The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) in collaboration with the UN Regional Commissions are organizing a series of webinars to increase the understanding of the monitoring framework of the post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), to foster collaboration between national statistical offices, Parties to the CBD and experts in the biological sciences for its operationalization and to discuss the current activities and technical aspects of implementation of the GBF monitoring framework at the global and national level.
The adoption of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting – Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA) at the 52nd Session of the UN Statistical Commission in March 2021 marks an important milestone for measuring ecosystem extent, condition and services in physical and monetary terms in a consistent manner. The SEEA EA allows to make the contribution of ecosystems to the economy and well-being explicit and for this reason it represents an historic step forward for measuring the Sustainable Development Goals and moving beyond GDP in tracking global progress. The contribution of the SEEA EA and the statistical community to the post-2020 GBF and mainstreaming biodiversity in the national statistical system have been recognized both by the statistical as well as the biodiversity community. This webinar will bring together relevant stakeholders from the CBD Parties, scientific communities and statistical communities to advance a shared understanding and have an initial discussion on implementing the GBF Monitoring Framework.
Speakers in this session:
Moderator: Anne Teller, Senior expert, DG Environment of the European Commission
Panelists:
Alessandra Alfieri, Chief, Environmental-Economic Accounts section, Statistics Division
Natasha Ali, Senior Programme Officer, Ecosystem Assessment and Policy Support, UNEP-WCMC
Jillian Campbell, Head of Monitoring, Review and Reporting, Convention on Biological Diversity
Mike Gill, Co-Chair, NatureServe
Andrew Gonzalez, McGill University Co Chair, GEO BON
The upcoming high-level regional webinars will be conducted according to the official language or the region.
Wednesday, 30 June 2021 from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. (GMT +7) (in English, for the Asia-Pacific region)
Thursday, 8 July 2021 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (EST) (in Spanish, for the Latin America region
More information on this webinar and future webinars can be found in the event page.
