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[...]... 2010, prior to the Fifth Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol Mr Rene Lefeber of the Netherlands, one of the CoChairs of the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs that negotiated the text of the new treaty said: “It has been many years since the last global environmental agreement was agreed The adoption of a new supplementary Protocol during the International Year of Biodiversity will give new impetus... Utilization and other components of the international regime on access and benefit-sharing which will facilitate the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources 15 The programs of work: The thematic programs of work of the Convention include: biodiversity of inland waters, marine and coastal biodiversity, agricultural biodiversity, forest biodiversity, biodiversity of dry and... in the Context of the Protocol The Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs further negotiated the proposed operational texts and produced draft text for a supplementary protocol on liability and redress to the Biosafety Protocol The draft text was further negotiated at the second and fourth meetings of the Group The fourth meeting of the Group was held in Nagoya from October 6 to 11, 2010, prior to the. .. global biodiversity report card shows our overall failure to meet the 2010 target of halting biodiversity loss,” Mr Rodrigo U Fuentes, executive director of 24 the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), said in his preface for the ASEAN Biodiversity Outlook (ABO) Produced by the ACB, the ABO confirms the findings of the Third Global Biodiversity Outlook that the world failed to meet the target of significantly... ASEAN State of the Environment Report, the Global Biodiversity Outlook, and numerous other sources Biodiversity experts from a number of international organizations independently reviewed the ABO A contribution to the International Year of Biodiversity 2010, the ABO is envisioned as a tool to generate awareness on the status of biodiversity in the region, the obstacles faced by countries in their efforts... achieving the 2010 biodiversity target A timely contribution to the International Year of Biodiversity, the Outlook features the status and trends across all ecosystems and looks into the pressures faced by each ecosystem, as well as the responses initiated to address these pressures It likewise presents a snapshot of some of the actions by ASEAN nations in combating the loss of biodiversity The prospects of. .. with the blowpipe The Malaysian and Indonesian groups showed great interest in the games and hoped to revive their own traditional sports activities On the day of the competition, the athletes donned their traditional clothes and prepared themselves for a competitive, but fun, day of sports Families and children of the local athletes converged and enjoyed watching their fathers and brothers in action The. .. and redress under the Protocol At its fourth meeting in Bonn, Germany in 2008, the Parties, on the basis of the final report of the Working Group, further negotiated and produced proposed operational texts for the international rules and procedures on liability and redress as the basis for further negotiations To continue the process, the Parties established a Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs Concerning... that “No one will be spared from the impacts of biodiversity loss and the degradation of ecosystem services, but the first one who will bear the heaviest burden will be the poor and marginalized whose lives are strongly linked with the environment.” The ABO also underscores that the drivers of biodiversity loss continue to intensify The key drivers of biodiversity loss in the ASEAN region include ecosystems... will learn from the strategies used by the project implementers ACB also launched the ASEAN Champions of Biodiversity – the first awards program to recognize outstanding biodiversity conservation projects by business, youth and media in the ASEAN region ACB launched the initial version of the ASEAN Biodiversity Outlook The Outlook offers a regional barometer of the progress made by the ASEAN Member . to the Fifth Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol. Mr. Rene Lefeber of the Netherlands, one of the Co- Chairs of the Group of the Friends of the Co-Chairs that negotiated the text of the. facilitate the fair and equitable sharing of benefi ts arising from the use of genetic resources. 15. The programs of work: The thematic programs of work of the Convention include: biodiversity of. by the Conference of the Parties: The Con- ference of the Parties, with the support of other Convention bodies, in particular the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of