Biodiversity and ecosystems
Description
The Sustainable Development Goal 15 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is devoted to “protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss”.
At the Rio+20 Conference, Member States reaffirmed, through paragraphs 197- 204 of the outcome document, the Future We Want, that “intrinsic value of biological diversity, as well as the ecological, genetic, social, economic, scientific, educational, cultural, recreational and aesthetic values of biological diversity and its critical role in maintaining ecosystems that provide essential services, which are critical foundations for sustainable development and human well-being”. Member States also recognized “the severity of global biodiversity loss and degradation of ecosystems” and stress the negative impact that this situation has on food security, nutrition, access to water, health of the rural poor and people worldwide”.
Furthermore, the Future We Want reiterated the importance of implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, and achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets adopted at the Tenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention.
Biodiversity was discussed by the Commission on Sustainable Development on several occasions, and was one of the themes of the 2012/2013 two-year cycle.
At the World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Johannesburg 2002, biological diversity was addressed in Chapter IV, paragraph 44, of the outcome of the Summit, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation. The Summit also endorsed the target to achieve, by 2010, a significant reduction of the 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, which had some months earlier been adopted by the sixth meeting of the CBD Conference of Parties (COP).
Conservation of biological diversity is the subject of Chapter 15 of Agenda 21 which was adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, in 1992, in Rio de Janeiro. On the same occasion, the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), was opened for signature and remained open for signature until 4 June 1993. By that time, it had received 168 signatures. The Convention entered into force on 29 December 1993, 90 days after the 30th ratification. The first session of the Conference of the Parties was scheduled for 28 November – 9 December 1994 in the Bahamas.
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Major Group: Science & Technology | Co-chairs' meetings with Major Groups | 4-Feb-2014 |
Major Group: Local Authorities | Co-chairs' meetings with Major Groups | 5-Feb-2014 |
Beyond 2015, WWF, Global Forest Coalitions, Women’s Major Group, World Animal Protection… | Co-chairs' meetings with Major Groups | 18-Jun-2014 |
Major Group: Women | Co-chairs' meetings with Major Groups | 4-Feb-2014 |
Major Group: Women | Co-chairs' meetings with Major Groups | 5-Feb-2014 |
Major Group: Women | Co-chairs' meetings with Major Groups | 5-Feb-2014 |
Iran | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 7-May-2014 |
Cyprus, Singapore and United Arab Emirates | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
Japan | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
Southern Africa Region | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
Brazil and Nicaragua | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
France, Germany and Switzerland | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
Denmark, Ireland and Norway | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
Australia, The Netherlands and United Kingdom | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
Bangladesh | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
China, Indonesia and Kazakhstan | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
Maldives | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
Italy, Spain and Turkey | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
New Zealand | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
Sweden | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 7-May-2014 |
Montenegro and Slovenia | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
Croatia | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
Poland and Romania | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
Finland | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 7-May-2014 |
Bulgaria | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
Iceland | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
Group of 77 and China | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
Canada, Israel and United States of America | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
Greece | Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 8-May-2014 |
Belgium | Debate on Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 3-Apr-2014 |
Morocco | Debate on Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 3-Apr-2014 |
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) | Debate on Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 3-Apr-2014 |
Peru and Mexico | Debate on Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 3-Apr-2014 |
Brazil and Nicaragua | Debate on Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 3-Apr-2014 |
Australia, The Netherlands and United Kingdom | Debate on Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 3-Apr-2014 |
Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) | Debate on Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 3-Apr-2014 |
Bulgaria and Croatia | Debate on Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 3-Apr-2014 |
Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) | Debate on Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 3-Apr-2014 |
Southern African Group | Debate on Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 3-Apr-2014 |
Italy, Spain and Turkey | Debate on Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 3-Apr-2014 |
Poland and Romania | Debate on Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 3-Apr-2014 |
Greece | Debate on Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 3-Apr-2014 |
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) | Debate on Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 3-Apr-2014 |
Cyprus, Singapore and United Arab Emirates | Debate on Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 3-Apr-2014 |
Montenegro and Slovenia | Debate on Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 3-Apr-2014 |
