International Resource Panel Co-Chair and former Brazilian Minister of Environment, Ms. Izabella Teixeira, delivered a speech at the informal preparatory session of the Third meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI-3). During the session, held on the 8th of March, Izabella Teixeira has stressed the importance of women's leadership in the achievement of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the opportunities for a new future in the context of the COVID-19 crisis and the key role of resource management as the link between sustainable and inclusive prosperity and the survival/protection of the natural world.
During SBI-3 the following agenda items were discussed:
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Assessment and review of the effectiveness of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
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Post-2020 global biodiversity framework
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Resource mobilization and the financial mechanism
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Capacity-building, technical and scientific cooperation, technology transfer, knowledge management, and communication
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Cooperation with other conventions, international organizations and initiatives
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Mechanisms for reporting, assessment and review of implementation
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Review of the effectiveness of the processes under the Convention and its protocols
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Mainstreaming of biodiversity within and across sectors and other strategic actions to enhance implementation
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Specialized international access and benefit-sharing instruments in the context of Article 4, paragraph 4, of the Nagoya Protocol
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Global multilateral benefit-sharing mechanism (Article 10 of the Nagoya Protocol)
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Administrative and budgetary matters
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