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Mark Eakin
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Written Aug 7, 1995 by bionet at igc.apc.org in the igc conference
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INVITATION TO PARIS WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN THE MARINE AND
COASTAL ENVIRONMENT
August 3, 1995
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to invite you to participate in a TWO-DAY WORKSHOP ON
MARINE AND COASTAL BIODIVERSITY, to be held September 2 - 3, 1995
at the Paris Headquarters of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The workshop will be immediately
followed by the first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on
Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) under the
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The SBSTTA meeting,
September 4 - 8, will also be held at UNESCOs Paris Headquarters.
Our workshop is designed to help governments, nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs) and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)
prepare for the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties
(COP2) to the CBD in November; a major focus of the COP2 meeting
will be how the CBD should be applied to coastal and marine
biodiversity. More specifically, the workshop will heand
initiatives in the area of marine and coastal biodiversity that
could be taken at the COP2 meeting.
We anticipate roughly 100 participants in the workshop; most will
likely be participating in the SBSTTA meeting as well. All
governments that are signatories to the CBD are being invited to
attend. Other invitees include major UN agencies, other IGOs and
NGOs from around the world working on marine and coastal
biodiversity and effective implementation of the CBD.
In addition to IUCN - The World Conservation Union, co-sponsors of
the workshop include, among others: Biodiversity Action Network
(BIONET) (U.S.), Environmental Liaison Centre International (ELCI)
(Kenya), the Government of Sweden, International Development
Research Centre (Canada), and the World Wide Fund for Nature
(WWF). A more detailed description of the workshop (including a
list of all the co-sponsors) is attached, along with a provisional
program, relevant logistical information and an ISSUES PAPER.
The program for the workshop is being organized around the ISSUES
PAPER
which is currently being developed by IUCN in collaboration with
the other co-sponsors. The ISSUES PAPER will identify and
examine a set of priority policy issues and options for action
particularly at the COP2 meeting in the area of marine and coastal
biodiversity.
The final version of the ISSUES PAPER - a STEPS FORWARD PAPER,
reflecting the Paris workshop discussions and wide input from
other quarters - will contain a set of specific recommendations
for decisions and actions that governments should take at the COP2
meeting. The STEPS FORWARD PAPER will be circulated widely to
governments and others in advance of the COP2 meeting, most likely
in October.
There are a number of key logistical points to mention:
INTERPRETATION: The workshop will have French, Spanish and
English interpretation.
ACCOMMODATIONS: A list of hotels located near the UNESCO
building is attached.
FUNDING FOR PARTICIPANTS:
Some limited funding is available to cover hotel and per diem
costs for developing country and indigenous participants. In this
regard, if you are interested in attending the workshop, but are
unable to do so without some support, please contact Mr. Sheldon
Cohen (see below) as soon as possible.
Please feel free to extend this invitation to any colleagues or
contacts who are participating in the SBSTTA meeting, or
individuals who you think would be interested in attending the
workshop. On the governmental side, it is our hope that officials
charged with developing marine and coastal biodiversity policies
and positions around the COP2 meeting will be able to attend. To
help ensure adequate geographic balance, we ask that each invited
government, institution or NGO seek to limit their participation
to one or two representatives.
Please direct any responses or inquiries to: Mr. Sheldon
Cohen/Biodiversity Action Network (BIONET)/1400 16th Street, N.W.
Suite 502/Washington, D.C. 20036 USA/ Phone: 1.202.547.8902/ Fax:
1.202.265.0222/ Email: bionet at igc.apc.org.
We look forward to your early response.
Most sincerely,
David McDowell Director-General, IUCN - The World Conservation
Union
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MARINE AND COASTAL BIODIVERSITY
A workshop in preparation for the second Conference of the Parties
(COP2) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in November
1995
ANNOUNCEMENT
DATE: September 2 - 3, 1995 (Saturday and Sunday)
TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Conference Room #9 at United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Headquarters in
Paris, France (Address: 7, place de Fontenoy; Metro stations:
Cambronne or Ecole Militaire)
PARTICIPANTS: About 100 participants will include: governments,
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), intergovernmental
organizations (IGOs) and others
SPONSORS: IUCN - The World Conservation Union, World Wide
Fund for Nature (WWF), Government of Sweden, International
Development Research Centre (IDRC), Biodiversity Action Network
(BIONET), Center for Marine Conservation (CMC), Center for
International Environmental Law (CIEL), Environmental Liaison
Centre International (ELCI), Indigenous Peoples' Biodiversity
Network, and International Marine Conservation Network
(IMCN)
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. The second meeting of the Conference of
the Parties (COP2) under the Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD) will be held November 6 - 17, 1995 in Jakarta. How the CBD
should be applied to coastal and marine biodiversity is a major
focus of the COP2 meeting. To take the fullest advantage of this
opportunity, the Biodiversity Action Network (BIONET) has
catalyzed an NGO campaign on marine and coastal biodiversity
centered around stimulating needed actions by governments at the
COP2 meeting. A major component of this campaign will be a two-day
preparatory workshop for governments, NGOs, and IGOs to help
identify and build support for such actions. We have linked the
timing and location of our preparatory workshop with the first
meeting of the CBD's Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and
Technological Advice (SBSTTA), which will be held at UNESCO
Headquarters September 4 - 8, immediately following the
preparatory workshop. Therefore, we anticipate that most of the
participants in our workshop will also be attending the SBSTTA
meeting.
