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Island Biodiversity Conservation Under the CBD

Kate Brown of SPREP has just sent the following documents following the meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Experts Group on Island Biodiversity which took place in mid-December in Spain:

Report of the AD HOC TECHNICAL EXPERT GROUP ON ISLAND BIODIVERSITY
ISLAND BIODIVERSITY: PROPOSED ELEMENTS FOR A PROGRAMME OF WORK

She says that "the process from here is that the Programme of Work will go to the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) meeting in Thailand in February and be discussed by all CBD Parties – where things will be added and subtracted. Following that it will go to the COP Meeting in 2006. It is by no means a perfect document but the key issues that we wanted to get right were the goals and targets. NZAID has approved funding to support the development of this POW from the Pacific perspective and we will be looking at developing case studies on how to implement the POW in the 18 mths between SBSTTA and when the POW gets approved in 2006. We will also be having a pre-COP preparatory meeting for the Pacific sometime in 2006. There is now a special working group of the Roundtable for Nature Conservation focused on the Island Biodiversity POW as convened by the Chair of the Roundtable. "

The Programme of Work identifies the following global targets:

By 2010 80% of the genetic diversity of domesticated and wild island species is conserved and the associated knowledge of indigenous and local communities maintained.
By 2010 10% of island species are maintained, restored, or their population decline reduced.
By 2010, 10% of island terrestrial ecoregions are effectively conserved and by 2012 [30%] of island marine ecosystems are effectively conserved.
By 2010 [xx amount of] representative national and regional systems of effectively managed protected areas, recognizing ecological and physical connectivity, and designed to conserve viable populations of endangered, threatened, endemic, and/ or culturally important island species, established and the provision of ecological goods and services maintained.
By 2010, measurable progress is made towards a global target of the restoration of 10% of degraded island ecosystems.
By 2010, scientific capability, institutional support, legal frameworks, and infrastructure are in place to inventory and monitor the components of island biodiversity
By 2010, unsustainable consumption of biological resources and its impact upon biodiversity is reduced
By 2010, effective systems are in place to ensure that no species of wild flora and fauna are endangered by international trade
By 2010, island biodiversity-based products are derived from sources that are sustainably managed, and production areas managed, consistent with the conservation of biodiversity and in order to support human well-being.
By 2010 ,pressures from habitat loss, land use change and degradation, and unsustainable water use, are significantly reduced.
By 2010, effective systems are in place to reduce pollution and improve waste management on islands.
By 2010, scientific capability, institutional support, legal frameworks, and infrastructure are in place to prevent the introduction, establishment, spread, and negative impacts of high-risk, high-impact alien species to islands
By 2010, minimize the vulnerability to and reduce the impact of climate change and sea level rise on island biodiversity.
By 2010 ensure that management of the risks of natural disasters to island biodiversity is mainstreamed into national planning processes.
By 2010, administrative, legislative and/or regulatory measures and systems are in place to regulate access to genetic resources, in particular those endemic to islands, and related knowledge and ensure that benefits arising from their utilization are fairly and equitably shared
By 2010, the rights of indigenous and local communities over their traditional knowledge, innovations and practices, including the rights to benefit sharing, are recognized and protected
By 2010 new and additional financial resources are allocated to small island developing States and for developing country Parties, to facilitate the effective implementation of this programme of work and, in general, their commitments under the Convention
By 2010 technologies are transferred, to allow for the effective implementation of this programme of work and, in general, their commitments under the Convention
By 2010 legislation and mechanisms that provide for the implementation of this programme of work is improved, enacted and enforced
By 2010, strengthened island capacity to support the implementation of this programme of work and its supporting activities in national biodiversity strategies and action plans
By 2010, national and regional progress in implementing this programme of work and in meeting the global targets is monitored.

I can send the full documents to anyone who's interested.



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DIVA-GIS	Wednesday, January 05, 2005 Posted 6:34 PM by Luigi Island Biodiversity Conservation Under the CBD Kate Brown of SPREP has just sent the following documents following the meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Experts Group on Island Biodiversity which took place in mid-December in Spain: Report of the AD HOC TECHNICAL EXPERT GROUP ON ISLAND BIODIVERSITY ISLAND BIODIVERSITY: PROPOSED ELEMENTS FOR A PROGRAMME OF WORK She says that "the process from here is that the Programme of Work will go to the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) meeting in Thailand in February and be discussed by all CBD Parties – where things will be added and subtracted. Following that it will go to the COP Meeting in 2006. It is by no means a perfect document but the key issues that we wanted to get right were the goals and targets. NZAID has approved funding to support the development of this POW from the Pacific perspective and we will be looking at developing case studies on how to implement the POW in the 18 mths between SBSTTA and when the POW gets approved in 2006. We will also be having a pre-COP preparatory meeting for the Pacific sometime in 2006. There is now a special working group of the Roundtable for Nature Conservation focused on the Island Biodiversity POW as convened by the Chair of the Roundtable. " The Programme of Work identifies the following global targets: By 2010 80% of the genetic diversity of domesticated and wild island species is conserved and the associated knowledge of indigenous and local communities maintained. By 2010 10% of island species are maintained, restored, or their population decline reduced. By 2010, 10% of island terrestrial ecoregions are effectively conserved and by 2012 [30%] of island marine ecosystems are effectively conserved. By 2010 [xx amount of] representative national and regional systems of effectively managed protected areas, recognizing ecological and physical connectivity, and designed to conserve viable populations of endangered, threatened, endemic, and/ or culturally important island species, established and the provision of ecological goods and services maintained. By 2010, measurable progress is made towards a global target of the restoration of 10% of degraded island ecosystems. By 2010, scientific capability, institutional support, legal frameworks, and infrastructure are in place to inventory and monitor the components of island biodiversity By 2010, unsustainable consumption of biological resources and its impact upon biodiversity is reduced By 2010, effective systems are in place to ensure that no species of wild flora and fauna are endangered by international trade By 2010, island biodiversity-based products are derived from sources that are sustainably managed, and production areas managed, consistent with the conservation of biodiversity and in order to support human well-being. By 2010 ,pressures from habitat loss, land use change and degradation, and unsustainable water use, are significantly reduced. By 2010, effective systems are in place to reduce pollution and improve waste management on islands. By 2010, scientific capability, institutional support, legal frameworks, and infrastructure are in place to prevent the introduction, establishment, spread, and negative impacts of high-risk, high-impact alien species to islands By 2010, minimize the vulnerability to and reduce the impact of climate change and sea level rise on island biodiversity. By 2010 ensure that management of the risks of natural disasters to island biodiversity is mainstreamed into national planning processes. By 2010, administrative, legislative and/or regulatory measures and systems are in place to regulate access to genetic resources, in particular those endemic to islands, and related knowledge and ensure that benefits arising from their utilization are fairly and equitably shared By 2010, the rights of indigenous and local communities over their traditional knowledge, innovations and practices, including the rights to benefit sharing, are recognized and protected By 2010 new and additional financial resources are allocated to small island developing States and for developing country Parties, to facilitate the effective implementation of this programme of work and, in general, their commitments under the Convention By 2010 technologies are transferred, to allow for the effective implementation of this programme of work and, in general, their commitments under the Convention By 2010 legislation and mechanisms that provide for the implementation of this programme of work is improved, enacted and enforced By 2010, strengthened island capacity to support the implementation of this programme of work and its supporting activities in national biodiversity strategies and action plans By 2010, national and regional progress in implementing this programme of work and in meeting the global targets is monitored. 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