Interviews
The best things in life are not free
Costa Rica paid 200 million USD to its farmers to protect ecosystems. In doing so, it saved 460,000 hectares of forests and contributed to the well-being of 8.000 people. Such payments for ecosystem services are one way to reward unrecognised benefits of good ecosystem management. …
29 May 2008 | Downloads - Audio
The third pillar of the CBD: Access and Benefit Sharing
Access and Benefit Sharing is intrinsically linked to the other two pillars - conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Delegates in Bonn agreed to continue work on an international regime for this issue.
Daniel Klein of IUCN's Environmental Law Centre explains why access and benefit sharing is a win-win situation for users and providers.
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28 May 2008 | Downloads - Audio
Legal Eagles Eye-Up CBD
The Convention on Biological Diversity is holding its latest meeting in the Bonn.
The former West-German capital is also home to IUCN's Environmental Law Centre.
Alejandro Iza is IUCN's main man for environmental law issues, he tells us what he's following at the CBD.
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28 May 2008 | Downloads - Audio
Fishy Talk with Nik Lopoukhine
Despite some progress at the CBD meeting in Bonn, IUCN wants to see more concrete action and not more talk. In particular, the situation of high seas biodiversity has reached a critical point and the patchy governance system of our oceans has been an obstacle to action for too long. …
27 May 2008 | Downloads - Audio
The Mayors Conference - Local Action for Biodiversity.
Around 150 local government decision makers and experts met in Bonn Tuesday for the Mayors Conference, held in parallel to the High Level Segment of the COP of the UN's CBD. …
27 May 2008 | Downloads - Audio
Danger Sharks
The latest IUCN report shows that sharks and rays, including the Thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) and the Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) are at risk of extinction due to targeted fishing for valuable fins and meat, as well as indirect bycatch in other fisheries. In most cases, these catches are unregulated and unsustainable. …
22 May 2008 | Downloads - Audio
Putting a price on nature
The value of nature and the services it offers us, from purifying water through freshwater systems to supplying cures for life threatening diseases, cannot be undervalued. Yet the business and financial community can be slow to put a price on what we normally see as being free.
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22 May 2008 | Downloads - Audio
Frustrations at CBD
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), currently meeting in Bonn, established an open-ended intergovernmental scientific advisory body known as the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) to provide the Conference of the Parties (COP) with timely advice relating to the implementation of the Convention.
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22 May 2008 | Downloads - Audio
IUCN's Countdown 2010 Partners Step Up for Biodiversity Day
IUCN's Coundown 2010 Initiative has been holding its Partners’ Assembly at the CBD meeting in Bonn on International Biodiversity Day (May 22, 2008). …
22 May 2008 | Downloads - Audio
Protected Areas at CBD: Interview with David Sheppard
Protected areas are an important element in the battle to save animals, birds, marine life, plants and other natural wonders. It's also a major topic up for discussion at the CBD meeting in Bonn. David Sheppard is the Head of IUCN's Programme on Protected Areas - he explains the big issues. Run Audio …
21 May 2008 | Downloads - Audio
