Tuesday March 21st

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Tuesday March 21st
Building Upon Local Entreepreneurship Business
BiodiversityPromovendo empreendedores sociais
locais Negócios Biodiversidade
945am 115pm Community Entrepreneurs Presenting Their Successes Including presentations by Barbara Schmal, Produção sustentável de Óleos vegetais e arómaticos em Silves (Sustainable production of vegetal aromatic oils in Silves-Amazonas) Vitaliano Sarabia, La experiencia de la organizacion UNOCACA del Ecuador (The experience of UNOCACA in Ecuador) Francisco de Sales Coutinho, Projecto do Cooperativo de Ostras (The Oyster Cooperative Initiative) Waldir Souza da Trindade, Acordo de Pesca para conservação de recursos pesqueiros (Conservation of Fishing Resources) Breakout sessions to discuss issues raised and share solutions will follow each presentation. Group prioritization of issues and concerns to be addressed in afternoon session
115pm 315pm Lunch
315pm 6pm Strategies for Biodiversity-Conscious Community Entrepreneurship Innovative Partnerships at Work Placing Community Initiatives in a Global Context Financial and Technical Resource Identification Including presentations by Lorena Jaramillo C., Director of Sustainable Biotrade Initiative in Ecuador Balakrishna Pisupati, former head of IUCN Regional Biodiversity Programme in Asia Breakout sessions to identify next steps at COP8 and beyond