2018.11.21 @ 13:15
Sharm El Sheikh International Congress Center (SHICC)

El Salam - Contact Group 4 Room (Building 2)

The China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) will be hosting the side event in the Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity（CBD COP14）in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt at13:15 on 21 November 2018, with the support of Center for Large Landscape Conservation (CLLC) and the Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA-CCSG).

In this event, we will discuss 1) how overseas infrastructural investments can be made more sustainable and developing standards to ensure good stewardship; 2) identify conservation priorities along the route of the B&R; 3) highlight possible risks in terms of direct and indirect (i.e. materials extraction) risks along the B&R; 4) collate country perspectives and priorities associated with the environmental implications of BAR; 5) how NGOs can be involved in influencing sustainability on the B&R; 6) How countries can be collaboratively involved in developing and enforcing sustainability initiatives and have shared oversight along the route; and 7) how to move forwards sustainability across the B&R.

Speaker:

Harvey Locke

Co-founder and Strategic Adviser of Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative;

Founding Member, Connectivity Group, IUCN WCPA;

Bob Tansey

Senior Advisor,

External Affairs & Policy, Northeast Asia and Greater China at The Nature Conservancy(TNC)

Jinfeng Zhou

Secretary-General, China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF)

Prof. Alice C. Hughes

ATBC Asia-Pacific Chapter Chair and IUCN CEM YPN Leader;

PI Landscape Ecology Group;

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Mr. Qian Zou

Founder, Enterpriser Photographer Nature Foundation(EPNF)

Bob，Justin，Cici

Volunteers, EPNF

Representative from one of the Likeminded Megadiversity Countries

Global Youth Biodiversity Network

The Belt and Road Initiatives (BRs) is the largest infrastructure initiative in human history including around 70 countries, and includes the Silk Road Economic Belt, a land transportation route running from China to Southern Europe via Central Asia and the Middle East, and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, a sea route connecting the port of Shanghai to Venice, Italy, via India and Africa. The potential environmental impacts of the mega-construction program could be severe and warn analysts. China has committed to B&R environmental and sustainable standards, but the sheer size of the initiative is caused for deep concern. The Belt and Road, while it poses new environmental threats to all of Asia and beyond, if managed properly and responsibly, could also offer extraordinary opportunities for green growth. The potential harm could be mitigated by adhering to international best practices.

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