CARICOM Secretariat emphasizes involvement of local communities in biodiversity capacity building
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is actively participating in the 14th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) underway in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, 17-29 November 2018. A series of interactive dialogues and workshops were held on the side-lines of the global summit in the Rio Conventions Pavilion with various actors working on capacity building in the biodiversity sector.
In the video, Project Coordinator of the Programme for Capacity Building related to the Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) within the CARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Patrick Chesney, was a key panelist on the session held on Friday 23 November 2018, under the theme Building Capacity Beyond 2020. He emphasized that capacity building “is not a science” and should build skills, integrate local communities and help diffuse understanding about biodiversity.
The session was organized by the UN Environment Programme (UN Environment) in collaboration with the CBD, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), and the African Elephant Fund.The Mitigation Hierarchy and Emerging Technologies Workshop was co-organized by the Cross-Sector Biodiversity Initiative (CSBI) and the Equator Principles Association.
The discussion was centre on capacity building experiences over the past decade of implementation to critically understand successes, failures, and key takeaways; Identifying and informing future actions to support the implementation of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (Post-2020 Framework) and the Post-2020 Long-Term Strategic Framework for Capacity Building; The biodiversity mitigation hierarchy as a tool for engaging industry and finance in effective biodiversity management; and Emerging industry trends and technologies in biodiversity data collection, sharing and monitoring that have the potential to improve our ability to effectively implement the mitigation hierarchy.