13th Meeting of the Working Group on Biodiversity
11- 12 April 2022, ONLINE MEETING
13th Meeting of the Carpathian Convention Working Group on Biodiversity will be held on 11-12 April 2022 (two half-days) in an online format.
WG Biodiversity meeting will review the progress made in the implementation of the Carpathian Convention Working Group on Biodiversity – Work Plan 2021 – 2023, particularly, WG Biodiversity will receive updates on projects implementation, as well as a review on steps taken for the implementation of the International Action Plan on Conservation of Large Carnivores and Ensuring Ecological Connectivity (adopted by COP6, 2022).
Furthermore, the WG Biodiversity will review and discuss cooperation with relevant organization and bodies, such as the Alpine Convention, the Carpathian Network of Protected Areas and the Carpathian Wetland Initiative, etc. Special attention was given to the ongoing Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the role and contribution of the Carpathian Convention to this process.
MEETING DOCUMENTS
Drafts for considerations:
- Draft Memorandum of Cooperation between the CBD, the Alpine Convention and the Carpathian Convention that is being updated in the light of the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
- Draft Declaration – “Achieving functional biodiversity in the Danube-Carpathian Region by mainstreaming ecological connectivity”
Further materials on the Carpathian Convention role and contribution to the post-2020 GBF process, as well as information related to promoting mountain biodiversity within this process:
- Carpathian Convention and its role and contribution to the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework – assumptions by the Secretariat
- Advocating for mountains in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity – insights from Mountain Biodiversity Day held on 13 January 2021
- Policy briefs (Elevating Mountains and Elevating Mountains 2.0) presenting latest scientific findings on the importance of mountain areas for the protection of biodiversity on a global scale to decision-makers
- Indicators for Elevating Mountains in Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework – identified indicators that are considered effective for safeguarding mountain biodiversity and ecosystem integrity proposed within the draft Post-2020 GBF Monitoring Framework.
Documents produced by the Centralparks project:
- Carpathian strategy for enhancing biodiversity and landscape conservation outside and inside protected areas: Full document | Factsheet
- Strategy for local sustainable tourism development based on natural and cultural heritage of the Carpathians: Full document | Factsheet
- Guidelines on communication between protected areas and local communities in the Carpathian – full document
- Centralparks: Carpathian Ecosystem Services Tool
- Educational materials : Centralparks – YouTube
MEETING PRESENTATIONS
- ConnectGREEN, Interreg Danube Transnational Programme – final outputs relevant for WG Biodiversity – Cristian Remus Papp, WWF RO
- SWiPE – Successful Wildlife Crime Prosecution in Europe under the EU LIFE Programme – project updates – Cristian Remus Papp, WWF RO
- SaveGREEN, Interreg Danube Transnational Programme – project updates – Christophe Janz, WWF CEE
- LECA – Supporting the coexistence and conservation of Carpathian Large Carnivores under Interreg Central Europe Programme – project proposal presentation – Miroslav Kutal and Martin Dula -Mendel University in Brno
- NaturaConnect: Designing a resilient and coherent Trans-European Network for Nature and People under the Horizon Europe – project presentations – Irene Lucius, WWF CEE
- Updates from the EUSDR PA6 with a focus on ecological connectivity – Florian Ballnus, EUSDR PA6 Coordinator
- Updates on the Carpathian Wetlands Initiative activities – Jan Kadelcik, CWI Coordinator
- Updates on the Carpathian Network of the Protected Areas activities, including on the 3rd CNPA Conference – Mircea Verghelet, the CNPA SC Chair
- Centralparks project, Interreg Central Europe – presentation of the main project outputs – Isidoro De Bortoli, Eurac Research
- Updates from the Science for the Carpathians, Lubos Halada, S4C representatives
- Presentation of the Carpathian Research Network, Patrik Mraz, Charles University – Herbarium collections & Department of Botany
- Presentation of the renewal of the Memorandum of Cooperation between the CBD, the Alpine Convention and the Carpathian Convention – Klaudia Kuras, UNEP Vienna Programme Office – SCC
- Presentation on ongoing cooperation with European Environment Agency – Harald Egerer, UNEP Vienna Programme Office – SCC
- Updates on the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the Carpathian related activities – Harald Egerer, UNEP Vienna Programme Office – SCC
- Alpine Convention and its Alpine Biodiversity Board – updates on cooperation activities – Paolo Angelini, Italian Ministry for the Ecological Transition, Chair of the Alpine Biodiversity Board