An ISSUES PAPER is currently being developed by the above
co-sponsors to serve as the primary background document for
guiding the discussions at the Paris workshop. The final version
of this document - a STEPS FORWARD PAPER - will reflect the
Paris workshop discussions and other inputs, and will contain a
set of specific recommendations for action by governments at the
COP2 meeting. The STEPS FORWARD PAPER will be circulated to COP2
participants and others in advance of the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Ideas, comments and inquiries regarding
the workshop should be sent to:
Sheldon Cohen, Coordinator or Jill Bukovac, Intern Biodiversity
Action Network (BIONET) 1400 16th Street, N.W. Suite 502
Washington, D.C. 20036 USA Telephone: 202.547.8902/Fax:
202.265.0222/Email: bionet at igc.apc.org
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MARINE AND COASTAL BIODIVERSITY
A workshop in preparation for the second Conference of the Parties
(COP2) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in November
1995
PROVISIONAL PROGRAM*
Saturday, September 2
SESSION I: OPENING SESSION
Welcoming remarks, introduction to the Biodiversity Convention and
its application to marine and coastal biodiversity, objectives and
procedures of the workshop
SESSION II: PROTECTING IMPORTANT ECOSYSTEMS AND
HABITATS
Marine protected areas: building management capacity/involving
local communities, a global representative system of marine
protected areas, ecosystem management approaches
SESSION III: DEVELOPING MARINE GENETIC RESOURCES
Building capacity, promoting benefit sharing from the utilization
of marine genetic resources
SESSION IV: FILLING INFORMATION GAPS
Building information capacities within countries, potential role
of the CBD's clearinghouse mechanism and Subsidiary Body on
Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA), a global
biodiversity inventory, a better understanding of the major causes
of biodiversity loss
Sunday, September 3
SESSION V: ENSURING SUSTAINABLE MARICULTURE
Global and regional trends: production, trade, aid and
consumption; potential impacts of mariculture on biodiversity
loss; developing guidelines and standards to help ensure
sustainable mariculture
SESSION VI: PREVENTING AND REDUCING MARINE POLLUTION
Integrated coastal zone management, Washington Conference on
Land-Based Activities/CBD linkages
SESSION VII: ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES
Protection of artisanal fisheries and community-based management
regimes, achieving sustainability in commercial fisheries,
linkages between the CBD and other international agreements and
processes
SESSION VIII: PREVENTING EXOTIC SPECIES INTRODUCTIONS
A new international regulatory framework
CLOSING SESSION (Review of draft workshop report, discussion of
how to carry work forward at SBSTTA and COP2 Meetings)
* Items under each session indicate likely topics to be covered.
Sessions will focus on how the CBD applies to these areas and
specific steps that can be taken at the SBSTTA and COP2 meetings
to help achieve progress in these areas. Each session will include
extensive discussion periods. Ideas, comments and inquiries
regarding the workshop should be sent to: Sheldon Cohen,
Coordinator or Jill Bukovac, Intern/Biodiversity Action Network
(BIONET)/1400 16th Street, N.W. Suite 502/Washington, D.C. 20036
USA/Telephone: 202.547.8902/Fax: 202.265.0222/
Email:bionet at igc.apc.org.
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MARINE AND COASTAL BIODIVERSITY
A workshop in preparation for the second Conference of the Parties
(COP2) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in November
1995
LOGISTICAL INFORMATION
EQUIPMENT. The following equipment will be available for use
during the workshop: slide and overhead projectors, literature
table, and photocopier.
INTERPRETATION. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in
English, Spanish and French.
HOTELS. The following hotels are located within a walking distance
to the UNESCO Headquarters building, the venue for the workshop:
HOTEL IBIS CAMBRONE
2 rue Cambronne 75015 Paris Tel: +331.45.67.35.20 or 45.67.97.04
Fax: +331.45.66.49.58 Single Room: $85 Double Room: $95
HOTEL du TOURISME 66 Avenue de la Motte Piquet 75015 Paris Tel:
+331.47.34.28.01 Fax: +331.47.83.66.54 Single Room: $77
(breakfast included) Double Room: $87 (breakfast included)
HOTEL SEGUR
34 Boulevard Garibaldi 75015 Paris Tel: +331.43.06.01.85 Fax:
+331.47.34.30.82 Single Room: $84 Double Room: $96
HOTEL BAILLY de SUFFREN 149 Avenue de Suffren 75015 Paris Tel:
+331.47.34.58.61 Fax: +331.45.67.75.82 Single Room: $113
Double Room: $123
HOTEL de L AVRE 21 rue de l Avre 75015 Paris Tel:
+331.45.75.31.03 Fax: +331.45.75.63.26 Single Room: $56
(breakfast included) Double Room: $72 (breakfast included)
HOTEL BALDI
24 Boulevard Garibaldi 75015 Paris Tel: +331.47.83.20.10 Fax:
+331.44.49.08.72 Single Room: $72 $77 Double Room: $79 $83
Support for hotel and per diem costs. Some limited funding is
available to cover hotel and per diem costs for developing country
and indigenous participants. In this regard, if you are interested
in attending the workshop, but are unable to do so without some
support, please contact Mr. Sheldon Cohen (see below) as soon as
possible.
PLEASE DIRECT ANY RESPONSES OR INQUIRIES TO: Mr. Sheldon Cohen or
Ms. Jill Bukovac/Biodiversity Action Network (BIONET)/1400 16th
Street, N.W. Suite 502/Washington, D.C. 20036 USA/ Phone:
1.202.547.8902/ Fax: 1.202.265.0222/Email: bionet at igc.apc.org.
CONTACT INFORMATION IN PARIS. A special workshop coordination
office within the UNESCO building will be in operation during
Thursday through Sunday, August 31 - September 3. The phone number
will be available in the near future through BIONET.
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