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Documents
This page provides a selection of key documents developed by the GDM 2010 Initiative and other contributors in support of designing and setting up a gdm. Other documents can be found on the events pages.
Documents prepared by the GDM 2010 Initiative
 GDM FAQs
- 20 answers to 20 frequently asked questions; draft as of 12 May 2010
Initiating work on the green development mechanism
- 'Inf doc' UNEP/CBD/WG-RI/3/INF/13 prepared for the CBD WGRI3 meeting (May 2010, Nairobi); provides a succint introduction to the gdm, a set of FAQs, and a summary of key consultations and documents
Towards an international mechanism for green development
- a PowerPoint presentation prepared for the ICTSD/UNEP Geneva Trade and Biodiversity Day in April 2010; provides an introduction to current thinking about how a gdm might facilitate the international trade of certified biodiversity-protected areas and current policy developments in the context of the CBD.
Towards a new CBD mechanism for green development
- a flyer which was widely disseminate at the 30th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Impact Assessment (6-11 April 2010, Geneva)
Time for a Green Development Mechanism?
- article featured on the Environmental Finance homepage and also published in March 2010 issue of the magazine
Making the Business Case for a GDM
- article published in the March 2010 issue of the CBD Business & Biodiversity Newsletter
Summary Report and Conclusions from the 2nd Expert Workshop on a green development mechanism
- provides a succinct summary of the discussions which took place in Bali, Indonesia, in February 2010, including the articulation of a gdm as a standard setting and certification mechanism for certifying the supply of biodiversity-protected areas.
Towards a green development mechanism
- prepared as a background document to stimulate discussion at the 2nd Expert Workshop on a Green Development Mechanism in Bali, Indonesia in February 2010; provides background information to guide individual sessions during the meeting, outlines the consultations to date and explores the range of options for generating financial resources towards a gdm.
Exploring the case for a gdm
- prepared to stimulate discussion at the CBD/UNEP-TEEB International Workshop on Innovative Financial Mechanisms in Bonn, Germany in January 2010; explores the scope, nature and modalities for a green development mechanism to enhance international efforts to reverse biodiversity loss and protect ecosystem services.
Towards a business case for the gdm: A discussion paper
- prepared to stimulate discussion and debate at the CBD-UNEP Business and Biodiversity Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia in November 2009; explores the development of a gdm from a private sector perspective.
The green development mechanism: An introduction
- prepared in November 2009 to introduce the concept of a green development mechanism and conceptualise specific models that it could follow.
Earlier documents on a gdm
An international market-based instrument to finance biodiversity conservation: Report from an expert workshop
- provides a comprehensive overview of the discussion of the 1st Expert Workshop, which took place in Amsterdam in February 2009; makes the business case for a green development mechanism and explores possible modalities for raising funds through such a mechanism.
Towards an International Market-Based Instrument to Finance Biodiversity Conservation: A Green Development Mechanism
- background paper for the 1st Expert Workshop; explores the business case for a gdm
Balancing biodiversity: A global instrument for meeting the 2010 biodiversity target
- background paper for a side event at CBD COP9 (Bonn, Germany) which kicked off the discussions on setting up a gdm under the CBD |