CBD
DIVERSITAS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the CBD and is a regular contributor to the work of its Subsidiary Body of Scientific, Technological and Technical Advice (SBSTTA) and Conference Of the Parties (COP).
Since 2005 the CBD Secretariat is formally represented on the SC-DIVERSITAS.
Important developments within the CBD
The main event for CBD in 2010 was COP10, hosted by the Minister of Environment of Japan, in Nagoya (Oct 2010). COP10 reached the following main objectives:
- Evaluation of progress against the 2010 biodiversity targets, based on Global Biodiversity Outlook-3;
- Adoption of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets;
- Adoption of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity;
- Adoption of a Strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the Convention's three objectives.
Contribution of DIVERSITAS to CBD
Contribution to discussions on 2020 biodiversity targets
COP10 adopted the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets (the “20 targets for 2020”). This is a very important document that will shape the biodiversity policy landscape for the next 10 years.
DIVERSITAS contributed to the discussions on the 2020 targets, in the following ways:
Papers
- Mace et al. 2010, Biodiversity targets after 2010, COSUST 2:1-6; contribution from SC-DIVERSITAS (lead: G Mace).
- Larigauderie, Mace and Mooney 2010, Colour-coded targets would help clarify biodiversity priorities, Letter to Nature 464:160.
- Perrings et al. 2010, Ecosystem services and the 2020 targets. Science, 330: 323-3.
- Perrings et al. 2011, Ecosystem services and targets setting for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, submitted. (Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment).
Presentations/workshops
- Presentation of the views of the scientific community on 2020 targets at the Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity, as part of the official CBD consultation process on biodiversity targets.
- Organisation of PreCOP10 meeting (Feb 2010) with Ministry of Environment of Japan, and Secretariat CBD: this meeting provided SC-DIVERSITAS members and others with a platform to discuss the proposed targets, and to make recommendations to CBD.
- bioSUSTAINABILITY workshop (UNEP project; Stockholm, August 2010) on the development of indicators for ecosystem services.
- bioSUSTAINABILITY/ecoSERVICES side event at COP10 (21 Oct 2010, with UNEP-WCMC).
- GEO BON contribution to the work of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) of the CBD on indicators for the Strategic Plan 2011-2020.
Contribution to the Global Biodiversity Outlook-3 of the CBD
DIVERSITAS-bioDISCOVERY (P Leadley, H Pereira) together with UNEP-WCMC coordinated a synthesis and critical analysis of existing global and regional biodiversity scenarios as a contribution to GBO-3, commissioned by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. GBO-3 was officially launched on May 10, 2010, at SBSTTA 14. The report can be found here: http://www.cbd.int/gbo3review/
The GBO-3 report received a great deal of attention at SBSTTA 14 and COP10 and served as a scientific basis to support the decision by delegates that the 2010 biodiversity target had not been reached.
Part of this work was recently published in:
Pereira, Leadley et al. Scenarios for Global Biodiversity in the 21st Century. Science 330: 1496-1501
DIVERSITAS is acknowledged by COP10 for this work in Decision X/4
Contributions to CBD-SBSTTA 14 and COP10
DIVERSITAS made contributions to discussions at SBSTTA 14 and COP10 on the programme of work on mountain biodiversity, climate change, GBO-3, the Global Taxonomy Initiative, and the 2020 targets.
At SBSTTA 14 (Nairobi, Kenya, 10-21 May 2010), DIVERSITAS co-organised four side events:
- GBO-3: Progress towards the 2010 target, future prospects and implications for the post-2010 strategic plan of the CBD (S-CBD, DIVERSITAS, UNEP-WCMC; 11 May).-GBO-3: Biodiversity futures for the 21st century (S-CBD, DIVERSITAS, UNEP-WCMC; 12 May).
- GEO-BON: Building a Global Biodiversity Observing System (GEO, Japan, DIVERSITAS, NASA and EBONE; 13 May).
- Toward an IPBES (DIVERSITAS, IUCN, IHDP, ICSU; 14 May).
At COP10 (Nagoya, 18-29 October 2010), DIVERSITAS co-organised four side events:
- GEO-BON: Building a Global Biodiversity Observing System (GEO, DIVERSITAS, NASA and EBONE; 19 October);
- Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 and beyond (DIVERSITAS, UNEP-WCMC, S-CBD, 20 October);
- Toward an IPBES (DIVERSITAS, IUCN, IHDP, ICSU, UNEP; 21 October);
- Toward a set of targets for 2020 (DIVERSITAS, UNEP; 21 October).
DIVERSITAS was also involved in the Rio Conventions' Ecosystems and Climate Change Pavilion
Preparing for CBD-COP10: CBD-COP10 preConference (Nagoya, Japan, 21-23 March 2010)
DIVERSITAS co-organised with the Japan Ministry of the Environment, Nagoya University and the Secretariat of the CBD (S-CBD) a CBD-COP10 preConference to contribute to discussions on IPBES, the 2020 targets, and further development of AP-BON (Asia Pacific BON) as part of GEO BON. The meeting which involved an audience of 300 scientists and policy makers from the Asia Pacific region featured a science-policy plenary dialog on IPBES between Mr Tajima, Senior-Vice Minister of the Environment of Japan, and DIVERSITAS scientists. The report of the event was used to prepare statements for SBSTTA 14, and COP10.
