CBD-ICRI Side Event at COP 9 “Marine Biodiversity and the International Year of the Reef”

Chair of the Meeting: Christine Dawson, U.S. Department of State, USA

Opening

• Christine Dawson, U.S. Department of State, USA
• Dr. Ahmaed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary
• Dr. Georg Heiss, Museum für Naturkunde, Germany

International Year of the Reef

• “The International Year of the Reef: Worldwide campaign for local, regional and global involvement in the protection of the reef” –
  Francis Staub
  IYOR Coordinator, ICRI Secretariat

Status and trends of coral reefs and the impacts of climate change on the reef

• “World status and trends of coral reefs and their associated biodiversity“
  Dr. Clive Wilkinson
  Global Coordinator
  Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network

• “Cold Water Coral Reef and the impacts of climate change on the reef“
  Dr. Stefan Hain
  Head, Coral Reef Unit (CRU)
  United Nations Environment Programme

Regional Efforts for Reef Conservation

• “Coral Triangle Initiative“
  Syamsal Ma’arif, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia on the behalf of HE. the Minister Freddy Numberi (Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia)

• “Regional efforts for the conservation of coral reefs through the establishment of MPA network”
  Mr. Atsuhiro Yoshinaka, Deputy Director
  Biodiversity division, Nature Conservation Bureau
  Ministry of the Environment, Tokyo, Japan

Global Efforts for the Reef Conservation

• “IOC’s efforts for the monitoring and scientific assessment of marine biodiversity, including the coral reef“
  Salvatore Arico
  Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC)

The Webcast of the side event is available at: http://unfccc.meta-fusion.com/kongresse/CBD2008_2/templ/ply_cbd.php?id_kongresssession=1111&player_mode=isdn_real

For more information, contact Francis Staub [email protected] and Jihyun Lee ([email protected]