Transcript Workshop on Multilateral Environmental Agreements Linkages and

Workshop on Multilateral Environmental
Agreements
Linkages and synergies between the
biodiversity-related conventions
Tirana, Albania
22-24 June 2010
Ivonne Higuero
Ecosystem Management Focal Point for Europe
United Nations Environment Programme
Biodiversity-related Global
Agreements
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
• Convention on Migratory Species
• Convention on Biological Diversity
• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance
(Ramsar)
• The World Heritage Convention
• International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for
Food and Agriculture
Regional Conventions and Processes
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Carpathian Convention
Tehran Convention (Caspian Sea)
Black Sea Convention
Barcelona Convention (Mediterranean) and other
regional seas conventions
• Convention on the Protection and Use of
Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
• Pan European Biological and Landscape Diversity
Strategy
• ForestEurope (previous Ministerial Conference for the
Protection of Forests in Europe)
Liaison Group of
Biodiversity-related Conventions
Decision CBD VII/26:
• “Requests in this context, the Executive Secretary, to invite the
secretariats of the other four biodiversity conventions (CITES,
Ramsar, CMS and World Heritage Convention) to form a liaison group
to enhance coherence and cooperation in their implementation, and to
report on progress made to the eighth meeting of the Conference of
the Parties
• Requests the Executive Secretary, drawing on the experience gained in
the exercise mentioned above, and in close collaboration with relevant
conventions, organizations and bodies, to examine options for a
flexible framework between all relevant actors, such as a global
partnership on biodiversity, in order to enhance implementation
through improved cooperation, and to report to the Conference of the
Parties at its eighth meeting on possible ways forward...”
Possible areas for synergies amongst
global biodiversity conventions
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Meetings of the Conventions (Joint Calendar)
Knowledge Management
Harmonization of National Reporting
Financing
Implementation
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Synergies with Regional biodiversity
related Conventions and Processes
• Implementation! Implementation!
• Harmonization of National Reporting
• Financing
Synergies at the National Level
• Cooperation between focal points at the national
level located in the same ministry
• Cooperation between focal points at the national
level located in different ministries
Thank you!