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SBSTTA-21 and WG8(j)-10 were held at the at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal 11-16 December 2017

SwedBio at SBSTTA-21 and WG8(j)-10

SwedBio and partners were involved in the twenty-first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, and the tenth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Side events hosted by SwedBio and partners:

Monday 2017.12.11 @ 6:15pm – Business Meeting Room (520A)

Strategies and legal tools for mainstreaming biodiversity and human rights in the mining sector

SwedBio | UNDP | SEPA | IDLO | Natural Justice

Tuesday 2017.12.12 @ 1:15pm – GRULAC Meeting Room (519A)

Opportunities for enhanced integration of ecosystem-based approaches in national climate change policy

SwedBio | CBD

Wednesday 2017.12.13 @ 1:15pm – Plenary Room (517D)

Progress in the implementation of Article 8 (j) and the future of the Working Group of the Article 8 (j)

SwedBio | CBD | IIFB | RMIB-LAC

Thursday 2017.12.14 @ 6:15pm – African Group Room Room (518C)

Using the CBD Voluntary guidelines for safeguards in Biodiversity Financing Mechanisms as a tool for implementing CBD article 8(j) and related provisions

SwedBio | CBD | IDLO | Natural Justice | RMIB-LAC

Friday 2017.12.15 @ 13:15 – GRULAC Meeting Room (519A)

Human Rights and Biodiversity Conservation: Scaling up the Synergies in the Post-2020 Aichi Targets and the SDG Agenda

SwedBio | CBD | CIPDP | FPP | Natural Justice

2017-12-11

Topic

Links & downloads

FLYER Strategies and legal tools for mainstreaming biodiversity and human rights in the mining sector

FLYER Opportunities for enhanced integration of ecosystem-based approaches in national climate change policy

FLYER Progress in the implementation of Article 8 (j) and the future of the Working Group of the Article 8 (j)

FLYER Using the CBD Voluntary guidelines for safeguards in Biodiversity Financing Mechanisms as a tool for implementing CBD article 8(j) and related provisions

FLYER Human Rights and Biodiversity Conservation: Scaling up the Synergies in the Post-2020 Aichi Targets and the SDG Agenda

Contact

Pernilla Malmer
Senior Adviser

Private: Tristan Tyrrell
Programme Officer

Private: Claudia Ituarte Lima
Programme Officer (on leave)

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