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Daily Reports/ Summary IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) has produced daily web updates, daily and a summary reports from the Rio Conventions Pavilion. To download our reports, click the HTML or PDF icons below.
The Rio Conventions Pavilion (RCP) continued on Wednesday, 10 October, with participants discussing the theme “Natural Solutions: Protected Areas (PAs) Meeting Biodiversity Targets and Adapting to Global Change.” The day consisted of four panel sessions on: working towards the Aichi Targets - how PAs contribute; PAs as natural solutions to climate change and other global challenges; PAs for marine conservation, blue carbon and sustainable fisheries; and opportunities for mainstreaming PAs into policies and programmes. The day concluded with a LifeWeb cocktail event opened by CBD Executive Secretary Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias.
Daily highlights(click on the following links to see our daily web pages)
Working Towards the Aichi Targets: How PAs Contribute
Colleen Coorigan, UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Bas Verschuuren, IUCN
Stephen Woodley, IUCN
Panel Moderator Kathy MacKinnon, World Commission on PAs
The crowded RCP plenary on PAs Day.
Participants at the RCP Day on PAs.
L-R: Panel Moderator Kristina Gjerde, IUCN; Olivier Hasinger, IUCN; Cliff Marlessy, Locally Managed Marine Area Indonesia Network; Carel Drijver, WWF Netherlands; Patrick Halpin, Duke University; Nenenteiti Teariki-Ruatu, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development, Kiribati; and Jorge Jimenez, MarViva Foundation.
Participants listen to Patrick Halpin, Duke University, discuss the Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative.
Patrick Halpin, Duke University
Jorge Jimenez, MarViva Foundation
Nenenteiti Teariki-Ruatu, Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development, Kiribati
Panel Moderator Kristina Gjerde, IUCN
Participants at the RCP.
Participants at the RCP during the panel on PAs for Marine Conservation.
