“WORKING TOGETHER FOR BIODIVERSITY”
TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
TO HALT THE LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY AND SAVE NATURAL AREAS
EUROPEAN BIODIVERSITY DAY
Wednesday 28 April, 2010
AT THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
Palais de l'Europe - Strasbourg - France
Organised by
The Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe
in partnership with
the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of europe
associated with
the Bern Convention
in partnership with
the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of europe
associated with
the Bern Convention
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PROGRAMME
- Working Together for Biodiversity
ROOM 5
10:00 - Registration of the participants
10:30 - Welcome by Jean-Marie HEYDT, President of the Conference of INGOs
11: 15 - Opening Message and Statements
IN THE HEMICYCLE FOYER
13:00 - Inauguration ceremony of the exhibition : « Biodiversity, a vital asset for Europe ».
PAVILLON JOSÉPHINE - PARC DE L’ORANGERIE
13:40 - Buffet lunch offered by the City of Strasbourg
Biodiversity, the Key Challenge for the Future
ROOM 5
15:30 - Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services
Chair of the session: Philippe ROCH
16:30 - Post 2010 Challenges : Human Ecological Footprint, Interaction between Biodiversity and Climate Change
Chair of the roundtable: Alan MEALE, Former Environment Minister (UK), member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Participants:
18:30 - Closure of the Conference by Anne-Marie CHAVANON, Chair of the Sustainable Territorial Development Committee of the Conference of INGOs
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ROOM 5
10:00 - Registration of the participants
10:30 - Welcome by Jean-Marie HEYDT, President of the Conference of INGOs
- Statement by Nawel RAFIK-ELRIMNI, deputy Mayor of Strasbourg
11: 15 - Opening Message and Statements
- Reading of the message from Micheline CALMY-REY, Chair of the Committee of Ministers
- Mevlüt ÇAVUSOGLU, President of the Parliamentary Assembly
- Gaye DOGANOGLU, Committee President, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
- Jean-Marie HEYDT, President of the Conference of INGOs
Signature of a common agreement by the presidents of the Parliamentary Assembly, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities and the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe - Jón Gunnar OTTOSON, President of the Standing Committee of the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats - Bern Convention
- Olivier DELEUZE, Director, United Nations Environment Programme - UNEP
- Video message from Ahmed DJOGHLAF, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity
IN THE HEMICYCLE FOYER
13:00 - Inauguration ceremony of the exhibition : « Biodiversity, a vital asset for Europe ».
- Presentation by François DUGENY, Director General of the Institute for Urban and Regional Planning of the Ile-de-France Region - IAU-IdF / International Federation for Housing and Planning - IFHP
PAVILLON JOSÉPHINE - PARC DE L’ORANGERIE
13:40 - Buffet lunch offered by the City of Strasbourg
Biodiversity, the Key Challenge for the Future
ROOM 5
15:30 - Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services
Chair of the session: Philippe ROCH
- Keynote introduction to the theme by Karin ZAUNBERGER, European Commission : "Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services, working with Nature".
- Aleksei LOTMAN, Chairman of the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs of the Parliamentary Assembly
- Gaye DOGANOGLU, Chair of the Committee on Sustainable Development of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
16:30 - Post 2010 Challenges : Human Ecological Footprint, Interaction between Biodiversity and Climate Change
Chair of the roundtable: Alan MEALE, Former Environment Minister (UK), member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Participants:
- Hans FRIEDERICH, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Regional Director for Pan-Europe
- Gordon McINNES, Deputy Director of the European Environment Agency
- Eladio FERNANDEZ-GALIANO, Head of the Biological Ddiversity Unit of the Council of Europe
- Francine JOHN-CALAME, Rapporteur of the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs of the Parliamentary Assembly
- Françoise BUFFET, Deputy Mayor of Strasbourg, in charge of the Environment and responsible for the Climate Plan
- Mikael KARLSSON, Chair of the European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
18:30 - Closure of the Conference by Anne-Marie CHAVANON, Chair of the Sustainable Territorial Development Committee of the Conference of INGOs
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