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The Convention On Biological Diversity: 2010 Biodiversity Target The Virtual Curitiba Biodiversity Conference The Conference aims to gather opinion from the all stakeholders and interested parties regarding how and what actions should be taken to achieving the Biodiversity 2010 target. * * * http://2010.biodiv.org/about.shtml About The Virtual Curitiba Biodiversity Conference Background Ten years after the signing of the Convention on Biological Diversity, a Strategic Plan for the Convention was adopted by the sixth meeting of the COP held in The Hague, to guide the implementation of the threefold objectives of the Convention at the national, regional and global levels. In adopting decision VI/ 26 the 188 Parties of the Convention committed themselves "to a more effective and coherent implementation of the three objectives of the Convention, and agreed 'to achieve a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss at global, regional and national levels as a contribution to poverty alleviation and to the benefit of all life on earth'". The Hague Ministerial Declaration adopted at the same meeting called upon the World Summit on Sustainable Development to "Reconfirm the commitment to have instruments in place to stop and reverse the current alarming biodiversity loss at the global, regional, sub-regional and national levels by the year 2010". Heads of state and Government officials attending the World Summit on Sustainable Development endorsed the 2010 biodiversity target by adopting the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation. The seventh meeting of the COP held in Kuala Lumpur in 2004, through Decision VII/31 dealing with the multi-year programme of work of the Conference, decided, "that, at each of its meetings until 2010, the Conference of the Parties, possibly including its Ministerial segment, should assess, as an explicit agenda item, the state of progress, including obstacles, in achieving the goals of the Strategic Plan and progress towards the achievement of the Convention's 2010 target and relevant Millennium Development Goals". The 2005 World Summit Outcome, adopted in New York on 16th September 2005 by 154 Heads of State called on all States Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to support the implementation of the Convention and the Protocol as well as other biodiversity related agreements and the Johannesburg commitment for a significant reduction in the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. They also called on all states to fulfil their commitments and significantly reduce the rate of loss of biodiversity by 2010. The Eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to be held in Curitiba, Brazil on 21-31 March 2006 takes place at an important juncture in the life of the Convention on Biological Diversity. It takes place against the backdrop of the findings of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and is reinforced by the Second Global Biodiversity Outlook. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment is the first attempt by the scientific community to describe and evaluate, on a global scale, the full range of services people derive from nature. It was carried out by 1360 experts from 95 countries during the last four years and supported by UNEP and the GEF. Its messages are loud and clear: two thirds of the services provided by nature to humankind are in decline, worldwide. Humans have made unprecedented changes to ecosystems in recent decades to meet growing demands for food and other ecosystems services. These changes have weakened nature's ability to deliver its vital services. Human act! ivity is putting such strain on the natural functions of Earth, that the ability of the planet's ecosystems to sustain future generations can no longer be taken for granted. The Eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties provides a unique opportunity to catalyze efforts and set the stage for achieving the 2010 target and the objectives of the Convention. To do this requires universal commitment and concerted efforts by the international community as a whole. To this end a Virtual conference is being established to seek the views of civil society at large on the ways and means to achieve the 2010 biodiversity target. It will assist the eight meeting of the Conference of the Parties and, in particular, its High-Level Ministerial Segment to be held on 27-28 March 2006 in addressing this crucial issue. * * * http://2010.biodiv.org/2010/target.shtml The 2010 Biodiversity Target - Quick Reference Protect the components of biodiversity Goal 1. Promote the conservation of the biological diversity of ecosystems, habitats and biomes Target 1.1: At least 10% of each of the world's ecological regions effectively conserved Target 1.2: Areas of particular importance to biodiversity protected Goal 2. Promote the conservation of species diversity Target 2.1: Restore, maintain, or reduce the decline of populations of species of selected taxonomic groups Target 2.2: Status of threatened species improved Goal 3. Promote the conservation of genetic diversity Target 3.1: Genetic diversity of crops, livestock, and of harvested species of trees, fish and wildlife and other valuable species conserved, and associated indigenous and local knowledge maintained Promote sustainable use Goal 4. Promote sustainable use and consumption. Target 4.1: Biodiversity-based products derived from sources that are sustainably managed, and Production areas managed consistent with the conservation of biodiversity Target 4.2: Unsustainable consumption, of biological resources, or that impacts upon biodiversity, reduced Target 4.3: No species of wild flora or fauna endangered by international trade Address threats to biodiversity Goal 5. Pressures from habitat loss, land use change and degradation, and unsustainable water use, reduced Target 5.1: Rate of loss and degradation of natural habitats decreased Goal 6. Control threats from invasive alien species Target 6.1: Pathways for major potential alien invasive species controlled Target 6.2: Management plans in place for major alien species that threaten ecosystems, habitats or species Goal 7. Address challenges to biodiversity from climate change, and pollution Target 7.1: Maintain and enhance resilience of the components of biodiversity to adapt to climate change Target 7.2: Reduce pollution and its impacts on biodiversity Maintain goods and services from biodiversity to support human well-being Goal 8. Maintain capacity of ecosystems to deliver goods and services and support livelihoods Target 8.1: Capacity of ecosystems to deliver goods and services maintained Target 8.2: biological resources that support sustainable livelihoods, local food security and health care, especially of poor people maintained Protect traditional knowledge, innovations and practices Goal 9. Maintain socio-cultural diversity of indigenous and local communities Target 9.1: Protect traditional knowledge, innovations and practices Target 9.2: Protect the rights of indigenous and local communities over their traditional knowledge, innovations and practices, including their rights to benefit sharing Ensure the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the use of genetic resources Goal 10. Ensure the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the use of genetic resources Target 10.1: All transfers of genetic resources are in line with the Convention on Biological Diversity, the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and other applicable agreements Target 10.2: Benefits arising from the commercial and other utilization of genetic resources shared with the countries providing such resources Ensure provision of adequate resources Goal 11: Parties have improved financial, human, scientific, technical and technological capacity to implement the Convention Target 11.1: New and additional financial resources are transferred to developing country Parties, to allow for the effective implementation of their commitments under the Convention, in accordance with Article 20 Target 11.2: Technology is transferred to developing country Parties, to allow for the effective implementation of their commitments under the Convention, in accordance with its Article 20, paragraph 4
