Convention on Biological Diversity

About: Convention on Biological Diversity is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2232 publications have been published within this topic receiving 65599 citations. The topic is also known as: CBD & United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Looking Afresh at the Convention on Biological Diversity

Abstract: In light of almost twenty years of implementation, this article looks afresh at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), by assessing its evolution and current legal significance with a view to better understanding its immediate future. To this end, the article critically analyses the outcomes of the tenth meeting of the CBD Conference of the Parties, in order to determine progress in the development and implementation of the Convention at the level of both international cooperation and national implementation.

Science and the Convention on Biological Diversity

Abstract: Can a treaty concerning all of life on Earth make a practical difference to scientists? As countries implement the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) work programs, apply its guidelines, and execute national strategies, its influence on science is likely to grow. CBD-compliant national laws and policies already set priorities for research and affect the way in which scientists can access and use genetic resources. Scientists and scientific organizations are urged in this [Policy Forum][1] to weigh in when the Conference of the Parties to the CBD meets in The Hague in April to discuss conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. [1]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/295/5564/2371

Regional scalable priorities for national biodiversity and carbon conservation planning in Asia.

Abstract: To achieve the goals of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, we must identify representative targets that effectively protect biodiversity and can be implemented at a national level. We developed a framework to identify synergies between biodiversity and carbon across the Asian region and proposed a stepwise approach based on scalable priorities at regional, biome, and national levels that can complement potential Convention on Biological Diversity targets of protecting 30% land in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Our targets show that 30% of Asian land could effectively protect over 70% of all assessed species relative to only 11% now (based on analysis of 8932 terrestrial vertebrates), in addition to 2.3 to 3.6 hundred billion metric tons of carbon. Funding mechanisms are needed to ensure such targets to support biodiversity-carbon mutually beneficial solutions at the national level while reflecting broader priorities, especially in hyperdiverse countries where priorities exceed 30% of land.

Eradications of invasive mammals from islands: why, where, how and what next?

Abstract: The United Nations, under the auspices of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has proclaimed 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity. This has led to numerous initiatives to highlight the importance of biodiversity, increase awareness of the unprecedented level of threats to the world’s fauna and flora, and encourage action to help safeguard its future. Included among the major commitments made by signatories to the CBD is to rehabilitate and restore degraded ecosystems, and prevent the introduction of, and control and eradicate, alien species that could threaten ecosystems, habitats or species (http://www.cbd.int/, accessed 19 November 2010). The level of resource allocated by governments to these issues varies enormously, but, by any standard, New Zealand and Australia stand out among the developed nations in terms of the breadth and scope of their efforts to eradicate alien species, particularly on islands (Hilton and Cuthbert 2010). Earlier this year, Australia attempted one of the most ambitious alien species eradication campaigns to date, to remove European Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus), Black Rats (Rattus rattus) and House Mice (Mus musculus) from the 12 870-ha Macquarie Island (54300S, 158570E). The team were unlucky, experiencing an unseasonally prolonged period of bad weather as a consequence of which the aerial baiting will now have to recommence in 2011. However, that the project was even attempted not only underlines both a highly laudable financial commitment, but a striking change in attitude in the last decade to the scale of eradications that are considered technically possible. The latter results largely from pioneering efforts in New Zealand since the 1970s, and the development of an expertise base that has since become a global export (Towns and Broome 2003; Rauzon 2007).