Event:2nd World Biodiversity Congress
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| Event:2nd World Biodiversity Congress | |
|---|---|
| Date | 08/09/2011 |
| City | Kuching |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Summary | Summary::Bringing together glocal institutions incolved in biodiversity conservation to develop future strategies concerning the challenges of climate change |
The 2nd World Biodiversity Congress will be held from September 8th-12th, 2011, in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
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About
After the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development was held in Rio in 1991, many countries have formulated or are implementing a series of action plans associated with their own environmental protection, biodiversity conservation and priority development. Judicious planning and meticulous implementation of different innovative programmes of United Nations, governments, and research institutions, private organizations, universities and NGOs have paved the way for the conservation of biological diversity on our earth.
The Second World Congress on Biodiversity will provide a forum for reorienting policies and programmes for any country in more productive and sustainable biodiversity utilization and conservation.
The four day congress organized by Century Foundation, Bangalore, India at Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia will help to develop an agenda to ensure conservation of bio-resources and ecosystem protection for sustainable development. It will bring together the international scientific community involved in the study of biological diversity and a unique opportunity to deepen our understanding of nature and natural resources and experience the wonderful Borneo Island.
Objectives
The objective of the scheduled congress is to bring together global institutions involved in biodiversity conservation with expert groups familiar with the specific issues of the particular region.
The aim is to together share, network and develop future strategies and alliances for biodiversity conservation especially to meet the emerging challenges from climate change.
Specifically, the 2nd World Biodiversity Congress intends to:
- Review the social-economic, environmental and political impacts of biodiversity conservation
- Identify best strategies for the effective biodiversity conservation and management for livelihood improvement
- To address the causes and consequences of climate change on living resources on earth
- Identify research gaps and conceptualize collaborative research undertakings on biodiversity and climate change
- To evolve suitable strategies to combat global warming and climate change
- To bring the international scientific community together to initiate immediate net work action to conserve the flora and fauna in the biodiversity hotspots
- Link potential donors, and research experts and educators for the conduct of future research and implementation of programs on biodiversity conservation and climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Topics
1 Sustainable utilization of Biological diversity
2 Biodiversity Information Management
3 Conservation of Beneficial insects and Bee pollinators
4 Protection of fresh and marine water resources
5 Management of land resources
6 Women in conservation and sustainable development
7 Environmental biotechnology
8 Combating desertification
9 Sustainable agriculture and Rural Development
10 Ecosystem Management
11 Intellectual property rights and biodiversity conservation
12 Strategies for conservation of endangered plants and animals
13 Biodiversity and IPR Law
14 Landscape ecology
15 Botanical gardens, germplasm banks and arboretums
16 Agro-biodiversity
17 Patterns and impacts of biological invasions
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