Rationale, Opportunity for Action and Specific Objective

The new Global Biodiversity Framework approved in Montreal places a greater emphasis on transparency and monitoring of actions compared to previous frameworks, which necessarily requires an increased involvement based on data and scientific evidence.

The role that GBIF can play in this new scenario is clear, but for it to be effective, it is necessary to understand the requirements from the CBD and how GBIF can provide information for progress indicators and NBSAPs (National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans).

In Latin American countries, due to limitations in resources allocated to science, management, and conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems, there is a circumstance where, in some cases, the responsible teams for the national GBIF networks (Nodes) are also involved in CBD meetings and negotiations. This limitation becomes an opportunity as it provides members of these teams with a unique perspective of both worlds, placing them in a privileged position to inform and educate the GBIF community on how to best contribute to the objectives and goals of the CBD.

The specific object of the meeting was to establish recommendations and actions for the nodes and GBIF Secretariat in this field, which can then be replicated and extended to the global GBIF community.

Agenda (.pdf file, 166 KB)

Presentations

Opening – Francisco Pando. Real Jardín Botánico – CSIC (.pdf file, 533 KB)

El Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica – Jose Luis Echeverria Tello. Guatemala (.pdf file, 12,1 MB)

Entendiendo el CBD: Marco Global para la Biodiversidad – Ana Laura Mello, Uruguay (.pdf file, 258 KB)

Marco mundial Kunming-Montreal de la diversidad biológica. Metas mundiales para 2030 – Jose Luis Echeverria Tello y Leslie Melisa Ojeda Cabrera. Guatemala (.pdf file, 23 MB)

Entendiendo el CBD: Indicadores – Ana Laura Mello, Uruguay (.pdf file, 301 KB)

Comprendiendo el CBD. Argentina – Anabela Plos (.pdf file, 3,5 MB)

Challenges to meet sustainable development goals and promote the use of biodiversity data for the development of indicators: the case of Mexico – Patricia Koleff, Tania Urquiza (.pdf file, 34,1 MB)

Entendiendo el CBD: el caso de Uruguay – Ana Laura Mello (.pdf file, 301 KB)

User-friendly tools to report on the status of the CBD indicators – Ana Mellado, Pablo Guerrero. LifeWatch ERIC (.pdf file, 6,2 MB)

GBIF’s contribution to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework – Tim Hirsch, Deputy Director (.pdf file, 2,3 MB)

Summary and supporting documents

Assess what is needed to make GBIF biodiversity data usable by the CBD (.pdf file, 430 KB)

Training Module (.pdf file, 81 KB)

Recomendaciones/Recommendations (.pdf file, 103 KB)

Cuestionario de evaluación de capacidades (.pdf file, 54 KB)

Press Releases

• ANDALUCÍA INFORMACIÓN (31/05/2023): Sevilla acoge una reunión de expertos en datos sobre biodiversidad
• ANDALUCÍA INFORMACIÓN (02/06/2023): La cumbre de biodiversidad de Sevilla analiza las 23 metas que todo país debe cumplir
• VIVA SEVILLA (31/05/2023): La Casa de las Ciencias acoge una reunión de expertos en datos sobre biodiversidad
• VIVA ARCOS (02/06/2023): La cumbre de biodiversidad analiza las 23 metas para cumplir los objetivos para 2030
• VIVA CÁDIZ (02/06/2023): La cumbre de biodiversidad analiza las 23 metas para cumplir los objetivos para 2030
• LinkedIn – Juan Luis Pavón Herrera

Photos

Francisco Pando opens the meeting

What is the CBD (José Luis Echeverría, Guatemala)

Understanding CBD: The Global Biodiversity Framework (Ana Laura Mello, Uruguay)

Understanding CBD: The Global Biodiversity Monitoring Framework (José Luis Echeverría, Guatemala)

Understanding CBD: Country cases Anabela Plos (Argentina)

Jose Luis Echeverria (Guatemala National Council of Protected Areas) in Experts Meeting LWE GBIF

Lucas de Moncuit in Experts Meeting LWE GBIF

Melisa Ojeda (GBIF Guatemala) in Experts Meeting

Tim Hirsch (GBIF Secretariat) in Experts Meeting LWE GBIF

Understanding CBD Country cases: Patricia Koleff presents a case study from Mexico

Tim Hirsch discusses the connections between GBIF and the CBD and their contribution and relevance to the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework.

Work session

Work session

Ana Mellado and Pablo Guerrero, from LifeWatch ERIC, enlighten us about computer tools.

Training module

Christos Arvanitidis, CEO of LifeWatch ERIC, with Francisco Pando