learning group meeting report
“Biodiversity for Poverty Reduction Day " at CBD CoP9
Saturday 24th May 2008, Bonn, Germany
The IIED-facilitated Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG), together with the CBD Secretariat and the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), hosted a succesfull one day meeting during CBD CoP9 to highlight emerging experience in linking biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction in policy and in practice.
With a focus on lessons learned in linking conservation and poverty reduction, presentations included the G8-commissioned study on the Economics of Biodiversity Loss; the follow up to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment; experience from the CBD Secretariat in mainstreaming NBSAPs and PRSPs as well as a diverse array of other policy and practical initiatives.
The day was divided into two sessions – the morning focussing on international and national policy initiatives, the afternoon on practical implementation. The meeting provided an ideal networking opportunity for policy makers and practitioners to meet and learn from each other and to get up to speed with initiatives from the local to the international level.
Meeting report: Biodiversity for Poverty Reduction Day - Final Agenda (PDF, 39k)
Other meeting documents:
- Addressing Poverty Reduction within the CBD
Muthari Aminu Kano, Steering Group on Linking Conservation and Poverty (PDF, 174k) - Are Conflicts between Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Reduction Inevitable?
Alex de Sherbinin, CIESIN (PDF, 443k) - Balancing Poverty Reduction and Nature Conservation. Analysing the Impact of Oil Exploitation on Protected Areas in Western Uganda
Robert Baganda, Pro-Biodiversity Conservationist in Uganda (PROBICOU) (PDF, 34k) - Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Crucial Resources for Poverty Alleviation
Maria Schultz, SwedBio (PDF, 2056k) - Biodiversity and Poverty from the Perspective of a Development NGO
Phil Franks, CARE International (PDF, 146k) - Biodiversity, Economics and Poverty
Pavan Sukhdev, The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) (PDF, 1861k) - Can Conservation Initiatives Support Poverty Reduction in the Caribbean Islands?
Nicole Leotaud, Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) (PDF, 20k) - Conservation, Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction
Andreas Lehnhoff, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (PDF, 1867k) - Fauna and Flora International (FFI) - Livelihoods Leaflet n°1
The Case for Integrating Conservation and Human Needs (PDF, 644k) - Fauna and Flora International (FFI) - Livelihoods Leaflet n°2
Addressing Human Needs in Conservation (PDF, 458k) - Fauna and Flora International (FFI) - Livelihoods Leaflet n°3
Livelihoods and Conservation in Post-conflict and Post-disaster Situations: Learning in Partnership (PDF, 475k) - Fauna and Flora International (FFI) - Livelihoods Leaflet n°4
Addressing Livelihoods Issues in Conservation: How Do We Measure Success? (PDF, 2979k) - Fauna and Flora International (FFI) - Livelihoods Leaflet n°5
The Role of Enterprise Development in Conservation (PDF, 4974k) - Incorporating Poverty and Census Maps in Wetlands Management in Uganda
Craig Hanson, World Resources Institute (WRI) (PDF, 574k) - Linkages between Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation: Lessons from the World Bank Portfolio
Kathy MacKinnon, World Bank (PDF, 4608k) - Linking Nature Conservation and Poverty Reduction: BfN's Activities and Lessons Learned
Bettina Hedden-Dunkhorst, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) (PDF, 255k) - Linking Poverty to Environmental Sustainability
UNDP-UNEP Poverty Environment Initiative (PEI) (PDF, 49k) - Mainstreaming Biodiversity in the MDGs: Opportunities and Challanges
Matt Walpole, UNEP-WCMC (PDF, 679k) - Marine Protected Areas: Perspectives from Fishing Communities
Chandrika Sharma, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) (PDF, 19k) - Nature's Investment Bank
Lea Scherl, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (PDF, 639k) - Poverty and Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use: Farmers’ Rights in Policy and Practice in Bhutan, Lao PDR, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines
Ditdit Pelegrina, SEARICE (PDF, 18k) - Promoting Equitable Sharing of Conservation Benefits in Uganda Using a Rights-Based Approach
Edith Kabesiime, CARE Uganda (PDF, 424k) - Promoting Equity in the Management of Protected Areas: New Evidence of the Need for Action
Phil Franks, CARE International (PDF, 61k) - Safety Net: Protected Areas and Poverty Reduction
WWF (PDF, 2902k) - The Bio Trade Initiative
Lorena Jaramillo, UNCTAD (PDF, 86k) - Trading Nature
TRAFFIC (PDF, 963k) - Wetlands and Poverty Reduction Project (WPRP): Lessons Learned
Trevor Wickham, Wetlands International (PDF, 413k) - Working with Communities at Important Bird Areas: Seeking “genuine participation” as a principle for conservation and development in practice
BirdLife International (PDF, 93k)
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