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Political Monitoring - February 2023

27 February 2023
Monitoring - 27th of February La Chambre / De Kamer 1. 14/02/2023 | Commission de l'Environnement et du Climat | Page 9 Question de M. Senesael à Zakia Khattabi sur "L'importation de produits contribuant à la déforestation" Vraag van M. Senesael aan Zakia Khattabi over "De invoer van producten die…
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Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) - IGC5.2

15 February 2023
The United Nations will convene the resumed fifth session of the BBNJ IGC5 from February 20-March 3, 2023, in New York City. The UN General Assembly established the IGC to consider the recommendations of a two-year Preparatory Committee and to elaborate the text of an international legally binding…
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Call for projects for the reinforcement of CHM websites 2022-2023

06 February 2023
The Belgian CHM partnership within the CEBioS programme of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), financed by the Belgian Development Cooperation (DGD) has decided to launch a call for proposals to support its partner countries boost their national CHM networks.
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Political Monitoring - January 2023

27 January 2023
26th of January 2023 - The after COP15- What are the outcomes of COP15? After two weeks of negotiation and years of preparatory work, 196 nations adopted a package, the Kunming – Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The package includes a list of goals and targets that address direct drivers of…
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Meet the Belgian delegation

07 December 2022
Three questions to Laurence Drèze, Biodiversity Policy Officer at WWF Belgium 1. What are the main challenges and opportunities in your daily work? As biodiversity policy officer, I’m following the international, European and Walloon biodiversity files to advocate for WWF’s mission: act to stop the…
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Stakeholder Open Webinars on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Informal webinar organized by the CBD Secretariat
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5th Science-Policy Forum for Biodiversity and the 8th International Conference on Sustainability Science

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Join the virtual segment to provide science-based input for nature ahead of COP15.
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Standards for Climate: Uptake of Nature-based solutions in urban and rural areas (Online)

The consequences of climate change are increasingly felt across the world. Nature-based solutions, which consists of using natural resources to tackle environmental challenges, have an enormous (and still relatively unexplored) potential to reduce the impact of such disasters, while simultaneously providing environmental, social, and economic benefits and helping build resilience.
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Stolen Wildlife: Closing the loopholes in the EU wildlife trade regulations

During this event, MEP Martin Hojsík will present the recently published report Stolen Wildlife
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SBSTTA24 & SBI3

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These meetings will allow for timely preparation of COP-15, including work related to the development of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.
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