2009-11-Jakarta
Third Business and the 2010 Biodiversity Challenge Conference
30 Nov – 02 Dec 09
Jakarta, Indonesia
GDM was on the agenda of the 3rd CBD/UNEP Business & Biodiversity Conference. It was discussed in plenary sessions of the conference as well as in a side event and in a workshop organised by the Indonesians.
The Jakarta Charter on Business & Biodiversity states that: “Mainstreaming biodiversity into business needs to be enhanced through voluntary corporate actions as well as market-oriented enabling policies and approaches such as the Green Development Mechanism…”
Article on the GDM at the Jakarta meeting (March 2010)
CBD business magazine on the Jakarta meeting (March 2010) – a large file!
Background paper: Introduction to the GDM
Discussion paper: Towards a business case for the GDM
Meeting with Indonesian colleagues: agenda
Jakarta Charter on Business & Biodiversity
Conference website: www.cbd.int/business3
Report back
Earthmind representatives (Dr Francis Vorhies and Mr Julian Metcalfe) attended the CBD’s “Third Business and the 2010 Biodiversity Challenge Conference” which was held in Jakarta during 30 November – 2 December 2009. Its purpose of the conference was to examine ways in which the private sector could scale up its efforts to promote biodiversity conservation and sustainability. The conference was attended by over 200 delegates, including Mr Arthur Eijs, of the Netherlands’s Ministry of the Environment.
The conference outcome document, the “Jakarta Declaration” was adopted by acclamation, and included a formal reference to the concept of a green development mechanism as noted above. The conference provided the first formal opportunity to initiate a public debate on the need for, and nature of, the gdm. To inform this dialogue, Earthmind tabled a paper entitled ‘Towards a business case for a gdm’, which was taken up by 170 delegates. Earthmind also arranged an official side event at which the gdm concept was presented and discussed. Reactions to the proposal were very positive, though it was agreed that further reflection, and consultation, was needed. In addition, the conference offered an opportunity for over 40 bilateral consultations with senior representatives from the private sector, government and civil society.
