Expert Meeting on methods and guidelines for the rapid assessment of biological diversity of inland water ecosystems, Montreal 2-4 December 2002

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OBJECTIVES

• Conservation of biological diversity
• Sustainable use of its components
• Fair and equitable sharing of benefits from
  utilization of genetic resources
• CBD Article 1

Expert Meeting on methods and guidelines for the
rapid assessment of biological diversity of
inland water ecosystems, Montreal 2-4 December
2002
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PROGRAMMES
Expert Meeting on methods and guidelines for the
rapid assessment of biological diversity of
inland water ecosystems, Montreal 2-4 December
2002
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IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING

• Parties shall
• Identify components of biological diversity
  important for conservation and sustainable use
• Monitor the components of biological diversity
• Identify processes and categories of activities
  which may have significant adverse impacts on the
  conservation and sustainable use
• Maintain and organize data
• CBD Article 7

Expert Meeting on methods and guidelines for the
rapid assessment of biological diversity of
inland water ecosystems, Montreal 2-4 December
2002
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IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING

• Priority shall be given to
• Ecosystems and habitats containing high
  diversity, large numbers of endemic or threatened
  species
• Species and communities which are threatened
• Genomes and genes of social, scientific or
  economic importance
• CBD Annex 1

Expert Meeting on methods and guidelines for the
rapid assessment of biological diversity of
inland water ecosystems, Montreal 2-4 December
2002
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CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES

• Agrees by consensus upon and adopts rules of
  procedure
• Establishes subsidiary bodies
• Keeps under review the implementation of the
  Convention and undertakes any additional action
  that may be required for the achievement of its
  purposes
• Considers, reviews and adopts scientific,
  technical and technological advice
• CBD Article 23

Expert Meeting on methods and guidelines for the
rapid assessment of biological diversity of
inland water ecosystems, Montreal 2-4 December
2002
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SUBSIDIARY BODY ON SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVICE

• Provides the Conference of the Parties with
  timely advice
• Reports regularly to the Conference of the
  Parties
• Identifies innovative, efficient and
  state-of-the-art technologies
• Responds to scientific, technical, technological
  and methodological questions from COP
• CBD Article 25

Expert Meeting on methods and guidelines for the
rapid assessment of biological diversity of
inland water ecosystems, Montreal 2-4 December
2002
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DECISION IV/4, WORK PLAN FOR SBSTTA

• Development and dissemination of regional
  guidelines for rapid assessment of inland water
  biological diversity for different types of
  inland water ecosystems
• special attention to small island States
• special attention to States with inland water
  ecosystems suffering from ecological disaster
• assessments should be simple, inexpensive, rapid
  and easy to use

Expert Meeting on methods and guidelines for the
rapid assessment of biological diversity of
inland water ecosystems, Montreal 2-4 December
2002
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ECOSYSTEM APPROACH
Strategy for the integrated management of land,
water and living resources to balance the three
objectives of the convention. Based on the
application of appropriate scientific
methodologies focused on levels of biological
organization which encompass the essential
processes, functions and interactions among
organisms and their environment. Humans are an
integral component of ecosystems
Expert Meeting on methods and guidelines for the
rapid assessment of biological diversity of
inland water ecosystems, Montreal 2-4 December
2002
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TASKS OF THE MEETING

• Review of existing methods for the rapid
  assessment of the biodiversity of inland water
  ecosystems
• Development of regional guidelines for the
  application of rapid assessment methods
• Keeping in mind
• Ecosystem approach
• Priority to cost-effective methods
• Creation of enabling environment

Expert Meeting on methods and guidelines for the
rapid assessment of biological diversity of
inland water ecosystems, Montreal 2-4 December
2002
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DOCUMENTS

• Background paper
• UNEP/CBD/COP/3/2 Biological diversity of inland
  waters
• UNEP/CBD/COP/3/7 Identification and monitoring
  of components of biological diversity of inland
  water ecosystems
• UNEP/CBD/COP/3/13 Appraisal of the SBSTTA
  review of assessment of biological diversity and
  advice on methodologies for future assessment

Expert Meeting on methods and guidelines for the
rapid assessment of biological diversity of
inland water ecosystems, Montreal 2-4 December
2002
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DOCUMENTS

• UNEP/CBD/COP/6/INF/14 Thematic programmes of
  work progress reports on implementation
  biological diversity of inland waters
• UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/8/1 Provisional agenda
• Draft UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/8/8/Add. 1 Status and
  trends of inland water biological diversity
• Draft UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/8/8/Add. 4 Inland water
  ecosystems review, further elaboratioon and
  refinement of the programme of work

Expert Meeting on methods and guidelines for the
rapid assessment of biological diversity of
inland water ecosystems, Montreal 2-4 December
2002
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DOCUMENTS

• Draft workshop report IUCN Freshwater
  Biodiversity Assessment Programme Developing a
  methods for prioritising sites for freshwater
  biodiversity conservation

Expert Meeting on methods and guidelines for the
rapid assessment of biological diversity of
inland water ecosystems, Montreal 2-4 December
2002