
for future action and represents the
beginning of a challenging long-term process
for countries and the FAO to sustainably
manage the world’s animal genetic resources
for food and agriculture.
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Photo: Conference
Chair Manfred Bötsch and Conference Secretary
Irene Hoffman, FAO, during the closing
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SOILS FORUM DEVELOPS PROGRAMME OF ACTION |
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Selfoss, Iceland, 6 September—The
International Forum on Soils, Society and Global
Change has explored the synergistic roles of soil
conservation and vegetation restoration in meeting
local, regional and global environmental and social
challenges. The meeting, which resulted in a
programme of action, was held from 31 August to 4
September.
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VIENNA CLIMATE TALKS TAKE “SUCCESSFUL STEP” TOWARDS
BALI |
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Vienna, 2 September—The
Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for
Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG 4) and
fourth workshop under the “Dialogue on long-term
cooperative action” under the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change have been held in
Vienna, Austria. The events, which took place from
27-31 August, were generally seen as a successful
step towards constructive negotiations on the
post-2012 framework in Bali in December.
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