October found
delegates in multiple negotiating settings attempting to broaden and
deepen the international biodiversity regime. …
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ITPGR GOVERNING BODY CONCLUDES SECOND SESSION |
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 Rome,
3 November—The
second session of the Governing Body of the
International Treaty on Plant Genetic
Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGR)
convened from 29 October–2 November 2007, at
the headquarters of the UN Food and
Agriculture Organization, in Rome, Italy.
The meeting addressed a series of items,
including implementation of the funding
strategy, the material transfer agreement
for non-Annex I crops, cooperation with the
Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and
Agriculture (CGRFA), and sustainable use of
plant genetic resources. Following difficult
budget negotiations, the meeting adopted the
work programme and budget for 2008/09. It
also adopted a resolution on farmers’
rights, and a joint statement of intent for
cooperation with the CGRFA. Consideration of
procedures on compliance was deferred to the
Governing Body’s next session.
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Photo: Dais at the
close of ITPGR GB 2 |
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FIFTH TRONDHEIM CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON BIODIVERSITY
FOR DEVELOPMENT |
 Trondheim,
3 November—Hosted
by the Norwegian government, in
collaboration with the UN Environment
Programme, the fifth Trondheim Conference on
Biodiversity convened from 29 October–2
November 2007, in Trondheim, Norway. The
theme of the conference was “Ecosystems and
people – biodiversity for development – the
road to 2010 and beyond.” Through scientific
studies, policy presentations and practical
case studies, participants discussed why
biodiversity is an important component of
sustainable development and poverty
alleviation. The Conference adopted a set of
conclusions and recommendations, which will
be transmitted to the thirteenth meeting of
the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical
and Technological Advice of the Convention
on Biological Diversity.
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Photo: Rita
Ottervik (right), Mayor of Trondheim, signed the
2010 Declaration on Significantly Reducing
Biodiversity Loss with Jeffrey McNeely
(left), IUCN-The World Conservation Union |
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 Montreal,
27 October—The
fourth meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc
Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts
on Liability and Redress in the context of
the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety met from
22-26 October 2007, in Montreal, Canada. The
Working Group focused on the elaboration of
options for rules and procedures referred to
in Article 27 of the Protocol, based on a
working draft compiled by Co-Chairs René
Lefeber (the Netherlands) and Jimena Nieto
(Colombia), synthesizing submissions of
operational texts with respect to approaches
and options identified. During the week,
delegates addressed most sections in the
Co-Chairs’ synthesis, focusing on
streamlining options for operational text
related to damage, administrative approaches
and civil liability, and reduced it from 80
pages, in the Co-Chairs’ synthesis, to 53
pages, in Annex II of the meeting’s report.
The Co-Chairs were also given a mandate to
streamline specific parts of Annex II during
the intersessional period. The Working Group
is scheduled to hold one more meeting before
reporting to the fourth Meeting of the
Parties in May 2008 in Bonn, Germany.
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Photo: L-R: CBD
Executive Secretary Ahmed Djoghlaf and Working Group
Co-Chairs René Lefeber, the Netherlands, and
Jimena Nieto, Colombia |
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 Addis
Ababa,
26 October—The
first Regional Implementation Meeting (RIM)
for the sixteenth session of the Commission
on Sustainable Development (CSD 16) took
place in the context of the fifth meeting of
the African Committee on Sustainable
Development, which convened from 22-25
October 2007, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The
meeting convened under the theme
“Transforming African Agriculture and Rural
Economy for Sustainable Development.”
Participants revised and accepted four
reports to forward to CSD 16 for
consideration and adopted the African
Regional Statement to CSD 16 on Agriculture
and Rural Development, Land, Drought and
Desertification, and Africa.
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Intergovernmental Organizations |
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20th General Meeting of ICCAT:
9-18 November 2007, Antalya, Turkey |
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Workshop on International Exchange of Experience in
Underground Coal Gasification Technologies (UCG) and
Sustainable Energy Development:
12-13 November 2007, Almaty, Kazakhstan |
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Integrating Climate Change into National Sustainable
Development Strategies:
12-13 November 2007, New York, US |
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27th Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change:
12-16 November 2007, Valencia, Spain |
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First Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on Mercury:
12-16 November 2007, Bangkok, Thailand |
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GEF Council Meeting and NGO Consultation:
13-16 November 2007, Washington DC, US |
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Final International Steering Committee of the Consultative
Process Towards an International Mechanism of Scientific
Expertise on Biodiversity (IMoSEB):
15-17 November 2007, Montpellier, France |
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Second World Renewable Energy Assembly (WREA) 2007:
19-21 November 2007, Bonn, Germany |
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Stockholm Convention PORPC-3:
19-23 November 2007, Geneva, Switzerland |
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Seventh Meeting of the Global Forum on Sustainable Energy
(GFSE-7):
21-23 November 2007, Vienna, Austria |
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Fourth Meeting of the Compliance Committee under the
Biosafety Protocol:
21-23 November 2007, Montreal, Canada |
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