Highlights and images for 22 November 2018

Rio Conventions Pavilion at CBD COP 14

Summary

At the close of the day, Jamison Ervin, UNDP (second from the left), invited all partners to the stage to mark the formal launch of the Global Partnership on Aichi Target 11.

The sixth day at the Rio Conventions Pavilion focused on support for implementation of Protected Areas in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (Post-2020 Framework) and the long-term strategy for capacity building that will be adopted at the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the CBD. The event marked the launch of the ‘Partnership for Achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 with Attendant Multiple Benefits,’ a strengthened commitment to mobilize the global community around the implementation of Target 11. Throughout the day, six technical sessions and interactive discussions took place to discuss:

Experiences from sub-regional implementation support networks;
Protected Areas and synergies with other biodiversity-related conventions;
Governance and other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs);
Protected Areas as Natural Solutions; and
Strengthening Protected Areas for the Future.

In the evening, a reception took place to celebrate the formal launch of the Global Partnership on Aichi Target 11. The Day was co-organized by a network of partners including the CBD Secretariat, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), the IUCN Global Protected Areas Programme (GPAP) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP), with support from the European Union.

Photos by IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis

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Opening Session

From L-R: Stefan Leiner, European Commission; Matthias Krause, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany; Yosuke Kuramoto, Japan; Tomas Anker Christensen, Chief Advisor to the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for the Ocean; and Kathy MacKinnon, International Union for Conservation of Nature-World Commission on Protected Areas (IUCN-WCPA)

Sarat Babu Gidda, CBD Secretariat, and Tomas Anker Christensen, Chief Advisor to the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for the Ocean

Kathy MacKinnon, IUCN-WCPA, with Yosuke Kuramoto, Japan

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