France, Germany and Switzerland | Debate on Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 3-Apr-2014 |
Maldives | Debate on Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 3-Apr-2014 |
Bangladesh | Debate on Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 3-Apr-2014 |
Canada, Israel and United States of America | Debate on Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 3-Apr-2014 |
China, Indonesia and Kazakhstan | Debate on Conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas; Ecosystems and biodiversity | 3-Apr-2014 |
Tanzania | Debate on Sustainable cities and human settlements, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Climate | 3-Apr-2014 |
Mr. Reza Salamat, Senior Sustainable Development Officer, UN DESA, New York, and Mr.… | Introduction | 14-Oct-2014 |
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) | Major Groups | 3-Apr-2014 |
Egypt | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 4-Feb-2014 |
Nepal | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 5-Feb-2014 |
Major Group: Women | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 4-Feb-2014 |
Norway | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 4-Feb-2014 |
India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 3-Feb-2014 |
Iran | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 4-Feb-2014 |
Montenegro and Slovenia | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 3-Feb-2014 |
Major Group: Science & Technology | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 3-Feb-2014 |
France, Germany and Switzerland | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 5-Feb-2014 |
Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 3-Feb-2014 |
Major Group: Local Authorities | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 4-Feb-2014 |
Sweden | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 3-Feb-2014 |
European Union | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 3-Feb-2014 |
Bangladesh | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 4-Feb-2014 |
Republic of Korea | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 4-Feb-2014 |
Uganda | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 6-Feb-2014 |
Canada, Israel and United States of America | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 3-Feb-2014 |
Australia, The Netherlands and United Kingdom | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 4-Feb-2014 |
Poland and Romania | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 4-Feb-2014 |
Biodiversity in the SDGs: Essential Solutions from Nature | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 3-Feb-2014 |
Major Group: Science & Technology | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 4-Feb-2014 |
Japan | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 4-Feb-2014 |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 5-Feb-2014 |
Zambia | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 4-Feb-2014 |
Toward UN Sustainable Development Goals | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 3-Feb-2014 |
Toward UN Sustainable Development Goals | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 3-Feb-2014 |
Belarus and Serbia | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 3-Feb-2014 |
Cyprus, Singapore and United Arab Emirates | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 5-Feb-2014 |
Brazil and Nicaragua | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 4-Feb-2014 |
Oceans and Seas, Forests, Biodiversity | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 3-Feb-2014 |
Italy, Spain and Turkey | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 3-Feb-2014 |
China, Indonesia and Kazakhstan | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 3-Feb-2014 |
Finland | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 5-Feb-2014 |
Argentina, Bolivia and Ecuador | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 3-Feb-2014 |
Crop Diversity Trust | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 4-Feb-2014 |
Maldives | Oceans and seas, forests, biodiversity | 4-Feb-2014 |
Mr. Gary Lewis, Resident Representative, UNDP, Tehran, Iran | Opening Session | 14-Oct-2014 |
Mr. Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Secretary-… | Opening Session | 14-Oct-2014 |
Benin, Burkina Faso, France, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Germany, Mongolia, Namibia, and… | Poverty eradication; Sustainable agriculture, food security, and nutrition | 5-May-2014 |
Mr. Xu Jing, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations World Tourism… | Session 1 | 14-Oct-2014 |
Mr. Hamid Zagham (ICHTO) | Session 1 | 14-Oct-2014 |
Mr. Alex A Kerr, Jr, Chiiori Trust, Kameoka-shi City, Japan | Session 1 | 15-Oct-2014 |
Mr. Sandeep Kulshreshtha, Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management, Ministry… | Session 1 | 14-Oct-2014 |
Mr. Warner Andrada, Office of Tourism Development Planning, Department of Tourism,… | Session 1 | 14-Oct-2014 |
Mr. Zahed Ghaderi (ICHTO) | Session 1 | 14-Oct-2014 |
Ms. Tri Mumpuni and Mr. Iskandar Kuntoadji, Co-founders and Managing Directors, People-… | Session 1 | 14-Oct-2014 |
Mr. Hitesh Metha, HM design, Kenya | Session 2 | 15-Oct-2014 |
Ms. Fen Wei, Consultant, World Bank | Session 2 | 15-Oct-2014 |
Mr. Duranga Silva, Sri Lanka Tourism Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of Tourism Studies,… | Session 2 | 15-Oct-2014 |
Mr. Ashkan Borouj | Session 3.1 | 15-Oct-2014 |
Mr. Zahed Shafiei | Session 3.1 | 15-Oct-2014 |
Mr. Hasan Almasi | Session 3.1 | 15-Oct-2014 |
Mr. Ralph Wahnschafft, Senior Advisor, Sustainable Development Policies, Berlin, Germany… | Session 3.1 | 15-Oct-2014 |
Mr. Mohammad Zahedi (ICHTO) | Session 3.1 | 15-Nov-2014 |
Mr. Abolfazl Ardeshri Tajzadeh | Session 3.1 | 15-Oct-2014 |
Mr. In Thoeun, Deputy Director, Ministry of Tourism, Phnom, Penh, Cambodia | Session 3.2 | 15-Oct-2014 |
Mr. Ruslan Shadikov, Tajikistan | Session 3.3 | 15-Oct-2014 |
Ms. Susanna Aghajanyan, Armenian Institute of Tourism | Session 4 | 15-Oct-2014 |
Mr. Venkata Rao, Pondicherry University Puducherry, India | Session 4 | 15-Oct-2014 |
Mr Sang-In Kang, Senior Expert, Global Strategy Center, Korea Environment Institute,… | Session 4.3 | 15-Oct-2014 |
Mr. Morteza Sharifi, Ministry of Agriculture of I.R. of Iran | Session 4.3 | 15-Oct-2014 |
Klaus Lengefeld, Senior Advisor, Sustainable Tourism Development Programmes, German… | Session 5 | 15-Oct-2014 |
BioTrade: Putting the CBD objectives into practice | Statements | 30-Oct-2013 |
Message for the International Year of Biodiversity [2010] | Statements | 11-Jan-2010 |
Integrated approaches to the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity | Statements | 30-Oct-2013 |
Mr. Wu Hongbo | Statements | 30-Oct-2013 |
The Convention on Biological Diversity, its Nagoya Protocol, and Access to Genetic… | Statements | 30-Oct-2013 |
Supporting the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity regarding Access… | Statements | 30-Oct-2013 |
GEF-Funded Projects in support of the ratification and implementation of the Nagoya… | Statements | 30-Oct-2013 |
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture | Statements | 30-Oct-2013 |
Message on the International Day for Biological Diversity | Statements | 22-May-2010 |
Milestones
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January 2015 SDG 15- BiodiversityAmong the multiple challenges to sustainable development enumerated in paragraph 14 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a particular attention is devoted to natural resources depletion and the adverse impacts of environmental degradation, including loss of biodiversity. Through paragraph 33, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development focuses on the linkage between sustainable management of the planet’s natural resources and social and economic development and reaffirms the determination of Member States to protect biodiversity, ecosystems and wildlife. In the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals, SDG 15 aims to “protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss”. In particular, SDG target 15.5 reads “take urgent and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biodiversity and, by 2020, protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species”.
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January 2012 Future We Want (Para 197-204)Biodiversity is the subject of Paragraphs 197- 204 of Future We Want. In that context, Member States reaffirm the “intrinsic value of biological diversity, as well as the ecological, genetic, social, economic, scientific, educational, cultural, recreational and aesthetic values of biological diversity and its critical role in maintaining ecosystems that provide essential services, which are critical foundations for sustainable development and human well-being”. Member States also recognize “the severity of global biodiversity loss and degradation of ecosystems” and stress the negative impact that this situation has on food security, nutrition, access to water, health of the rural poor and people worldwide”. Future We Want also reiterates the commitment of Member States in the achievement of the three objectives enunciated in the Convention on Biological Diversity and reaffirms, through paragraph 198, the importance of implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, and achieving the Aichi Biodiversity Targets adopted at the Tenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention.
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January 2011 UN Decade on BiodiversityWith the adoption of Resolution 65/161, the UN General Assembly declared the period 2011-2020 to be “the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity, with a view to contributing to the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity for the period 2011-2020”. The Decade has been established in order to support the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and promote its overall vision of living in harmony with nature. It has aimed at mainstreaming biodiversity at different levels. Throughout the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity, governments have been encouraged to develop, implement and communicate the results of national strategies for implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity.
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January 2011 CSD-19 (Chap.2)Biodiversity was discussed by the Commission on Sustainable Development on several occasions and was one of the themes of the 2012/2013 two-year cycle. CSD-19 was held in May 2011 to negotiate policy options related to the thematic cluster for the CSD 18-19 cycle: transport, chemicals, waste management, mining and the Ten-Year Framework of Programmes (10YFP) on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Patterns.
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January 2010 International Year of BiodiversityThe United Nations declared 2010 as International Year of Biodiversity to highlight the crucial role that biodiversity has in the lives of each individual, raise awareness of the actions taken by people worldwide to fight against biodiversity loss and increase understanding of the vital role that biodiversity plays in sustaining life on Earth.
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January 2002 JPOI (Chap. 4)In 2002, the World Summit on Sustainable Development, in Johannesburg, addresses biological diversity in Chapter 4, paragraph 44, of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation. The Johannesburg Summit also endorses the target to achieve, by 2010, a significant reduction of the 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, which had some months earlier been adopted by the sixth meeting of the CBD Conference of Parties (COP).
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January 2001 Millennium Ecosystem AssessmentThe Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) was launched in 2000 with the aim of appraising the impact that ecosystem change have on human well-being and of identifying the scientific basis for action to ensure a better conservation and sustainable use of these systems.
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January 1992 UN CBDThe Convention on Biological Diversity was inspired by the rising commitment of the International Community towards sustainable development. It represents a historical step forward in the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, as well as the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources.
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January 1992 Agenda 21 (Chap.15)Chapter 15 is devoted to conservation of biological diversity and is intended "to improve the conservation of biological diversity and the sustainable use of biological resources, as well as to support the Convention on Biological Diversity".