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5th Science Policy Forum for Biodiversity COP 15 Opening

The Fifth Science Policy Forum for Biodiversity and The Eighth International Conference on Sustainability Science, COP15

IUBS Sessions, quick links

Biodiversity-Inclusive One health: Future solutions, learning from experience

Valuing, measuring and reporting on ecosystem services

What capacity building digital sequence information can offer

Sustainability & food systems/ agriculture: Scaling-up and measuring sustainability

Production & consumption: Public policies & private sector (incentives, subsidies, standards beyond reporting)

Restoration, connectivity, ecological integrity. How to effectively achieve and measure restoration and functionality recovery

agenda

Report of the 5th Science Forum

Event Website

 

11 December 2022, COP 15 Montréal, Canada

Opening

Opening remarks

Below are the distinguished individuals who delivered opening remarks during the inaugural session of our 5th Science Policy Forum for biodiversity.

Ms. Elizabeth Mrema

Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD)

Mr. Huang Runqiu

Minister of Ecology and Environment CBD COP15 President, People’s Republic of China

Mr. Hesiquio Benitez Diaz

Chair Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA)

Ms. Brandie Smith

Director John and Adrienne Mars Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Co-Chair CSP

Ms. Gisele Didier

Deputy Director Research of the Humboldt Institute, Co-Chair CSP

Mr. L.S. Shashidhara

President International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS)

Mr. Kazuhiko Takeuchi

President Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)/University of Tokyo

Ms. Mona Nemer

Chief Science Advisor of Canada

 

Video of 11 December 2022