The CBD Alliance is a loose network of activists and representatives from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), community based organizations (CBOs), social movements and Indigenous Peoples organizations (IPOs) advocating for improved and informed participation in Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) processes.
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Final ECOs
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Wednesday....
Ministers are arriving (even some heads of state, such as Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper). Today's ECO here.
Tuesday ECO and Progress Report
Read Today's ECO here. Articles inlcude - Progress Report on COP9; Make PoWPA a reality; Women and Biodiversity; Canada and Japan stalling on ABS; Anywhere but Canada!; COP Hor[r]o[r]scope; Biodiversity Offsets
Civil society organizations held a press conference this morning focusing on our "half time" report. Results here.
Jessica
Monday's ECO
It is up here. Topics include: Will COP 9 be the death of 8(j)?; Sustainable Consumption and Production; Tourism and Biodiversity; Japan making waves (again); EU and ABS; Food prices hike in spite of record production levels.
ECOs - Thursday and Friday
Thursday - A Call to Action on the World Food Emergency, Some history on Jeffrey Sachs, Ocean Fertilization, Captain Hook Awards for Biopiracy, WWF on Marine Protected Areas, Nature is more than Carbon, Brazil agrofuels update. Read it HERE.
Friday: Gene Giants Brand Themselves as Climate Saviours; UN criticizes genetically engineered crops in Indian Agriculture; Who is implementing the Forest PoW?; 2010 Target, Protected Areas, and Life-web; Stocks down on Thursday; Addressing hunger and food security: conserving agricultural biodiversity locally; Notes from the COP. Read it HERE.
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