Ocean Data Viewer

Decision
CBD Programme of Work on Island Biodiversity
Datasets Covered

Summary
The seventh meeting of the CBD Conference of the Parties (COP) adopted its multi-year programme of work up to 2010 (decision VII/31). Island biodiversity was identified as a new thematic area to be developed under the Convention and as the item for in-depth consideration at COP 8 in 2006. At COP 8, Parties were requested to apply the targets and timeframes in the POW on island biodiversity as a flexible framework within which national and/or regional targets may be developed, according to national priorities and capacities, and taking into account differences in diversity between countries; to use existing national indicators or to establish national indicators, where possible, in accordance with the list of global indicators for assessing progress towards the 2010 Biodiversity Target; and report in the context of the national reports of the CBD. The overall purpose of the programme of work on island biodiversity is the significant reduction of island biodiversity loss by 2010 and beyond at global, regional and national levels, through the implementation of the three main objectives of the Convention, for the benefit of all forms of life on islands and, in particular, as a contribution to poverty alleviation and the sustainable development of small island developing States.

Established
COP 8 – March 2006

Key Points
At COP 9 in 2008, the Global Island Partnership (GLISPA) was recognised as one of the mechanisms to implement the island biodiversity programme of work. The COP also requested the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) to review in-depth the programme of work on island biodiversity at one of its meetings after the tenth meeting of the COP, to be sent for consideration by the COP at its 11th meeting (decision IX/21). There are seven focal areas for island-specific priority actions for Parties: (1) protect the components of biodiversity; (2) promote sustainable use; (3) address threats to biodiversity; (4) maintain goods and services from biodiversity to support human well – being; (5) protect traditional knowledge and practices; (6) ensure the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the use of genetic resources; (7) ensure provision of adequate resources.

Links
For more information, go to www.cbd.int/island

For further details, see COP 8 Decision VIII/1

Tools in partnership with UNEP-WCMC

Coral Reef Watch
The Coral Reef Watch mission is to utilize remote sensing and in situ tools for near-real-time and long term monitoring, modeling and reporting of physical environmental conditions of coral reef ecosystems.

Habitat Validation Tool
This tool allows basic editing and validation of coastal habitat data and is being tested with the Global Distribution of Coral Reefs (2010) and the African subset of the USGS Global Distribution of Mangrove (2000) dataset. This tool will ultimately improve the accuracy of coastal habitat datasets supporting better decision-making. It forms part of our work under the Better Data, Better Decisions Initiative.
Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool
IBAT for business is an innovative tool designed to facilitate access to accurate and up-to-date biodiversity information to support critical business decisions. The tool is the result of a ground-breaking conservation partnership among BirdLife International, Conservation International, International Union for Conservation of Nature and UNEP-WCMC.

Coral Disease Database
The first version of the GCDD was launched in 2000 and was populated with some 2000 points of data from 155 references, mostly peer reviewed scientific literature. more.
GRAME Database
In support of a proposed UN Regular Process for the Global Reporting and Assessment of the Marine Environment, including Socio-Economic Aspects, this is a searchable database of over 1000 relevant assessments, scientific research studies and data holdings at a range of scales.

Global Island Database
The Global Island Database aims to enhance the participation and role of islands in international decision-making through identifying and bringing together existing sources of data and information relevant to island systems, and presenting new analyses to aid resource managers and decision-making.
Protected Planet
This new interactive website provides data from the World Database on Protected Areas, a partnership between UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, and presents it in combination with other data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), Wikipedia, Flickr, and Panoramio. It also provides statistics about protected areas by country.

2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (2010 BIP)
The 2010 BIP, hosted by UNEP-WCMC, is a global initiative to track progress towards achieving the CBD’s “2010 biodiversity target” to significantly reduce the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. The Partnership brings together many international organizations working on indicators, to provide the best available information on biodiversity trends.