EBCD at CBD COP16 – 21 October-1 November 2024 – Cali, Colombia
The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological (COP16), having taken place in Cali, Colombia, from 21 October to 1 November, was the largest biodiversity conference to date with around 23,000 attendees across government,...
EBCD at COFI – 8-12 July 2024 – Rome, Italy
As the world faces the triple challenge of meeting food security/nutrition needs, combating climate change, and achieving biodiversity goals, the UN Committee on World Food Security emphasizes the importance of including aquatic foods in food security and nutrition policies, as...
EBCD at CBD SBSTTA – 13-17 May 2024 – Nairobi, Kenya
EBCD actively participated in the 26th meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (CBD SBSTTA-26), held from 13-18 May in Nairobi, Kenya. The body, which meets annually, was established to evaluate the...
UN Fish Stock Agreement (UNFSA): IUCN-CEM-FEG Member Dr. Joji Morishita chairs the UNFSA Review Conference
Dr. Joji Morishita, Advisor of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries of Japan, former Professor, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (retired), and member of IUCN-CEM Fisheries Experts Group, chairs the Resumed UN Conference on the UN Fish...
Report: Area-Based Management Tools (ABMTs) & Marine Fisheries
The role of area-based management tools (ABMTs) is growing in the fisheries landscape both in EEZs and in the high seas. Fisheries are highly spatial in all their activities but their spatial dimensions have only been weakly addressed in their...
COP15 Press Release – Fisheries in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
In the context of the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP15), the European Bureau for Conservation and Development (EBCD) in collaboration with the IUCN-CEM Fisheries Expert Group, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) hosted...
Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: An Indicator to Monitor the Threats to Inland Fisheries, as a Component of Target 5
In preparation for CBD COP15 and the final negotiating session for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, EBCD, the IUCN Fisheries Expert Group, InFish and Inland Fisheries Alliance have developed a technical brief on Target 5 for the adoption of an...
OECMs in marine capture fisheries: Key implementation issues of governance, management, and biodiversity
The IUCN Fisheries Expert Group co-authored, in collaboration with representatives from FAO and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the paper “OECMs in marine capture fisheries: Key implementation issues of governance, management, and biodiversity”. The paper highlights that: The quality...
Press release – The Future of the Ocean: Finding cooperative pathways towards 2030
On 28 June 2022, in the framework of the United Nations Oceans Conference, the European Bureau of Conservation and Development (EBCD) along with the FAO, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the IUCN Fisheries Expert Group (IUCN-CEM-FEG) and the...
UN Fish Stock Agreement: Serge Garcia informs State Parties about fisheries OECMs and their role in strengthening the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries
Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures are increasingly recognized as an essential tool to improve effective fisheries management and strengthen the operationalization of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries. At the Fifteenth round of informal consultations of States Parties to the United...