| The Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity |
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The Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 9) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was held in Bonn, Germany from 19 -30 May 2008. ICC coordinated a large business delegation at COP 9 in Bonn and provided business perspectives on issues which will impact upon industry. Information about ICC side events held in Bonn, and copies of interventions and press releases from ICC, can be found below.
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Meeting with Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the CBD:
Executive Secretary Ahmed Djoghlaf addressed the business delegation on 22 May, International Biodiversity Day. Stressing that business was one of the most important stakeholders in the CBD, he said that its engagement was increasingly appreciated by the parties to the Convention. Dr Djoghlaf also invited the co-chairs of the ICC Task Force on the CBD, Annik Dollacker and Michael Hauser, for a separate meeting to discuss business engagement in the Convention.
Pictured above are: Daphne Yong-d'Herve (ICC Secretariat), Annik Dollacker (Co-Chair ICC Task Force on the CBD), Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf (Executive Secretary, CBD) and Michael Hauser (Co-Chair ICC Task Force on the CBD).
Side-Events
ICC organised a range of side-events for COP 9. Please click here to find out more about these side-events.
Media Materials
Click here to download the ICC's opening press release for CBD COP 9 (19 May 2008).
Click here to see the ICC's press release on Access and Benefit Sharing for COP 9 (20 May 2008).
Click here to see the ICC's press release on Sustrainable Agriculture for COP 9 (22 May 2008).
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ICC Papers/Interventions
Click here for a copy of the intervention read by Annik Dollacker, Co-Chair of the ICC Task Force on CBD, at the opening plenary session of COP 9 (19 May 2008).
Click here for a copy of the intervention read by Annik Dollacker, Co-Chair of the ICC Task Force on CBD, during the High Level Ministerial Segment of COP 9 (28 May 2008).
ICC has also presented interventions at COP 9 on the following topics (please click a topic to download the intervention):
The ICC has released papers for COP 9 on the following topics (please click a topic to download the paper):
Other business statements and interventions
For IPIECA (International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association) intervention on Protected Areas (22 May), click here.
Picture Gallery - Sustainable Agriculture & Biodiversity
For access to images, please click here.
Useful Links
| CBD Secretariat |
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| Business websites on biodiversity |
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