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- Summary of the GTI Side Event at SBSTTA-12 (pdf download OR link to www.cbd.int) - Programme of the GTI Side Event (pdf, 137 KB) - Offical documents from SBSTTA-12 (external link)
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GTI at SBSTTA-12Download summary document from CBD (pdf, 8.3 KB) The 12th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-12) was held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France, from 02 - 06 July 2007. The GTI NFP Germany organized the Side Event "Towards a Global Assessment of Taxonomic Needs and Capacities." The programme aims to discuss the implementation of strategies and mechanisms to decrease the taxonomic impediment and discuss the status of the Global Assessment of Taxonomic Needs and Capacities for relevant future conventions and events, by EDIT, Species2000, BioNET, CBD Secretariat and others. The Programme and participants are listed in a separate pdf (137 KB). Representatives of the European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT), BioNET International (Oxford, UK), the National Institute for Environmental Studies (Tsukuba, Japan), the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (Copenhagen, Denmark), the Nees-Institute for Biodiversity of Plants (University of Bonn, Germany), the Smithsonian Institution (Washington DC, USA), the national GTI Focal Point (Stuttgart, Germany), and other relevant organizations discussed the implementation of strategies and mechanisms to decrease the taxonomic impediment and debated in detail the status of the GTI Global Assessment of Taxonomic Needs and Capacities. Additionally to the representatives of the seven presenting organizations, 25 participants visited the side event about problems and the future of the GTI "Global Assessment of Taxonomic Needs and Capacities." Towards a Global Assessment Taxonomic Needs and CapacitiesThe German GTI NFP suggests a questionnaire to assess the global needs and capacities for taxonomy. Detailed information and access to the Questionnaires in English and other languages is available via the Quick link. Presentations at the Side Event1: The Global assessment of taxonomic needs and capacities: where are we? [pdf, 360 KB]. Swen Renner/Christoph Häuser (GTI NFP Germany, Stuttgart, Germany)
2: Contributing to an assessment of European needs & capacities. [pdf, 728 KB]. Simon Tillier (MNHN, Paris, France) 3: Global assessment of plants and botanical resources - what do we know? [pdf, KB]. Cornelia Löhne/Jens Mutke (NEES Institute, University of Bonn, Germany)
4: A global assessment of taxonomic needs for invasive species management. [pdf, 169 KB]. Richard Smith (BioNET International, Surrey, UK) 5: ABS and global taxonomic capacities: Drawbacks and chance. Leonard Hirsch (Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA) 6: Climate change and biodiversity - taxonomic knowledge may supplement adaptation and mitigation. [pdf, 460 KB]. Junko Shimura (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Ibaraki, Japan) --- The event was organized by the GTI National Focal Point Germany (Swen C. Renner and Christoph L. Häuser, see contact us) and supported by the German Federal Agency for Nature Protection (Bundesamt für Naturschutz - BfN). |
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