- Montreal, Canada
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) 23, Montreal, 26 November 2019
Side Event 3078: Achieving Biodiversity Targets through Nature-based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation
The side event took place through a series of presentations and interactive panel discussion which focused on: 1) the rationale for linking international commitments on Disaster Risk Reduction and Biodiversity; 2) role of ecosystems and NbS in disaster risk reduction and adaptation, based on country experiences and case examples; and 3) gaps in our knowledge and implementation capacities for promoting NbS and opportunities for collaboration.
Cordula Epple, UNEP-WCMC, moderated the side event. Table 1 lists the presentations and presenters.
Table 1: Presentations given by the panelists at the side event
| Presentations | Presenters |
| Welcome remarks and introduction to the session.
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Neville Ash, Director of UNEP-WCMC
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| Achieving Biodiversity Targets Through Nature-based DRR and CCA | Cordula Epple, Senior Programme Officer in the climate change and biodiversity programme, UNEP-WCMC |
| Nature-based Solutions IUCN | Emily Goodwin, programme Assistant on Ecosystem-based Adaptation, IUCN |
| Nature-based Solutions and disaster risk reduction, Japan | Makiko Yanagiya, Deputy Director, Biodiversity Strategic Division, Ministry of Environment, Government of Japan
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| Wetlands our natural safeguards against disasters | Maria Rivera, Senior Advisor for the Americas, Ramsar Secretariat |
| Enhancing (disaster) resilience through ecosystem (mangrove) restoration | Lucilla Minelli, Senior Advocacy Officer, Wetlands International |
| The role of forest ecosystems in disaster risk reduction, the case of Macaya Park, Haiti | Louis Michelet, Director of the Biodiversity Division, Ministry of the Environment |
The interactive discussion, reflected on the following questions:
- What is needed to advance integrated implementation of NbS?
- How could the post 2020 global biodiversity framework help advance global efforts on DRR and CCA?
- What opportunities exist for collaboration between biodiversity and disaster risk reduction communities that contribute towards integrated implementation of NbS?