The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) announce that the jointed meeting of the CBD’s bushmeat Liaison Group and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora’s (CITES) Central Africa Bushmeat Working Group will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 7 to 10 June 2011.  

The purpose of the workshop, pursuant to Decision X/32 of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD, is to facilitate the implementation of the above decision, as well as to encourage and enable Parties and relevant inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations to take effective action to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of wildlife resources in tropical and sub-tropical forests.

Please download the provisory Agenda of the PROVISIONAL AGENDA

For more information on this event, please download the following documents HERE:

N O T I F I C A T I O N (Only available in French)

Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)  et Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (giz) GmbH (2011): Biodiversity and Likehood : REDD advantages: This brochure shows how measures and policies can be designed in a way that helps both to control climate change, loss of biodiversity and to eradicate poverty. It identifies opportunities to establish a synergy and mutually strengthen the objectives of international agreements, especially the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), as well as decisions taken the UN General Assembly in accordance with the recommendations of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF). "The importance of biodiversity and means of subsistence was recognized at different levels in the preparation of REDD-plus. In order to ensure these advantages, new levels of collaboration shall be required between the various actors at national and international levels. (Only available in French)

TIM CHRISTOPHERSEN, CAROLINE BELAIR and ROBERT NASI (2011):  Addressing the bushmeat crisis - Opportunities through forest certification. This article show that forest certification has the potential to contribute to the conservation and sustainable management of species presently hunted at unsustainable levels in tropical forests.(source from RZ June 28; edited by PH July 2).

 Synthesis article linking climate change and bushmeat hunting.

For more information concerning this event, please contact M. Johannes Stahl (johannes.stahl@cbd.int)