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Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity 2010

Getting the biodiversity targets right - working for sustainable development
Trondheim, Norway, February 1-5, 2010

The sixth Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity was held February 1-5, 2010, and has considered status and lessons learned from the 2010 target and will provide CBD with a sound basis for developing post 2010 biodiversity targets. New targets will be discussed under the CBD in May 2010 and will be set under CBD and the United Nations in the second half of 2010.

The conference was hosted by the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD). The organizer of the conference was the Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management.

Program and Chairmen’s Report
The program contained many relevant and interesting speakers, reflecting key issues and challenges for the development of post 2010 biodiversity targets. A short version of the Chairmen’s Report with the main messages and supporting text is available below, as well as the text of the final Chairmen’s Report.

Chairmen's report (short version)
Chairmen's report (final version)

The short version of the Chairmen’s report – with the main conclusions and recommendations – has been made available as information documents on the CBD Secretariat’s home pages for the SBSTTA14 and WGRI3 meetings in Nairobi in May 2010. Norway also hosted a side event at SBSTTA 14 on Thursday May 13 and presented the main conclusions and recommendations from Trondheim.

The Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA14) on 21 May agreed on specific proposals on outcome-oriented goals and targets, and their recommendations to WGRI3 may be found here.

The Working Group on Review of Implementation (WGRI) met May 24 – 28 in Nairobi to review implementation of the Convention and the present Strategic Plan and to make recommendations on updating and revising the Strategic Plan for 2011 – 2020 and on new goals and targets. The final report from WGRI discussions and WGRI recommendations can be found here.

CBD’s Strategic Plan for 2011 – 2020 and new targets will be discussed and approved at the tenth Conference of the Parties (COP10) in Nagoya, Japan, 18 – 29 October 2010.

Conference presentations

The Norwegian Minister of Finance, Mr Sigbjørn Johnsen held the closing address. Read the presentation here

Conference brochure

For information about the program press here

For information about our speakers press here

Information about background and earlier conferences

Participation
A little over 300 representatives from 100 countries attended the conference, including participation from governments, UN agencies and relevant institutions and organizations.

Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB)
ENB provided online daily digital coverage and a summary report of the conference. To see their coverage press here