The UNCBD Women’s Caucus held an open webinar on 26 October 2022, its last preparatory session toward CBD COP15, intending to introduce the basics of the Protocols and to reflect on key topics that will be discussed during Cartagena Protocol MOP 10 and Nagoya Protocol… Read More »UNCBD Women’s Caucus ROAD TO CBD COP 15: Webinar on Cartagena & Nagoya Protocols
Guest article by Simone Lovera, Global Forest Coalition Women’s groups and many other actors have frequently highlighted the need for more coherence between climate and biodiversity policy. Yet, sadly, several bodies of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) continue to ignore discussions in… Read More »Women contribute to the UNFCCC Standing Committee on Finance discussion on nature-based solutions
Guest article by Ramya Rajagopalan The 2008 Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CoP) introduced the scientific criteria for identification of areas to be designated as ecologically or biologically significant areas (EBSAs). This was basically introduced to describe and identify areas, that… Read More »Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) and Traditional Knowledge
By Sharon Nyambura Ruthia, Women4Biodiversity Watch the recording in English, Spanish, and French here. In celebration of the International Day of Rural Women (15 October) and World Food Day (16 October), Women4Biodiversity held “She Sustains Communities,” a virtual event on women, food sovereignty and the… Read More »HIGHLIGHTS – She Sustains Communities: A pre-International Day of Rural Women and World Food Day event on women, food sovereignty, and the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
The UNCBD Women’s Caucus (WC) recently convened the third of its series of workshops in preparation for the Fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 15). An expert panel within the membership of the WC guided the participants from… Read More »UNCBD WOMEN’S CAUCUS ROADMAP TO CBD COP 15: Third Open Discussion on Resource Mobilization, Marine and Coastal Biodiversity, the Post-2020 Gender Plan of Action and Monitoring and Reporting Frameworks
Por CoopeSoliDar RL. Participaron en la elaboración de este documento: Griselda Alvarado Picado, Ivannia Ayales Cruz , Vivienne Solís Rivera y Marvin Fonseca Borras. Las organizaciones de pueblos indígenas y comunidades locales cuentan con un poder que suele ser poco valorado por personas externas a… Read More »La importancia del consentimiento libre, previo e informado al trabajar con pueblos indígenas y comunidades locales: el caso de Costa Rica y las mujeres molusqueras de Chomes
[Ver texto en castellano abajo] [Texte en français plus bas] In preparation for the Fifteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the UNCBD Women’s Caucus is holding a series of workshops with its members. The general objectives of… Read More »ROAD TO COP 15: UNCBD Women’s Caucus virtual workshop series
By Amelia Arreguin, UNCBD Women’s Caucus Co-coordinator After almost four years of negotiations to develop the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (post-2020 GBF), the final balance of the OEWG-4 report is that the 196 Parties have not built a consensus on what should be the biodiversity… Read More »UNCBD Women’s Caucus Assessment of the 4th Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
By Sharon Ruthia, Policy Intern, Women4Biodiversity Watch the replay of “Reclaiming Her Space: Indigenous Women and their Traditional Knowledge” above. In celebration of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Women4Biodiversity held a virtual event, Reclaiming Her Space: Indigenous Women and their Traditional Knowledge last… Read More »HIGHLIGHTS – Reclaiming Her Space: Indigenous Women and their Traditional Knowledge
By Sharon Ruthia, Policy Intern, Women4Biodiversity The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) recently convened the Fourth meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG-4) on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (GBF) last 21-26 June in Nairobi, Kenya. The meeting brought together Parties to… Read More »How access and benefit sharing can be implemented in the Post-2020 GBF to fully realize CBD objectives