In accordance with the precautionary approach contained in Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, the objective of this Protocol is to contribute to ensuring an adequate level of protection in the field of the safe transfer, handling and use of living modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health, and specifically focusing on transboundary movements.
The Conference of the Parties (COP) agreed on a provisional list of global headline indicators, to assess progress at the global level towards the 2010 target (decision VII/30), and to effectively communicate trends in biodiversity related to the three objectives of the Convention. In decision VII/30 the COP established a process for testing and developing the indicators, with inputs from SBSTTA, the ad hoc Working Groups on ABS and Article 8(j), and an AHTEG on indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 biodiversity target.
Pages 76-365 of the DECISIONS ADOPTED BY THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AT ITS EIGHTH MEETING 2006 Report. Meeting was held Curitiba, Brazil, 20-31 March 2006
DECISIONS ADOPTED BY THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AT ITS NINTH MEETING 2008
DRAFT FINDINGS OF THE AD HOC TECHNICAL EXPERT GROUP ON BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE 2008 in London. THE SECOND AD HOC TECHNICAL EXPERT GROUP ON BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
CBD Goals and objectives of the Strategic Plan and provisional indicators for assessing progress 2010
Goals and Targets of the Programme of Work on Protected Areas
Goals, targets and timeframes, and island-specific priority actions for the Parties 2009
The increased demand for high quality products in export markets, coupled with Pacific Island Countries (PICs) national desire to protect the environment, biodiversity and family farming structures, lead to assume that organic agriculture could offer good prospects for PICs development. Besides market opportunities, organic agriculture could increase PICs food self-reliance and thus, contribute to reducing the alarming trend of dependency on food imports, as well as improving nutrition.
Palau's National Determined Contribution as means to achieve the Paris Agreement.
Palau's roadmap to achieve energy efficiency by 2020
Documentation on getting started with the Inform Data Portal
Data on the recovery of Palau's Coral Reefs
Data on Palau’s Protected Areas Network including Biodiversity Planning and eco-regional assessments
Data on Palau's Marine Biodiversity including data on Palau's marine protected areas
The Nature Conservancy’s Mapping Ocean Wealth Project: Modelling and mapping fishing pressure the current and potential standing stock of coral-reef fishes in five jurisdictions of Micronesia
Data on Reef Fish Recovery in countries and information is also useful for Palau's Reef Fish Biomass
Data on Palau's Reef Fish including information extracted from researches on reef fish in micronesia