UNU-IAS will organize the following side event at CBD COP-13 to provide insight into how funding mechanisms can effectively contribute toward mainstreaming biodiversity through supporting actions for sustainable management of production landscapes and seascapes. This event will explore several funding models that have been established through collaborative activities under the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI), from seed funding for promising local projects to combining GEF financing for site-based activities with the production and management of knowledge at a global scale.
Introduction
Naoya Tsukamoto
United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability
The Latest GEF Analysis on Mainstreaming Portfolio in relation to SEPLS
Yoko Watanabe
Global Environmental Facility
IPSI Collaborative Activity 1: GEF-Satoyama Project
Yoji Natori
Conservation International
IPSI Collaborative Activity 2: Community Development and Knowledge Management for the Satoyama Initiative (COMDEKS) Project
William Dunbar
United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability
IPSI Collaborative Activity 3: Satoyama Development Mechanism (SDM) Project
Yohsuke Amano
United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Alfred Oteng-Yeboah
University of Ghana, Ghana National Biodiversity Committee
Panelists: Yoko Watanabe (GEF), Miguel A. Morales (CI),
William Dunbar (UNU-IAS), and Yohsuke Amano (UNU-IAS)
The Moon Palace Convention Centre
IGO Group Meeting Room,
Sunrise Building 2F
Cancún, Quintana, Roo, Mexico