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Session 5: STI for sustainable terrestrial ecosystems (SDG 15)
Tue 05 Jun 2018, 5.00 pm — Wed 03 Feb 2021, 5.00 pm
Conference Room 4, UNHQ
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Background
The session will discuss the status of existing knowledge and technology, and explore the potential for how science, technology and innovation can support the achievement of SDG 15 on sustainable terrestrial ecosystems. The session will help identify good practices and policy recommendations, as well as challenges and needs, especially as they relate to international cooperation, innovation and capacity-building, with a view to facilitate the development, scaling up adoption and dissemination of relevant technologies for SDG 15.
Chair: H.E. Dr. Toshiya Hoshino, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations
Moderator: Mr. Huadong Guo, Chairman of Academic Committee, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Panelists ● Mr. Didier Babin, Chair of the International Coordinating Council (ICC) of the UNESCO Man and the Biospehere (MAB) Programme and the President of the French National Program Committee for the UNESCO MAB ● Ms. Inger Elisabeth Måren, University of Bergen, Norway ● Ms. Skumsa Kathleen Audrey Mancotywa, Chief Director, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa ● Mr. Suresh Nair, Group Leader, Plant-Insect Interaction Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), India
Chair: H.E. Dr. Toshiya Hoshino, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations
Moderator: Mr. Huadong Guo, Chairman of Academic Committee, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Panelists ● Mr. Didier Babin, Chair of the International Coordinating Council (ICC) of the UNESCO Man and the Biospehere (MAB) Programme and the President of the French National Program Committee for the UNESCO MAB ● Ms. Inger Elisabeth Måren, University of Bergen, Norway ● Ms. Skumsa Kathleen Audrey Mancotywa, Chief Director, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa ● Mr. Suresh Nair, Group Leader, Plant-Insect Interaction Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), India
