ESABII Side event at CBD COP11

Objective

To share the achievements and future plans of ESABII activities toward the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Time and Date

13:15 - 14:45, Tuesday, 16 October, 2012

Venue

Room 1.07, Level 1, Hyderabad, India

Organizer

Ministry of the Environment of Japan (ESABII Secretariat)

Overview

This side event consisted of five presentations and a panel discussion with the participants. Four experts gave the presentations after an introductory overview of ESABII by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan as the ESABII Secretariat.

In the panel discussion, to the question of whether the practicality and applicability of the training is monitored, Ms. Beastall of TRAFFIC explained that a questionnaire survey of all the training participants is conducted for all the training workshops and the results are utilized for organizing the subsequent training workshops.

During the event, Dr. Shimura expressed gratitude for the remarkable accomplishments of the executive director of ACB, Dr. Rodorigo Fuentes who passed away in August 2012, and all participants offered a silent prayer for the deceased.

Agenda

Chair: Dr. Filiberto A. Pollisco, Jr., ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

Opening

Opening remarks
Ministry of the Environment of Japan

Presentation

Introduction of ESABII and its efforts for taxonomic capacity building [PDF: 834KB]
Ms. Fumiko Nakao
Ministry of the Environment of Japan
The Global Taxonomy Initiative and capacity development for Parties and biodiversity stakeholders to achieve Aichi Biodiversity Targets [PDF: 513KB]
Dr. Junko Shimura
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Training and workshop on Taxonomy of Terrestrial Plants (Monocots) [PDF: 923KB]
Dr. Teguh Triono
Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Indonesia
Capacity Building - CITES Appendices species [PDF: 1.93MB]
Ms. Claire Beastall
TRAFFIC Southeast Asia
INBio’s activities for capacity building in Central America [PDF: 839KB]
Mr. Randall Garc鱈a
National Biodiversity Institute (INBio)

Panel Discussion

Chair	Dr. Filiberto A. Pollisco, Jr.
Panelists	Dr. Teguh Triono Ms. Claire Beastall Dr. Junko Shimura Mr. Randall Garcia