Twelfth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity and First meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources | 12 – 18 November 2023 | Geneva, Switzerland – Women4Biodiversity

Twelfth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity and First meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources
Geneva, Switzerland
12 – 18 November 2023

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The need to learn, respect and conserve one's indigenous language

Nittya Earkanna from Inter Mountain Peoples Education and Culture

Cindy Julianty from West Java, Indonesia

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Meet June Rubis, a Bidayuh woman and representative of the ICCA Consortium

Hear from Johanna from the International Land Coalition

Hear from Moo Moo, an indigenous Karen woman

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🌏 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗠-𝗚𝗕𝗙 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 🌏
🎯𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝟏𝟔: 𝐄𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

🤔 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐲?

🌿 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬: In order for consumers to make more sustainable choices they need to be enabled and encouraged to do so. To this end the target calls for supportive policy, legislative or regulatory frameworks to be put in place and for education and access to relevant and accurate information and for alternatives to be improved.

🌿 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Overconsumption is a major cause of biodiversity loss. Humanity’s use of biological resources continues exceeding Earth’s capacity to regenerate them. This global consumption footprint must be reduced for the 2050 Vision. However, this reduction must occur equitably. Currently, some areas of the world are disproportionately impacting the global footprint of consumption while others are consuming resources at far lower rates. Similarly, in some regions, food consumption will need to increase significantly to ensure that other societal objectives, such as eliminating poverty and hunger, can be reached. Ensuring that consumption patterns equitably remain within biological limits is essential to living in harmony with Mother Earth.

🌿 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞: Globally large amounts of food are produced but then wasted with various, environmental, social and economic impacts. This target specifically calls for food waste to be reduced by half. Reducing food waste can provide multiple benefits to reach societal objectives associated with biodiversity, climate change, the elimination of hunger and poverty.

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🌏 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗠-𝗚𝗕𝗙 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 🌏
🎯 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝟏𝟓: 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲-𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬

🤔 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐲?
This target aims to progressively reduce the negative impacts and increase the positive impacts of business on biodiversity, and to encourage more sustainable patterns of production. To accomplish this, countries should put in place measures to encourage and enable business and financial institutions to identify and disclose their dependencies and impacts on biodiversity, and to report on these and other information, and to require this in the case of large and transnational companies and institutions:

🌿 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬: The target calls on Parties to develop a set of measures to encourage and enable businesses and financial institutions to undertake a set of actions to progressively reduce negative impacts on biodiversity and increase their positive impacts. Specifically, the target calls for legal, administrative or policy measures to encourage businesses to regularly monitor, assess and transparently disclose their risks, dependencies and impacts on biodiversity, to provide relevant information to consumers and to report on compliance with access and benefit-sharing regulations and measures where applicable.

🌿 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: While this target applies to measures for all types of business it places a particular emphasis on large and transnational companies and financial institutions. These types of companies and institutions, owing to their size and areas of operation, supply and value chains and portfolios often have large net impacts on biodiversity. As such improvements in their monitoring, assessment and disclosure processes have significant potential to generate positive outcomes for biodiversity, particularly as issues associated with supply chains and portfolios are often overlooked in sustainability reports...

🌳🌊🐚 Today is the International Day for th

🌳🌊🐚 Today is the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem. Mangroves are vital for their rich biodiversity and their role in ensuring food security for coastal communities. To highlight this, we would like to share a story from the Chomes Marine Territory on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, showcasing the importance of mangrove ecosystems to women who gather mollusks, supporting their families and community.

This video has been republished with permission from @coopesolidar

CoopeSoliDar R.L. is also Women4Biodiversity's restoration site partner in Costa Rica.

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🎙️ 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐏𝐎𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐃!⚡

In this fourth episode, we will discuss indigenous knowledge, how women contribute to preserving and transmitting traditional knowledge, and the incredible work being carried out by the Women Research Group in the Salaween Peace Park in Myanmar.

Our guests are Charlotte (Lotty) Clare, Research and Advocacy Officer, and Sunita (Moomoo) Kwangta, International Advocate for the Women Research Group from Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN).

KESAN is a community-based, non-governmental, non-profit organization that works to improve livelihood security and to gain respect for indigenous people’s knowledge and rights in the Karen State of Burma. KESAN is also Women4Biodiversity's restoration site partner in Myanmar.

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