Consultation in Progress

Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-9) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD)

When and Where: Montreal, 10-14 November 2003

Number of Delegate selected: one ENGO representative

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The CEN has been asked to inform its members of the 9th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTAA 9) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) to be held in Montreal, 10-14 November 2003. This meeting is open to ENGO participation and ENGOs can register directly. More information is also available by clicking on the link above.

Furthermore, the CEN has been invited to oversee the Selection of one ENGO representative to be part of the Official Canadian Delegation. There are two main themes that will be discussed during SBSTTA-9, "protected areas" and "technology transfer and cooperation". Other themes and issues that will be discussed at SBSTTA-9 include: sustainable use of biodiversity, ecosystem approach, monitoring and indicators, biodiversity and climate change, mountain ecosystems, incentive measures, biodiversity targets, and invasive alien species. The provisional agenda is available online.

Travel and accommodation will be covered as per Treasury Board Rules for the ENGO part of the official Canadian Delegation.

The Canadian Environmental Network Forest Caucus selected Gaétane Boisseau from World Wildlife Fund Canada to be the ENGO representative in the Official Canadian Delegation at the 9th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTAA 9) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD). The selected alternate is Steve Rison from Dawson Creek Citizens Advisory for Environmental Research.

Gaetane's report is now available (the full report is only available in French but a summary is available in English).

Joint NGO Pledge

At the ninth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity held in Montreal last November, seven major international NGOs announced a joint pledge to provide substantial, long-term support to governments and other actors for the implementation of a strong programme of work on protected areas. The list of NGOs included BirdLife International, Conservation International, Greenpeace, The Nature Conservancy, the Wildlife Conservation Society, WWF and the World Resources Institute. This NGO consortium (which now also includes Fauna and Flora International) recently prepared a series of recommendations to COP-7 relating to the programme of work on protected areas, available here.