The Convention on
Biological Diversity
Workshop Objectives:
 Assist
governments to formulate an agenda for policy research and policy reform
on CBD issues;
Share
experience from around the world on ways in which policy research can assist
governments to develop strategies for implementing CBD Articles and Decisions;
Develop
recommendations for SBSTTA-3, COP-4, and the Convention Secretariat on
action priorities for building national and regional policy research capacity
to implement the CBD.
Convenors for GBF8 Workshop on
Policy Research
Land
and Agriculture Policy Centre (Johannesburg)
World
Resources Institute (Washington)
Also Check out the following Earth
Negotiations Bulletin Coverage of the
THE
THIRD SESSION OF THE SUBSIDIARY BODY ON SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL
ADVICE (SBSTTA-3)
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The CBD presents a clear
mandate to the Parties for national policy reform, posing an enormous challenge
for governments. To date, the slow pace of government policy reform is
hampering implementation of the Convention. A key constraint to policy
reform is that national decisionmakers' often lack the information they
need to determine which policies support the Convention's objectives, which
policies should be changed, and which new policies are needed. Policy research
provides this information and analysis, assisting all stakeholders to fully
explore all the biodiversity management issues and policy choices confronting
them.
THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTS SUMMARY
PHOTOS
ALSO TRY
WRI's
Workshop Web site
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