HOW TO COP: biodiversity loss. The Convention on Biological Diversity, and the multilateral negotiation process
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is the primary international instrument aimed at conservation of biodiversity, sustainable use of its components, and fair and equitable sharing benefits from the use of genetic resources.
The ICLRC has prepared a brief on the review of global governance for biodiversity conservation and the role of international negotiations. The document outlines the organization of CBD’ work and its bodies, working and advisory groups, decision-making processes, and the scientific basis for them.
The next meeting of the CBD Parties, COP16, will take place from October 21 to November 1 in Colombia. Among the key topics under negotiations are the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Framework, mobilization of financial resources for biodiversity conservation, and a multilateral mechanism for sharing the benefits of digital information, with discussions on potentially launching a global fund.
In preparing this material, we primarily relied on official documents that underpin the CBD's activities. Useful information on the practical aspects was also provided by Alexander Shestakov, an expert actively involved the negotiation process, to whom we are very grateful for his helpful comments.
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Experience: Since September 2021 — Independent expert (Moscow, Russian Federation); 2018-2021 — Director, Department of Science, Society and Sustainable Futures, Secretariat of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (Montreal, Canada); 2010-2018 — Director, WWF Global Arctic Programme and WWF representative at the Arctic Council (Ottawa, Canada); 2006-2010 — Director, HSE Department at BP Russia (Moscow, Russian Federation); 2000-present — Expert and representative at the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (Moscow, Russian Federation); 2001-2006 — Expert and representative at the Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (Moscow, Russian Federation); 2000-2006 — National representative at TRAFFIC Europe-Russia (Moscow, Russian Federation); 1999-2006 — Environmental Law Officer and Conservation Programme Director at WWF Russia (Moscow, Russian Federation); 1995-2005 — Expert at the Highest Ecological Council of the Committee on Ecology, State Duma of the Russian Federation (Moscow, Russian Federation); 1991-1999 — Expert at International Environmental consultancies (Dames & Moore, ERM, Arthur DeLittle, DHV, Haskoning, ICF/EKO, Branan) (Moscow, Russian Federation); 1991-2000 — researcher at the Institute of Geography Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russian Federation). Education: 2000 — Global environmental law at The British Council (Edinburgh, UK); 1995-1997 — Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) international programme (Moscow, Russian Federation - San Jose, Costa Rica – Naha, Japan – Harare, Zimbabwe); 1991-1995 — MA at the Faculty of Law, Moscow State University (Moscow, Russian Federation); 1993 — PhD in Geography at Moscow State University (Moscow, Russian Federation); 1988-1991 — postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University (Moscow, Russian Federation); 1989-1990 — research fellow at the School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi, India); 1982-1988 — MSc at the Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University (Moscow, Russian Federation).