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Joint NGO – Position paper on CBD COP regarding Inland Waters

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  • Climate and disaster risks
  • Rivers and lakes
  • Species

Ahead of the upcoming tenth Conference of Parties (CoP10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Wetlands International, Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy  and WWF urge parties to strengthen work on the protection and sustainable use of inland water ecosystems, in particular with the following joint recommendations on the CBD Inland Waters Progamme of Work.

Joint NGO - Position paper on CBD COP regarding Inland Waters

10TH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, 18 – 29 October 2010

Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, Wetlands International and WWF urge parties to strengthen work on the protection and sustainable use of inland water ecosystems, in particular by:

  • Addressing the two main threats to inland water ecosystems – over-abstraction and fragmentation – especially through the adoption and implementation of adequate environmental flows and related policies and measures; Integrating inland waters biodiversity considerations into decision making in economic sectors;
  • Integrating inland waters biodiversity into the implementation of related programmes of work, particularly biodiversity and climate change;
  • Addressing the under-representation of inland waters in the global network of protected areas; and
  • Facilitating cooperation for the effective and sustainable management, protection and use of transboundary inland waters.

Joint NGO - Position paper on CBD COP regarding Inland Waters