The 11th Conference of Parties
(COP) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will see to the
unveiling of a new initiative that would help countries to meet their
governmental obligations.
The initiative will also work
towards the reduction of poverty, showing how the two seemingly disparate words
of poverty eradication and biodiversity conservation are connected.
NaijaAgroNet
gathered that the initiative is a three-year project by the International
Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the UN Environment
Programme’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) with the intention
that policies to conserve nature and reduce poverty will work in harmony.
IIED revealed to NaijaAgroNet in a press statement that
the new initiative will help nations identify opportunities to build a business
case for biodiversity as a key developmental asset through trade in
biodiversity-based products and services, improved genetic diversity for
agriculture.
Commenting on the new initiative,
Dilys Roe of IIED affirmed that biodiversity and poverty are tightly linked
whereas their policies are rarely linked.
“The two sides of policymaking need
to be brought together so that natural resources can contribute to development
and poverty reduction strategies in a sustainable way,” Roe said.
NaijaAgroNet
further gathered that all the 193 parties to the CBD adopted a 10-year strategy
in 2010 with the aim of conserving biodiversity and ensuring that it is been
put to sustainable use.
The 10-year strategy also ensures
that benefits from biodiversity usage are shared fairly and equitably.
As part of the new strategy,
countries agreed to address the underlying causes of biodiversity loss by
mainstreaming biodiversity across government and society.
NaijaAgroNet
further gathered that having identified the urgent need for improved capacity
for mainstreaming poverty eradication strategies, plans and development as a
means of enhancing implementation of the convention, COP also set up an Expert
Group on Biodiversity, in 2011 for poverty eradication and development.
Participants at the convention
mandated the new group to further clarify the linkages between poverty
reduction, plans and development.
The group was also charged with the
responsibility to identify the most effective approach toward a framework on
capacity development for mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem services for
sustainable development and poverty eradication
In their recommendations to COP,
the group requested the Executive Secretary of COP to summon every stakeholder
to come forward with their views taking the outcome of Rio+20 into consideration.
Encouraging all partners as well as
stakeholders involved in biodiversity-related programmes to consider different
perspectives and priorities in all biodiversity and ecosystem services
valuation processes is also part of the recommendation of the group.
A target was also set that by 2020
biodiversity values would have been integrated into national and local
development and poverty reduction strategies and planning processes.
COP, as the governing body of the
Convention, advances implementation of the Convention through the decisions it
takes at its periodic meetings.
To date COP has held 10 ordinary
meetings and one extraordinary meeting to adopt Biosafety Protocol. COP has
held 10 ordinary meetings and one extraordinary meeting to adopt Biosafety Protocol.
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