The CBD 4th Country Report of Ethiopia under Review
by IBC ~ August 6th, 2009. Filed under: CBD.
Dr. Kassahun Embaye- forwarding a welcome speech
The Deputy Director General of the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (IBC) welcomed all participants to the review workshop and stated that this forum will enrich the report enormously. The review workshop was opened by H.E. Dr. Tewolde Berhan G/Egziabher, Director General of Environmental Protection Authority. His excellency pointed out that the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has been established for the three main objectives, namely biodiversity conservation, sustainable utilization and Access and Benefit Sharing.
Dr. Tewelde Berhan G.Egziabher-Forwarding an Opening remark
“The world is facing today a challenge on food security which resulted from the misuse of biodiversity and other factors such as climate change. Biodiversity has been for all in terms of benefits, however, due time it has become clear that for some reasons countries tend to protect their biodiversity from illegal uses such as patenting. The issues of Access and Benefit Sharing has long been challenging in its nature and parties to the convention are working hard to produce legal documents on fair and equitable sharing of the benefits resulting from the use of Biodiversity” he added.
To this end, CBD has been monitoring the implementation of the three objectives of the convention by the contracting parties using different means. This report is part of the monitoring process, hence, countries are expected to submit their reports in time though Ethiopia started late the report due to financial constraints.
The 4th country report is different from the previous three reports in that the 4th report is formulated in such a way that it will clearly show the achievements of the 2010 biodiversity targets of the CBD and will be used by the secretariat for the Third Global Biodiversity Outlook formulation.
CBD 4th Country Report Review workshop participants
The report writing team presented the draft report and stakeholders throughly discussed on the draft report. The review will continue on Friday on issues such as National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, Convention on Biological Diversity Strategic Plan, Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Protected Area Systems.
Ato Berihun G/Medhin-presenting on Implementation of NBSAP
Dr. Taye Bekele-Presenting on report writing overview
Dr. Fassil Kebebew-chairing the morning session on Biodiversity status and threats
Dr. Amsalu Ayana-Chairing the Afternoon session-discussion on all chapters of the report
Mrs. Sue Edwards commenting on the Draft Report
More photos coming soon…
Note:
Ethiopia has been a party to the CBD since 1993 and has already submited two reports (2nd and 3rd report). The Institute of Biodiversity Conservation, being a focal point to the CBD, has been coordinating the report writing processes. The final 4th country report will be submitted to the CBD secretariat at the end of August.
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