Name: Implementation of the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework through the Satoyama Initiative/COMDEKS 4
Start: 2023-07-12T08:00:00-0400
End: 2023-07-12T09:30:00-0400
Location: Online

This side event at the 2023 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will focus on the role of local action and partnerships for ecosystem restoration. It will discuss the role of Community Development and Knowledge Management for the Satoyama Initiative (COMDEKS) in achieving the SDGs and key targets of the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), including spatial planning and restoration; protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs); and productivity, sustainability, and resilience of biodiversity in agricultural and other managed ecosystems.

Featuring both experts and local practitioners, the event will share diverse knowledge and experiences, particularly on the practical implementation of the GBF. Participants will have the opportunity to share experiences and lessons learned, and explore different ways of upscaling and mainstreaming these into global and national policy.

Participation

This event will be held online on 12 July at 08:00–09:30 EDT (21:00–22:30 JST).
Participation is open to all. Please register in advance.

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Language

This event will be held in English.

Programme (provisional)

08:00	Opening	Haoliang Xu (Under Secretary General, UNDP) (TBC)
08:05–08:25	High-level Remarks	Isato Kunisada (Parliamentary Vice Minister, Ministry of the Environment, Japan): COMDEKS-4 and Japan’s Contribution to the GBF Keidanren Committee on Nature Conservation (TBD): COMDEKS-4 and Private Sector Contribution to the GBF Jihyun Lee (Director of the Science, Society and Sustainable Futures Division, SCBD): Global Partnership for the Implementation of the GBF UNU-IAS (TBD): International Partnership on Satoyama Initiative and the GBF
08:25–08:45	Approaches from the Field	COMDEKS Phase 4 and Planned Activities (GEF SGP, UNDP) Perspectives from the civil society, local communities, indigenous peoples etc. (TBD) Cem Orkun Kiraç (SAD Underwater Research Society, Türkiye): Experience in Managing Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes on the Coast Line in Antalya Landscape Impact of Carp-Small Indigenous Fish Species Project in Jumpla in Jumla Highlands (TBD) Biodiversity Conservation in the Landscape of Cameroon (TBD)
5	Q&A	Shinobu Yume Yamaguchi (Director, UNU-IAS)
09:00	Closing	Carlos Manuel Rodríguez (CEO, Global Environmental Facility) (TBC)

All times EDT

Organisers

This side event is organised by the Keidanren Committee on Nature Conservation (KCNC), the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), UNU-IAS, the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP), and UNDP.

Background

The Community Development and Knowledge Management for the Satoyama Initiative (COMDEKS) was launched in 2011 as a flagship program of the global Satoyama Initiative, which aims to build on mutually beneficial human-nature relationships, where the maintenance and development of socio-economic activities (including agriculture, fishing, and forestry) aligns with natural processes. Phase 4 of COMDEKS will seek to catalyse and drive integrated local actions and provide concrete contributions to the implementation of the GBF, and promote the sustainable use of biodiversity resources at the socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS).