 Excellencies, Director General Elisabeth Marouma Morema, Executive Secretary of the CBD, Mrs. Bibi Amina Guri Fakim, Mrs. Shakuntala Tillstead, distinguished speakers, dear participants, colleagues, and friends. Welcome back to the second day of the Global Dialogue on the Hall of Food and Agriculture in the Global Biodiversity Framework. Yesterday, we had an engaging debate, including family farmers, researchers, academia, representatives of the private sector, civil society, countries, and United Nations system. We heard many important messages that have been captured by our co-chairs and will be presented later this morning. The excellent question and answer session was also very dynamic, reflecting a high level of engagement from our participants. We look forward to more energetic debate during today's session, including the high-level segment. Ladies and gentlemen, dear participants, it's now my pleasure to welcome the CEO, Director General, Dr. Tu Dongyu, for his opening remarks. You have the floor, Director General. Thank you, as a member of the Honorable Ministers, Mrs. Elizabeth Maroma-Roma, Executive Secretary of the CBD. Ladies and gentlemen, good morning from Iran. Welcome to the second day of our Global Dialogue. Yesterday, we hear the inspiring message from many different actors who are working to mainstream biodiversity across the cultural sectors. The voice included farmers and the indigenous people, scientists and research, and others. We're with the rich discussion illustrating essential biodiversity placed for a cultural food production. And we learned about the concrete examples of biodiversity mainstreaming. We all agree that biodiversity has to play a key role for an in a culture. The question is how? I believe that yesterday's presentation had a clear message. It is possible to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity for food and agriculture, while at the same time meeting the growing demand for food and other agricultural products. Another important message was the people and nature cannot be separate. And the agricultural sector are part of the solution. As thanks to the distinguished speakers, we had the pleasure to listen to yesterday and the audience who participated in the discussions. As a special thanks to our co-hosts, co-chairs for facilitating the dialogue, for preparing the interim conclusions, which they will present later in this morning session. Ladies and gentlemen, in my opening remarks yesterday, I spoke about the critical role of the biodiversity for food and agriculture, about the need to mainstream biodiversity across the food and agriculture sector, which is the key to the FIVC for better production, better nutrition, better environment, and better life. This is the core of our new strategy for working. Remind us of the important role smallholders play as creators and custodians of biodiversity in agricultural systems. The transformation of agricultural systems towards greater sustainability ultimately depends on the national and the local level. The challenge for country is to create a enabling policy market environment to stimulate the scale of the biodiversity friendly production that face out harmful practices. Often the cost of the transition are presented as a barrier to biodiversity mainstreaming. But the global pandemic has demonstrated the fragility of agricultural systems and the terrible cost that it can follow when the shocks occur. Investing in the resilience and the prevention is certainly cheaper than addressing the consequence of climate and the biodiversity crisis. Early this year, the deserterate review provided an independent analysis of the economic of the biodiversity. The report highlighted the harmful trade-offs associated with the most agricultural subsidiary schemes. Repositioning this investment to promote the public good is an excellent opportunity to financial biodiversity mainstreaming in the agricultural sector. By adopting the strategic action plan on mainstream and biodiversity across the agricultural sectors, FL members have demonstrated the commitment of the food and the agricultural sectors to this important task. FL stands ready to provide a related policy and technical support to its members. We will continue to act as a neutral platform and a convener to facilitate exchange of experience on biodiversity mainstream at all levels. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the critical decade for the climate action to recite our relationship with the nature to fulfill the ambitions of the 2030 agent. In the immediate future, we look to U.N. First Summit and U.N. Biodiversity Conference as key opportunities, beyond the political willingness and through its ambitious post-2020 framework that recognizing the opportunity to address multiple sustainability challenges through the Biodiversity mainstreaming in the agricultural sectors. This global dialogue provides a critical input to these processes. I look forward to this final discussion and I wish you all a continued productive meetings. I thank you. Over to you, Samantha. Thank you, Director General, for providing us this forward-looking perspective focused on the implementation of biodiversity mainstreaming at all levels, global, regional, and country level. And reminding us that people and nature cannot be separated and the agriculture is part of the solution and also that FAO is headed to provide policy and technical support to its members. Once again, I am pleased to welcome the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biodiversity, Elizabeth Maruma Morema. Elizabeth, you have the floor. Thank you very much, Maria Elena. Honorable Dr. Chu Dong-Yu, Director General Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, I'm delighted to join this high-level segment on the role of food and agriculture in the global biodiversity framework. And sincerely thank Dr. Dong-Yu and the co-chairs of yesterday's global dialogue for facilitating and synergizing, synthesizing important discussions on the critical role of biodiversity and food systems both have in supporting each other. In today's segment, by bringing together Honorable Ministers of Agriculture and Environment, we have another incredible opportunity to foster the much-needed discussions and round mainstreaming biodiversity in agriculture. Yesterday's global dialogue reinforced the critical role biodiversity plays in agricultural sectors. It is clear that interministerial coordination will be needed to ensure food systems policies are coherent and complementarity. Policies and investments that promote agroecological, integrated, diversified approaches in farms, fisheries and forests, and those that minimize trade-offs between environmental quality and food production are necessary if we are to reach our 2050 vision of living in harmony with nature. In this regard, I would like to highlight four issues where your views and your insights will be critical to help us develop a robust post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Number one, we know that 84% of the world's farms are operated by small holders and that small farms on average have higher yields and have a greater biodiversity. Yet small holders disproportionately face the brunt of environmental degradation and lack access to formal safety nets. How can the framework then support small holders in their dual role as producers and stewards of biodiversity while incentivizing large-scale producers to shift towards the most sustainable practices? Two, more than 1.3 billion people live on degraded agricultural land with limited fertility. The misuse of chemicals inputs and unsustainable soil management practices contribute to soil degradation and soil biodiversity loss requiring farmers to depend further on chemical inputs creating a vicious cycle. How then can we better articulate the links between convention on biological diversity's plan of action on soil biodiversity and the monitoring framework of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework to effectively address the drivers of soil biodiversity loss? Three, we know that the diversity of cultivated species is declining at an unsustainable rate. Everywhere in the world, people are not consuming enough nutrient-rich foods and are missing the full range of nutrients essential to human health. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic might have pushed additional 83 to 132 million people into chronic hunger in 2020. We need to ensure that all goals and targets of the from-with promote agrobiodiversity both in our diets and in the production landscapes. Fourthly, and lastly, demand for fish has more than doubled globally since 1990 resulting in an increase in the percentage of overfished stocks. Yet there is evidence that properly managed fisheries and aquaculture systems can indeed maintain fish stocks in biological sustainable levels. What goals and targets for fisheries and aquaculture are key to include then in the global biodiversity framework? Although these issues may seem daunting, we have a roadmap. The fifth global biodiversity outlook which examined the progress made so far in achieving the IHE biodiversity targets looks at the future and examines the promise, progress and prospects of eight interdependent transitions on key issues that collectively can move our societies into a more sustainable coexistence with nature. Two of them are notable for our discussions here today. First, the sustainable agricultural transition suggests redesigning agricultural systems through agroecological and other innovative approaches to enhance productivity while minimizing negative impacts on biodiversity. And second, the sustainable food systems transition promotes sustainable and healthy diets with a greater emphasis on the diversity of foods and more moderate consumption of meat and fish as well as the dramatic cuts in the waste involved in food supply and consumption. Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, let me highlight again the importance of this event as we prepare for our conference of the party's 15th. The efforts advocate for multistakeholder, inclusive collaboration, integrated policymaking and systems-based approaches will be critical to achieve the transformation we are all seeking to achieve. In this regard, I wish you a successful segment and I look forward to hearing the recommendations that will emanate from these important discussions as we move forward to further develop the global, the POST 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Thank you very much. Back to you, Maria Elena. Thank you very much, Executive Secretary. Thank you, put us pertinent questions that they will help frame today's discussion as we look ahead to the POST 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. You call our attention that we need a multistakeholder, inclusive collaboration. We need an inter-ministerial coordination and we need a systemic approach. Ladies and gentlemen, now, before we hear from today's keynote speaker, I wish to invite you to our cultural note. It is my immense pleasure to introduce Mrs. He Hue, a world-famous opera soprano, particularly recognized for her moving performance of the great Italian composers, Puccini and Verdi. Mr. He has prepared a special video for us. Please share the video with us. Hello, everyone. I am He Hue. I am a singer and an artist from China. In the past 20 years, I have the opportunity to perform at the top of the world. I would like to thank the two organizations of the United Nations for giving me this opportunity to participate in this important diversity of life. The opera is a comprehensive form of art. It includes many types of art. Music, dance, opera, art, actors, singers, and actors. In the performance of opera, music is a common language for humans. In the performance of opera, it shows the beauty of human art. The harmony is a basic composition of any opera. The harmonies and music must be combined to form a famous piece of music. The band is composed of singers. The long hand may perform a piece of music, and the short hand may perform another piece of music. But when the harmonies are formed, they will be harmonized. I understand that the diversity of life and its continuous development also mean harmony and harmony with nature. Unless our lives are connected with nature and maintain harmony, our country will not be able to develop. This is like the original opera. We are a complex part of a greater world. We rely on it completely. This is a very beautiful performance. For example, look at Mi Feng. He is the translator who guarantees our food production. The tree is the oxygen provided by our breathing. It can even help our digestion. Let me invite you to join me in singing a piece of music. Thank you very much. Let's give a round of applause for this inspiring moment that literally sets a new tone for our event. Ladies and gentlemen, join me in welcoming Shakuntala Tilstead, the 2021 World Food Price Lowered for her groundbreaking research, critical insights and landmark innovation in developing holistic nutrition sensitive approach to aquatic food system including fisheries and aquaculture. She is a global lead for nutrition and public health at World Fish. Mr. Tilstead, the floor is yours. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Thank you for inviting me to address the participants of this platform. Often, discourses on food and agriculture are not aligned to biodiversity and ecological conservation. A common viewpoint is that with growth in food and agriculture, environmental degradation and biodiversity loss occur. Today, I will use this platform to discuss this viewpoint through presenting solutions that position, protection and improvement in biodiversity within food systems transformation. Next slide please. 2021 is a very challenging year for all of us. We are still suffering from the 2020 lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic while others are still suffering from waves of new infections. This protracted disruption exposed us to several inconvenient truths including the fragility of our current food system and also the ability of our environment to heal when there is no human interference. We have heard narratives of local flora and fauna reclaiming spaces that were once their homes and at the same time we know that people, especially the poor and vulnerable are exposed to greater risks of hunger and malnutrition. Later this year, the global community will come together in the United Nations food system summit to discuss people-led solutions to transform our food, land and water systems, both terrestrial and aquatic food systems. It is the opportune time to position the importance of bio-conservation within the next slide please. Based on an FAO report, we know that out of several hundred thousands varieties of plants, about 120 varieties are cultivated for human consumption and just 9% of the global agricultural production. Similarly, global aquatic food consumption is limited to a few well-known species such as salmon, carps, tilapia and catfish. While a wide diverse range of other aquatic foods go unrecognized for the food and nutrition value. As shown in this WWF paper published this year and also in the Illuminating Hidden Harvest a collaboration study led by FAO, Duke University and WorldFish, we know that we should be making better use of the diverse range of aquatic foods. The poor management of full diversity and resources is a major cause of concern, as exemplified throughout our history. For example, the great famine in Ireland in the 19th century, the great Chinese famine in the 20th century and now the Panama disease that threatens the global banana production. A focus on limited varieties in species, mismanagement of resources and destruction of habitats have also threatened aquatic food systems such as the collapse of the northwest card fishery, the collapse of wild seaweed industry in Tanzania and the uncontrolled destruction of aquatic breeding grounds such as sea grass beds, mango forests and coral reefs. Next slide please. I will use aquatic food systems to illustrate my messages. However, the concepts that I present are applicable across terrestrial food systems. My first message is that we need to look beyond our usual diets and increase the diversity of foods on our plates. Instead of consuming for example, only salmon or tuna, we should make available and accessible other types of fish and also other aquatic foods such as small pelagic fish species, bivalves, mollusks and seaweeds and also plants and microorganisms. Low-trophic, high-bio-mask aquatic foods provide multiple benefits across the food systems. The consumption increases the intake of multiple micronutrients and essential fatty acids especially in poor and marginalized population groups. The use of low-trophic species takes the pressure of the capture of large species that need to intensive aquaculture practices to produce a few large species of fish. We must also improve consumer awareness and demand for such foods by introducing culturally acceptable, easily available, nutritious and safe aquatic food products into the markets. For example, we have seen how fish chutney and fish powder made from dry, small fish and introduced in Bangladesh, Cambodia Malaria and Zambia have increased the demand of diverse, small fish species. Next slide please. To transform food systems we must understand the synergies between land and water systems and develop management interventions that enable food production and at the same time protect biodiversity and ecological resources. In introducing pond polyculture in Bangladesh I pushed for the ban of pesticide use to clean the pond before the stocking of fingerlings. I further pushed for the inclusion of small indigenous fish species within the pond. They occupy different niches within the pond and increase production and productivity as well as the nutritional quality of the whole system. This approach is now adopted by the government of Bangladesh and is being implemented across the country which has 4 million homes therepons. This approach also led to a better recognition of the benefits of small indigenous fish species and the need for their preservation. The Department of Fisheries has identified about 140 small fish species for conservation and introduced policies to protect their breeding grounds. Another example of integrated management of resources is the use of community fish refuge in rice field fisheries in Cambodia. These refuge serve as sanctuaries for fish and other aquatic species during the dry season and then their return to the rice fields during the wet season. Next slide please. Food producers in the past were close to the environment and with use of traditional knowledge and practice are paid food while ensuring that the resources are not depleted. Use of organic waste as fertilizers, crop rotation, staggered production cycles and the use of natural pest control are examples of these. Replacement of these practices and knowledge with modern technologies such as the Red Cross, the Red Cross, and other technologies such as the rampant use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, intensive monoculture and fixed production cycles have led to undesired consequences. These are for example leaching of inorganic materials into soil and waters, decimation of local biodiversity and increased risk of antimicrobial resistance within the systems. Therefore it is imperative for us to bridge traditional knowledge and practices with modern day solutions and strategies in order to find ways that can improve food production while reducing the risks to our environment. Indigenous peoples woman and youth must be included in developing these solutions and must be empowered to make this transformation of our food systems. Next slide please. With less than 10 years to realize the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, we must work together and across disciplines to ensure that our solutions and strategies for transformation are holistic and within the boundaries of our planetary health. We must always heed that food and nutrition security is dependent on biodiversity and environmental health and vice versa. As we transition towards a food systems transformation the guiding principles behind the mission and vision of the global biodiversity framework should be clearly articulated and incorporated in the solutions and strategies proposed as well as under implementation, monitoring and scaling beyond 2021 and 2030. The time is now for all of us to take action in doing so in doing so we will benefit our people our future generations and our planet. Thank you all. Thank you. Thank you very much and thank you for reminding us again that we must work together we need action, we must work across disciplines with a holistic approach and between the planet boundaries. Now it's my pleasure to turn to our second keynote speaker Mrs. Bibi Amina Gourib Fakim she is former president of Mauritius and a renowned biodiversity scientist. Prior to joining the state house Mrs. Gourib Fakim has been the managing director of the La Santa the International Development Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation as well as professor of organic chemistry with an endowed chair at the University of Mauritius. Madam Gourib Fakim you have the floor. Thank you. Thank you so much Madam DDG it's a great pleasure to see you again. Excellencies, distinguished participants, fellow scientists, ladies and gentlemen good morning, good afternoon and good evening. I would like up front to thank the director general of the FAO Honorable Tudon Yu for associating me with this very important event. Ladies and gentlemen June 2021 marked the launch of UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration As a human race we must spare no effort to make this decade on ecosystem restoration a success because preserving nature and maintaining its services are critical for our survival on this planet and for our economies. Unfortunately the World Bank is already forecasting that in sub-Saharan Africa the collapse of ecosystem services will imply the contraction of GDP by 9.7% annually by 2030. This unfortunate statement dovetails with what Professor Das Gupta has said in his seminal work on the economics of biodiversity and I quote humanity now faces a choice we can continue down a path where our demands on nature far exceed its capacity to meet them on a sustainable basis or we can take a different path one where our engagements with nature are not only sustainable but also enhance our collective well-being and that of our descendants unquote. Ladies and gentlemen how did we get there? At the heart of the problem lies deep-rooted widespread institutional failure. Every single year we lose ecosystem services worth more than 10% of our global economic output. As we speak one third of the world's farmland is degraded about 87% of inland wetlands worldwide have disappeared since 1700 and one third of commercial fish species are over exploited and one million species are threatened with extinction. Degradation is already affecting the well-being of an estimated 3.2 billion people that is 40% of the world's population. Ecosystem restoration is needed on a large scale as it delivers on multiple benefits and help us deliver on the sustainable development agenda. Restoration also curbs the risk of mass species extinctions and future pandemics. To begin with ladies and gentlemen we need to start with the restoration of forest landscapes farming livestock and fish producing ecosystem and bring them to a healthy and stable state. Reviving ecosystems and other natural solutions could contribute over a third of the total climate mitigation needed by 2030. For this effort to be sustained on a global scale institutions require sustained investment as there is growing evidence that is more than pays for itself. Policymakers and financial institutions are only slowly realizing the huge need and potential for green investment. Countries like Costa Rica has seen ecotourism grow to account for 6% of GDP by doubling its forest cover. By 2030 Mesoamerica and Indonesia could add 2.5 billion US dollars to their economy simply by restoring coral reefs. A restored population of marine fish can deliver a maximum sustainable yield that could increase fisheries production by 16.5 million tons an annual value of 32 billion US dollars. Agroforestry revival alone could increase food security for 1.3 billion people. Ladies and gentlemen I would like to thank all of you for your support. I would like to thank all of you for your contributions that prevent, hold and reverse degradation are needed if we are to keep global temperature below 2 degrees centigrade. This could involve action to better manage some 2.5 billion hectares of forest crop and grazing line through restoration and avoiding impacts in dry land agriculture mangrove protection water management will make a vital contribution to building resilience to climate change generating benefits around four times the original investment. With careful planning restoring 15% of converted lands while stopping further conversion of natural ecosystems could avoid 60% species extinctions. Achieving successful ecosystem restoration at scale will require deep changes including the adoption of inclusive wealth as a more accurate measure of economic progress. This will rest on the widespread introduction of national capital accounting thus creating enabling environment for private sector investment including public private partnership. Progress can be made by increasing finance for restoration including the elimination of perverse subsidies that incentivize further degradation and fuel climate change. Such initiatives must be accompanied by raising awareness on the risk posed by ecosystem degradation. Transformation will happen when we start reforming agriculture by changing how we build our cities by decarbonizing our economies and by moving to circular economic models. Degardation is undermining our hard-worn development gains and is threatening the well-being of today's youth and future generations while making national commitments increasingly more difficult and costly to reach. None of the agreed global goals for the protection of life on Earth and for halting the degradation of land and ocean have been fully met. UNEP reports 2021 reports that 6 out of the 20 HE by diversity targets have been partially achieved. Ecosystem restoration alone cannot solve the crisis we face but it is key to avoiding the worst of them. It is becoming clearer and clearer that we have to recreate a balanced relationship with nature not only by conserving ecosystem that are still healthy but also by urgently and sustainably restoring degraded ones. For too long, ladies and gentlemen, we have been using the planet as a sink for our waste products such as carbon dioxide, plastics and other forms of waste including pollution. We need to change how we think, act and measure success as transformative change is possible because we and our descendants deserve nothing less. Thank you for your attention. Thank you so much, Madame Amina Guri Fakim. Very good to see you again. Thank you for joining us and thank you for highlighting the critical importance of ecosystem restoration emphasizing that there is no time to wait and we need to change how we think and how we act and connect with nature also reminding us that we need an enabling environment for private sector and public-private partnerships. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in thanking our remarkable speakers before handing over to the co-chairs who will present the interim report on the outcomes of the global dialogue that happened taking place yesterday. Dear co-chairs, over to you. Who will start? Ambassador Tenawat. Good morning. Ambassador, over to you. Thank you. Thank you very much Maria and good morning on behalf of the fellow co-chair ambassadors of the global dialogue. I want to present a summary of the discussion. If I may just indicate that this is a recap of yesterday's session and certainly we had presented it at the end of the session but there's been further refinements so I will not read all the details in the report but I do believe that the global dialogue is a follow-up of the multi-stakeholder dialogue on biodiversity mainstreaming across agricultural sectors which was co-organized by the FAO and the CBD Secretariat in 2018. In this super year for nature the global dialogue has been convened to deliberate on the role of the food and agricultural sectors in the 20 global biodiversity framework. The meeting report and our co-chairs report will be brought to the attention of the UN Food Systems Summit and the CBD Processes in the lead up to COP 15 conference of parties incoming in China and we opened the global dialogue yesterday and it was opened by our FAO Director General and the Executive Secretary of the CBD. We had from the 18 distinguished speakers on the first day including leaders and champions of biodiversity in policy and science representing a wide range of state product groups and world regions and working across crops, livestock, forestry and fishery sectors. Some of the participants also made their inputs. We had about 1,200 participants that were registered on this platform who were participating virtually. The first session of the dialogue focused on meeting people's needs through the sustainable use of biodiversity highlighting the indivisible link between people and nature and the significant contributions of indigenous peoples and family farmers to the sustainable management of ecosystems and biodiversity. During the second session which was focusing on mainstreaming biodiversity for better production, better nutrition and a better environment and for a better life. We discussed the different topics and aspects of which related to sustainable management, restoration of biodiversity across the various crops including the sectors fishery sectors and forestry as I already mentioned. In summary in terms of the key messages we had we have grouped the key messages in terms of the clusters of the topics that were handled yesterday and we had a topic on human rights depending on healthy biosphere. In this respect our focus was on the rights of indigenous people local communities, women and family farmers and this focus was recognizing the rights that we should be protecting and make sure that there are various applications that would uphold sustainable biodiversity conservation and use in respect of the various species or even crops. We focused on empowerment and increasing agency of small farmers which were seen to be critical in respect of making sure that there is ownership and as we deal with the climate challenges when we talk about alternative means of production the communities would be empowered sufficiently to do what is good for nature in respect of the value of the understanding indigenous peoples the message that is coming across is that we need to maintain a strong connection to the environmental hunting, herding fishing and gathering renewable resources and small scale producers who primarily rely on biodiversity for their food security and livelihoods which are disproportionately impacted by the erosion of the biodiversity. We also have a key message in respect of food and agricultural systems in particular the emphasis on conserving biodiversity and reducing habitat destruction which also minimizes the risk of spillover of pathogens and exposure to humans. Again this is a message about protecting the biodiversity whilst we acknowledge the reliance of people and society in terms of their livelihood on natural resources. There were concerns that were raised by the various participants and holding presenters which later to the impact of livestock production on biodiversity and climate. Again this was linking the ecosystem loss and degradation increasing the risk of zoonotic spillover which effect would also arise in heating of the planet that undermines productivity. Again the scientists underscored this aspect at the same time our food systems and diets are a driver for 80% of human diseases. And this again was taken from the Leonard Fairway. On the consumption side the importance of shifting diets towards healthy, sustainable and less waste wasteful alternatives that provide win-win solutions. In some countries this may imply reduction in the consumption of livestock products in other contexts including the small scale farmers and pastoralists animal production and consumption makes an essential contribution to livelihoods, nutrition and climate resilience. We need collective action to build the balance. Again this is why I think the round table yesterday emphasized the link to what we position as a message from coming out of this dialogue for COP15 which is the CBD conference of parties climate change conference of parties COP26 and food system summit which is a UN summit in the context of nutrition for growth and messaging where we also commit that nutrition for growth can all help. So these are the key messages that are coming out of the session and lastly if I go through item 6 of the discussions that we held yesterday focusing on sustainable solutions and biodiversity practices existing around the world to all in all sectors and along with the key value chains. The key message in this respect outlined or underlined that there is scope for innovation but there needs to be a market for products that don't provide diversity and climate challenges. Reducing food loss and waste is one other key aspect and again the inputs also focused on solutions that are needed to be tailored for local and regional circumstances and lastly again before I hand over to one of my coaches I would like to reflect on key messages related to integrated planning here there is also an acknowledgement that for us to have an improvement on farm practices we need partnerships that bring together all actors within a landscape to maintain and restore ecological networks with solutions and cutting local practices and their proposals or suggestions around spatial planning to make sure land use is a positive ecological and economic impacts again valuing natural resources in a manner that would enable the recognition for protection and conservation of future generations and on the transformative interventions to scale up biodiversity production systems policies and markets are needed to support the transition to a more biodiverse production including push and pull factors their suggestions and incentives payments for ecosystem services how we can also benefit from public procurement and linking sustainable products to markets including special crops and that could increase household incomes on knowledge and research again the key here was the importance of diversification of knowledge and making sure that there are innovative ways in which knowledge is shared and available for communities and small holder farmers including some of the established agro businesses this would assist in terms of improving production systems from a knowledge intensive basis on the financing as a key lever a scale of investment that is required to transform landscapes which begins to limit the disjointedness in respect of investments was a underscore and that there are hidden costs of biodiversity loss and degradation visibility within the context of food systems we need metrics to measure biodiversity and monitor progress I would like to conclude Madam Chair and hand over to my co-chairs if they want to make further additions thank you very much I appreciate the opportunity Thank you very much Ambassador for sharing these synthesis of yesterday's session I don't know if Ambassador Tanawa would like to compliment Thank you Thank you Madam I think it's my co-chair ambassadors cover all the issues that we discussed yesterday but one of the issues that we would like to strengthen as well and also yesterday I already mentioned that securing the biodiversity is the responsibility for each of us and we need to take the action now and your commitment and contribution to these for our conservations and our sustainable use of our diversity is crucial and also I would like to take these opportunities as the chairperson of the Committee on Food Security CFS we would like to address to all of you that the Voluntary Guideline on food system and nutrition and also the recently endorsed policy recommendation on ecological and other innovative approach with the chairpersons of the open and working group on Voluntary Guideline on food system and also the and also the rapporteur of the policy recommendation on eco ecologies and other innovative approach Ambassador Yaya Ollani-Lanz is here. Both are policy products also address the issues on biodiversity is crucial and that's why now is the time for the members and other stakeholders to take a look on those policy recommendations and translate the global policies into action at the country level if we want to have the better outcome for better futures for our planet. Thank you very much. Thank you very much to our co-chairs for sharing with us these synthesis which will help shape and reach the discussion for the rest of the day. Let me recognize the presence of Ambassador Jogabin, the independent chairperson of the council. He has been with us since yesterday. Thank you for joining us and now I will hand over to Kent Nadosi, the secretary of international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture and the secretary of the commission on genetic resources for food and agriculture who will facilitate this morning panel discussion on the status of development of the post 2020 global biodiversity framework. Colleagues, over to you. Kent, over to you. Thank you so much Madam Senado for this opportunity and for your management of the process so far. Excellencies, distinguished ambassadors and guests, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen many thanks for staying with us as we continue with today's program. My name is Kent Nadosi and I'm the secretary of international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. With me this morning to facilitate this segment is my colleague, Yelena Hoffman and it is our honor to be here to moderate the proceedings as well as the briefing by the co-chairs of the open-ended working group that is negotiating the global biodiversity framework that will be followed by panel discussion as well. So let me start by extending the sincere gratitude of FAO to the co-chairs of the open-ended working group on the post 2020 global biodiversity framework. Mr. Francis Oguel and Mr. Basil Van Harre for agreeing to join us today at this event. As you are all aware the negotiations are currently ongoing within the CBD for the development of this framework which is expected to be considered and adopted during the 15th meeting of the conference of parties to the convention. FAO's continued engagement in this process has been critical in raising awareness and highlighting the role of biodiversity for food security and nutrition and the contribution of the agricultural sectors to sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity. It was in this context that FAO was pleased to host the second meeting of the open-ended working group that took place in Rome from 24 to 29 February 2020 just before the pandemic shut down hit. It was also in this context that we are here today organizing this briefing session during the global dialogue as part of our overall engagement and commitment towards supporting and facilitating a positive outcome for these important negotiations. We are therefore very pleased to welcome the co-chairs of the working group who have kindly agreed to update us on the status of the negotiations and on the next steps in the process towards the adoption of the framework. Basil and Francis, thank you very much and the floor is yours. Good morning. My name is Basil Van Avern and I'm very pleased to join you. I understand Francis is also online. I will be sharing my screen in a moment and start the presentation and then Francis will be following me in the presentation. We'll take turns in delivering this presentation. So perhaps Kent can give me hand signals when he sees that the presentation shows on the screens. Okay, excellent. Thank you very much. So basically we want to give you a brief and you will see on this brief that we want to talk a little bit about the urgency to act. Probably something you heard yesterday I was very pleased to hear the summary. We want to talk about what we're trying to do with the framework and the notion this is a framework for all. We'll get into some detail about the framework the goals and the targets and then we want to come back with a couple points of particular interest and those are this notion of how do we work on productivity and sustainability at the same time and why this is good for the environment and what is good for conservation and finally we have a great food and associated system transition which is kind of a down thing challenge that we all face. On this slide you see a screen capture from the international panel on biodiversity and ecosystem service assessment which is the base for our work and then really the panel has identified and you can see that at the bottom of the screen five or six, five major drivers of biodiversity loss is land use and see use change, direct exploitation, climate change, pollution, invasive species. And you will see when Francis presents the targets that we're trying to address directly those drivers. We can contribute to a number of the direct drivers, particularly in terms of values and behaviors, but some others outside of the scope of our convention and better integrated under the sustainable development agenda. But what that mean in terms is business as usual, we're gonna see biodiversity loss increasing. And we're gonna see loss of natural ecosystem, depletion of fish stock, climate change that will go over to two degrees, risk of invasive alien species increasing from between three and 20 times and in plastic waste increasing 2.6 time. So really a very strong signal and this time is the opportunity to bend the curve or change the system. So an agency to act, and I've talked about the biological factor and I wanna talk very briefly about the economy. The economy start telling us that about a third of our global economy is depending on nature. And I'm not gonna tell you how important biodiversity is to the business of the FAO that is pretty evident. What we also see is the previous set of targets were not fully met. Some were met, but not all. And there was deficiencies in the way we've been doing accountability in terms of planning, reporting and review. So basically this is the last chance to put the system back on track and we're embarking on a way and a very fundamental overall of the system. You will see that we're not only looking at the action to 2030, but we also are looking at how we transform that vision for 2050 into something that is measurable. The parties to the convention give us a charter with a number of principle. I am not gonna go through the list in the middle box there, but a few that are really important to us and to the parties and to the convention is that notion of a participatory and inclusive process. So definitely one of the diagnostic main was that the last framework was seen as within the purview of environment ministers. And that has not worked. What we need is a framework for all, a framework that engaged not only the environment minister, but also the ministry for agriculture for fishery, your organization as well as many, many others. So we're gonna try to adopt a language that is generic and understandable and used for all. And we're gonna try to build an open performance system that will be enabling other organization to build or attach their existing system to it. I forgot to mention in the middle on the left side, the notion of realistic yet ambitious targets. I think one of the other diagnostic of the previous system is that there was a, those aspirational targets were de facto meaning that some would not be reached and that's create some problem with communication. So the framework itself is, you'll see here a graphical representation what we call the theory of change. And you read it from the right back to the left and on the right most you see the vision leaving a nominee of nature which everybody agrees to and that is not for negotiation. What is for negotiation is how we translate that vision into goals that are measurable for 2050. So how are we gonna know that we reach the outcome? The second point is that we're gonna be translating those into milestone and those will be measurable in 2030. The larger gray box is the action target box and you'd see targets that are dressing directly and reducing the stress identified by it best. But also, and that's a very important point I was very clearly told to us by many, many that they want people want a balancing of the three objective of the convention. Everybody knows about the conservation objective. What is probably less known and I was very pleased to hear it in the summary by the co-chair is that there is also a need to talk about how biodiversity help meet people needs and how we share equitably the outcome of the biodiversity. That is all supported by a number of tools solution which in turn are supported by an evening condition needs of implementation and a system of responsibility and transparency. So Francis, this is I think where you will be taking over for a few slides. So I'll be pleased to turn the slide for you. Yeah, thank you. Thank you, co-chair. I will try to go on with the next slides and then we can end it there. So what we have tried to demonstrate here and we had this a lot during the consultations we have had regional consultation we have consulted different groups of stakeholders but there was this very strong view and advise that we should be able to link that was 2020 to the SDGs. And so just building on from what my coach has said this is where you try to see us trying to link the post 2020 itself to the SDGs. So what you can see here clearly is that actually biodiversity is so critical if we are going to achieve the SDGs the status of biodiversity. How biodiversity is going to be now and in the future if the degradation continues you do expect that perhaps even the SDGs achievement of the SDGs is going to be continuously undermined. So you basically see we try to link those different SDGs and the framework including of course pointing out that if we implement the framework holistically we should see the SDGs better being achieved but if the framework is not implemented when adopted you would expect that we are still going to continuously see where SDGs perhaps are being pursued independently and also the issues of environmental biodiversity also being pursued independently and the tool always not be achieved well they need to complement each other especially biodiversity conservation in this case. So that is just to give you that broad picture of what we are thinking in terms of creating that linkage as you see it in that diagram which you have illustrated there. So we can go on to the next slide. Now I will dwell a little bit here and just to tell you that those green areas would point out to really what we think could be the contribution of the work you do or how it is linked to the framework. You look we have got four goals. We've got 20 action targets. Now if you just first of all look at it just in terms of the green colors I think food system or food production is everywhere. Your work is everywhere. Even the target 10, 11, 18 still you're there. So basically the work you do is so so important to the future of biodiversity because we are talking of a world which is currently at about maybe 7.5 to 7.7 billion people and in the next so many years by 2050 maybe we shall be about 10 billion. 2100 you could be about 12 billion. Now that tells us space is going to remain. More people have to be fed. More food production is needed. So what is the effect of biodiversity as these scenarios of population growth continues? So that is why looking at food systems it becomes so important for us in the post 2020 global biodiversity framework. So there are four targets sorry four or 2050 goals as you see them on your extreme right there and the goal one basically is dealing with the area connectivity, integrity of natural ecosystem which would like it to increase by a certain percentage by 2050 but also in that goal we emphasize that we like to see a more healthy and resilient population of all species we are talking of all species and also reducing the number of those species that actually threatened that is goal A. Goal B, this is what we are talking about what we get from nature, contribution of nature to people. And so we should be able to have valued, maintained or enhanced the conservation and sustainable use of those systems that are very important for us to really continue getting benefits from nature. Then the third one deals with the benefits, benefit sharing and here that there should be equally or fairly shared by that time. In fact, the beginning immediately maybe even now and then the other goal D deals with it. The means of implementation, a framework which is not going to be implemented as my coach I will always tell you it is only a piece of paper and can gathered us yet a lot of effort will have gone into putting it in place. So we need to resource the framework itself so that we see what we expected to bring into the world. Now, of course, then you go to the action targets which as coach I said, we've grouped them into three. You find there is action targets that deal with reducing threats to biodiversity the one that deals with the meeting needs of people and then the tools and solution. So all these should be able to deliver us to those goals eventually if they're all carried out well. So target one on reducing threats basically deals with the area that is globally. You're looking at the land and the sea areas globally and as partial planning, that's what we want to see. But also we should be able to address land use change. And in this particular target, also we are talking about restoration that at a certain time, we need a certain percentage by 2030 certain percentage of the area degraded area restored under. I had restoration being emphasized here that is being taken care of in the targets themselves. Then targets to this will basically protected area system. You know that this is a very important conservation areas and perhaps the last refugee that we can have you are going to have the world better guaranteed with what you have. And so we are saying that by 2030 we should be able to conserve those areas, protected areas that should be well connected through proper connected protected area system that should be properly managed. And also we also talk here about the other area based conservation measures that they should be there. But this is also a target that this with the 30 by 30 you've had about that, that we want at least the global land areas, whether see or learn or should be at least that percent of that should be under protection. Then target three deals with species. And we've had a lot of people have talked about species and their importance. And therefore this target mainly deals with the an effort to actively manage and enable wild species of foreign to recover. We know we're losing a lot of them. And agricultural sector as you know, where it takes place. Most of you might be aware of that there could be loss of species happening because of converting a certain area of land to agriculture. Now, how do we bring in this to be in harmony? Then target holdings with the sustainable harvesting and trade that this should be within safety limits should be what should not be a threat to species survival. We're talking about evasive alien species. And most of this comes through agriculture, as you could be knowing, but also through other sources. And then... You would seem that Francis has some technical problems. Perhaps Basile might continue. I'll be happy to take over until Francis reconnect. So Francis was talking about the targets and I'll pick up from where he is. Target number six is around pollution. And the proposal is to focus on the tree top substance as identified by IPES. And you will see that they're directly relevant to your business. We're talking about pesticide, nutrients and plastic waste. Target seven on climate change will undoubtedly be the subject of long discussion because there is kind of a dual aspect to it. There is, this is as much about the impact of climate change on the biodiversity and what we can do for that, which is about the contribution that nature can provide to mitigation adaptation efforts. But it is also about ensuring that other efforts are not damaging to agriculture. As you know, the notion of crop for energy has been creating a number of challenges on the biodiversity side. Moving to the block below on meeting people needs is one that is probably should have been kind of in a brighter or darker shade of green. The use of species, including fishery in meeting people need, as well as the use of space with agriculture, forestry and agriculture are also meeting people need. Under number 10, we're capturing all other regulating service and provision service as identified by IPES, including the role of nature in nature-based solution in the provision of water. Number 11 is about health and the culture with a focus on the access of urban dwellers to green and blue space. 12 is around the sharing of the benefit and making sure that we are putting in place the obligation related to the benefit sharing under the convention. And the block from 13 to 20 is very important. It talks about the condition and number 13 is mainstreaming in policy, planning and regulation by diversity. And that is obviously including the decision made by colleagues in the Ministry of Agriculture, forestry and fishery. It includes also the notion of environmental impact assessment. 14 is more focused on production and supply chain and the role that the economic sector managed by private hands is playing in the system and how we can integrate into those decisions. And that is progressing at a very rapid pace. 15 is focusing on the individual choice and what consumer, all of us are making choice every day in our life by a cup of coffee when we decide to go on a vacation and how we can make sure that those choices are sustainable. Number 16 is talking about the biosafety and ensuring that the potential negative aspect of biotechnology are addressed. 17 is extremely important. We know that there is a vast amount of resources that is currently working against biodiversity interest and reform and repurposing of negative incentive, particularly in the area of fishery, forestry and agriculture could lead to large scale decreased cost of remediation and restoration. This target 17 cannot exist without the matching targets around resource mobilization and capacity building. There is definitely a need to increase the resource with a particular focus on ensuring that the obligation related to the resource for developing countries are met. 19 around available information, including traditional knowledge and then finally the role of indigenous people and local community, which is extremely important to all of those targets, particularly target one and two, women and girls and youth. All that is done within a context where we're gonna need some enabling condition, including political will, participative governance, but also very clearly we are the message for a stronger framework for planning, reporting, monitoring and review and we are working hard on that. So I will be turning to the next slide but wanna check first if Francis is able to continue. Francis, are you back with us? Yes, yes, sorry, the network just went off here. Yes, so I think in the next few slides, we shall try now to tell you what our next steps as far as the framework is concerned is to have draft one of the post-2020 framework itself are published by 12th July. We are on course on that and basically that is going to happen. We know we are going to meet that target and then we are going to have the third meeting of the working group. The first one, of course, we are going to have it virtually because of the prevailing circumstances now, which we all know that will run for two weeks from 23rd August to 3rd September, not far from now. And then we could have the followup phases of these meetings, especially the first to first to finally do the negotiation on this framework. We know that the virtual meeting may not give us all the opportunity to do the full negotiations but there will be some element of it during the virtual meeting but basically the full negotiation should happen in the physical meeting. And then, of course, then this could be taken to the conference of the parties. All these, the dates are yet to be confirmed the physical meetings because of the circumstances we all know now. Could you go to the next slide? Coach here. Yeah, so this slide here tries to, I think, still point out what we were talking earlier about what we could do perhaps to protect nature better as we not only try to meet our human needs but also become more responsible towards nature. So we're saying here that we need to be avoiding negative impacts on biodiversity and food security. We know this is an important area but we need to be avoiding those negative impacts as much as we can. Then we are, of course, saying here that the nature-based solution is going to be very important including the ecosystem-based approaches for us to really take care of Mother Nature better and then we should be able to mainstream and implement sustainable management practices and especially in the cultural sector. Agriculture is not going to be one that would say if you can put it all for the people have to be fed. Everybody has to be fed and fed well, including having those nutritious food that we need but we need to be seeing how we do that. Then how in the next, as you on the right there you see we are trying to say how nature really contributes to our own well-being. And I think the important thing here is that we have traditional knowledge for which we can depend on. We have the genetic resources but also we need these components of biodiversity be used sustainably. We need to be enhancing the food security, nutrition as well as livelihoods. I talked about that. But above all, we need to be safeguarding biodiversity for food security. Someone one time was saying that we protect biodiversity just because we benefit from it. I remember him during, I think the second meeting of SBI he said we are not protecting biodiversity just for the sake of it. It is because we benefit from it. So if we know we benefit from biodiversity we should do all we can to make sure that those services it provides continue to flow. And then the benefits arising from those utilization of genetic resources should be shared fairly Next slide. Francis, do you want me to take over this part? Yes, please. Okay, thank you. Thank you, Francis. So let me continue with a couple ideas and concepts. And here is one. How do we balance and should we balance productivity and sustainability? And you will see that we try to argue that actually increase in productivity is beneficial to sustainability. Our system is the complex one, as you all know. People are influencing nature and that's the blue box on the right and the arrow coming on the top over to nature. But in turn nature provide to people. All that is done in the context of increasing population. Francis has talked about it changing needs. The way we feed ourselves and the way we want and what we desire to have on the table has been evolving dramatically over the years. And there is change in the productive land availability. So has our urban area are growing. Many countries are facing the challenge of a decreasing area available for food production. All that in the context of externalities as well, both negative and positive. Climate change is influencing in many ways very often in a negative way and sometimes in positive one. Our technology and the capacity of our system to generate production and protect the environment is also changing dramatically and providing us with new tools that we could not have dreamed of in the past. So basically what we see is that if and I'm gonna be talking to the small equation on the bottom right part. If we see an increase in productivity and we see the right change in demands away from wasteful protein to those that are more efficient, we actually can make it work and we can meet the people needs and we can provide for a sustainability over the long term and a way to ensure that we're able to provide the food. That is I think an equation and a challenge you have been facing in your work every day. I'm not gonna be pretending that I am a specialist on the food side. What we can provide you is the elements on the nature side. Let's turn to the next one about the agri-food transition. When we looked at the type of change we're considering with the global biodiversity framework. There is a number of systems that will be impacted. Agriculture, agri-food system, extractive industries, the infrastructure sector, but none are more affected than the agri-food system. This system transformation will be probably one of the biggest we face, both in terms of scale, in terms of the importance of the change. If I was brave enough to do a comparison we've seen in climate change transition and you've seen a very successful transition away from coal. And that is a very challenging and difficult transition in the sense that people have been asked to find other ways to sustain themselves in their communities. Agriculture is not about that. We're gonna need food and we're gonna need more food. But what we're gonna need is that food to be produced in a very different way. Also in terms of scope, ranging from the production side to the consumption side, going through transformation, supply chain, et cetera. And we're very, very happy to see the agri-food industry very much engaged with us and actually we're probably pushing us rather than being dragged by anybody else. To do that, it's gonna be important to integrate all drivers of change. I think what we don't want is to have on the Monday the climate change team showing up on the doorstep of the agriculture ministry and the Tuesday, the biodiversity one and then the health one, et cetera, et cetera. We're gonna need to integrate all those requirements into one set and have one window access to the industry. That will mean a number of things including the creation from our scientists of integrated scenario planning. All those planning tools will need to be stepped down at the regional, national and perhaps local level. And there again, we can learn a lot from the climate lessons and the success and see how they've been able to adapt their program at a level that makes a difference. This is the next slide is the one before last. We've been following your work very closely it has been a pleasure to meet some of you when we were in Rome in February and I'm looking forward to the next time we can be together. But I think we're created some very useful and longstanding links among us. In a sense, we will be successful each of us if we're successful together. There will not be a failure for one there will be a failure for all. So we're whether we like it or not we're I think we have to work together and we're gonna need to work together. We're facing some dramatic change in large part of our economy and that's gonna be very important. We need integrated science and modeling that is relevant repeating a little bit what I've said in the previous slide and we need to work together. I sense a great willingness to do so I was very encouraged and hurt one by what I heard from the summary from your deliberation of yesterday and you can count on us on being there to help you just knock on our door. Let's let's I've talked about the challenge ahead of us in time of transition but foremost I think we need to be the advocate and describe that the future we want is a better future. This is one which is gonna be healthier sustainable, prosperous and safe. And I think we're not talking enough about that picture of the better future we want and the one we're gonna be building and it would be well worth the efforts that we're gonna make over the coming year. So co-chairs this complete presentation we're looking forward to working with you and we're absolutely convinced that we can get to success. Thank you very much. Thank you so much, Basil and Francis for your presentation and for that very, very comprehensive overview of what the process, the content and the substance of the framework that's under development. You provided all the context of the development and the negotiations which is built on the previous IG by DAVC targets as well as the linkage to the sustainable development goals. You indicated the theory of change which I think is probably the underpinning philosophy for the development of the new framework. The fact that you highlighted the fact that it is a framework for all that is not limited to the biodiversity sector but all humanity and all systems and all sectors. And that is something that is quite good to hear just the success of the framework that's developed will depend on the involvement and engagement of the different sectors. You also indicated the structure that you have designed for the course of developing the framework and the next stages and the next steps in the process. Certainly the involvement of all sectors and all disciplines is important and crucial to the success. In fact, this is not a choice, it's an imperative for it to be successful linking it to the both the climate agenda but also to the development issues. Before we go on to the next presentation and also the opportunity to ask questions to the coaches as we did yesterday to ensure the interactivity of this dialogue my colleagues in the technical unit will display another poll that would engage you in so look forward to your responses to this poll. The answers will be presented right after this or after the next presentation. So this is focuses on also the context of the global framework. For this poll you can choose as many of the responses as you think appropriate, right? I think we've had sufficient time for the responses. So subsequently few moments here as my colleagues who display the results of the choices. As you can see the vast majority saw that fostering interdisciplinary research work and innovation and cross-sectoral valuation efforts is a major challenge including the promotion of incentive schemes and rewards for ecosystem management. Also high is involvement of indigenous people, women, youth and producer communities. So thank you very much for that and for your engagement in the process. Moving forward now, as you know the convention as well as the other buy it out related conventions have great importance in the context of enhancing sustainability in agriculture at large. As already highlighted by the FAO director general and several other speakers. FAO has actively engaged in several buy out related issues and is committed to conserving the world's biodiversity and to its sustainable use. In fact it was in recognition of the vital importance of biodiversity to the future food security and nutrition and for ending hunger in the world that the FAO governing bodies approved the strategy for mainstreaming biodiversity across agricultural sectors and an action plan for its implementation. I'm therefore pleased to call Mr. Eduardo Mansour who's the director office of climate change biodiversity and environment to provide an overview of this strategy. To Eduardo please floor is yours. Thank you very much Kent. Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, colleagues, friends, my colleagues here in FAO gave me the honor to speak at this high-level segment to bring to you an information on the FAO strategy on mainstreaming biodiversity across the agricultural sectors. So I hope that I'm sharing my screen correctly with you as we have a quick presentation to reinforce and illustrate to you where we are. As it has been so well stressed by the presenters, Mr. Oguau and Mr. Van Averit who gave us this excellent introduction and presentation of the POST 2020 Global Biodiverse Framework and where we stand now. It matches what they said and it has been discussed also yesterday that agricultural sectors have been very high in the role to secure sustainable use and conservation of biodiversity. And this role will become even more important now that we gradually engage in a green response and a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and face continuing growth in terms of demand on agricultural products. Regarding specifically the support to countries and the action that the two co-chairs so beautifully said that producing a new paper is not gonna be different if we don't put it in practice and it was a message that we captured very well. Let me tell you how FAO is looking at it. We had recent developments in the last three years from 2019 to 2021 that changed the way that we put the framework to work in biodiversity mainstreaming. And I like very much the way being not being an English language native speaker how to translate mainstreaming sometimes is difficult but if you put it in Spanish for instance, la integración de la biodiversidad en los sectores de agrícolas, the integration. This is easier for me to visualize for us who are not English speaking how it's important and how FAO did this. In 2019 we had the publication of the State of World Biodiverse for Food and Agriculture that gave us plenty of information. In 2020, we published upon discussion in our statutory boards, the FAO strategy for mainstreaming biodiversity across agricultural sectors that required us to produce a revised an action plan for the period 2021-2023 to implement the strategy. And it's called revised in the title because it has been deeply discussed. It has a 56 key actions proposed and it has been deeply discussed in our regional conferences, in our technical committees, in the program committee and it has been finally approved by our council last April and the council report adopted by the conference last June. So we have a fresh, from the open action plan that reflects not only what the FAO technical group produce but the commitment of the FAO membership with mainstreaming biodiversity in agricultural sectors con la integración de la biodiversidad en los sectores agrícolas. So I just want to quickly brief you on where we are, the strategy aims mainstreaming agricultural sectors at national, regional and international levels in a structured, coherent manner taking into account national priorities, their needs, regulations, policies and country programming frameworks. The result expects to reduce the negative impacts of agricultural practice on biodiversity to promote sustainable agricultural practice which is the backbone of our work in FAO sustainable agriculture systems and to conserve, enhance, preserve and restore biodiversity as a whole. The strategy has four outcomes and the action plan is designed around these four outcomes. So they are aiming to support, to provide support to members upon their requests to enhance the capacity for mainstreaming biodiversity to have biodiversity mainstream across FAO policies, programs and activities to have the role of biodiversity ecosystem services for food security and nutrition globally recognized hence the importance of global frameworks and global dialogues that we are having this today and the coordination and delivery of the FAO work on biodiversity strengthening. And this has happened upon the I would say rather revolutionary change that the director general, the new director general of FAO Dr. Chudoniu promoted since last year with this horizontal implementation of our organic chapter or organic structure. We have now an office that integrates by diverse climate change and environment that works with the other units in FAO to deliver each program. So it's not any more a pyramidal structure divided in blocks, but it's a horizontal structure where we need climate change by diverse environment with the other units in FAO. The development of the action plan for the implementation of the stretch was a requirement of the strategy and received as a comment with you strong inputs from our technical committees from our statutory board. It was adopted last April. It's content is focused on the strategy outcomes as I mentioned, the core functions of FAO the key actions on biodiversity, 56 of them. The monitoring systems that it is open for review and updated for three years and in an access brings it's core action areas and frail strategy framework. Let me illustrate to you just in one case because I want to call attention. Out of the six sections, the action number one is to support countries in the implementation of the post 2020 global biodiversity framework. So we are very keen and very anxious waiting for every single step that the co-chairs have so nicely described to us because our commitment is to move ahead that that. How do we do this? We have plenty of activities related to biodiversity more than a hundred projects at this moment concentrating on contributing to different aspects of biodiversity. We are a very active agency implementing together with the global environmental facility on the biodiversity framework. And I will close Mr. Chair and Madam Chair with a note of opportunity. We see the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration that we launched this year and FAO is honored to co-lead with the unit in its implementation with every single multilateral environmental agreement especially the real conventions, the opportunity to implement the actions of the post 2020 global framework and the FAO action plan of the strategy on mainstreaming biodiversity across agriculture sectors. So I stop here with a thank you for the opportunity and saying that the FAO is ready to engage in its different instances being in our normative work, in our project work, in our country offices, in our regional offices, in this horizontal way that's promoted by the director general that we work integrated inside and with partners to mainstream biodiversity and make sure that sustainable agriculture and agri-food systems are achieved. Thank you very much. Yeah, thank you so much, Eduardo, for that. As you all can see, we decided to bring this segment, right, after the presentation of the framework by the co-chairs of the working group. It shows that we are speaking the same language, we share the same concerns and we see the same opportunities and it is only by working together and by harmonizing and integrating our different approaches that we can achieve greater success. But thank you so much, Eduardo, for that and before we go on again, as is previously done, we'll also run another poll quickly and then after that we'll entertain some questions for the co-chairs as well as Eduardo or another FAO officer that you might want to ask a question. So our poll right now is talking about some of the enabling mechanisms as what Basile and Francis talked about, that we cannot just have a piece of paper that is certainly important to have both the systems in place and the resources to ensure that we are able to implement what we adopt. And the question is also sick to check the level of involvement and engagement but also to encourage you as we move forward to be more involved and to further expand the scope of stakeholders that are involved and the range of activities that you can undertake and how you link your daily life activities and endeavors and spending as well in supporting the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. So I think we have sufficient time to have some responses. So if we can run the results quickly, as you can see the largest or the biggest proportion or percentage of answers. So good governance and investment is a major challenge. Certainly we take note of that, certainly what we're saying and I think something that both Francis and Basile had highlighted. And then they see a lot of sense of responsibility in responding to what you do but that we encourage to do more of those including buying at local farmers markets and ensuring that how you spend your money is also contributing directly to support the objectives of the convention and the principles that underline on the pin in that. So thank you very much. Colleagues, distinguished guests and excellencies for this. At this juncture I'll hand over to my colleague, Rene Hoffman to help moderate the rest of the program for this morning. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much Kent and thank you very much to the co-chairs and Eduardo to give us their insights. There are a few questions which maybe we ask you to respond now and then we will invite the views of the bureau members of F.A.O. governing and technical bodies to give their views on the POS 2020 framework. I have a question for Francis and Basil. So how are the planning, monitoring and reporting and review mechanisms envisaged to support an effective implementation of the framework to ensure that all targets are met and what is concretely the role the agricultural sector can play? That's a big question and Francis maybe I'll start and as usual you can correct and add to my remarks. The detail of that planning, monitoring, reporting and review system are being discussed and as you can imagine when you move to the next step in this this is always a complex discussion. What we envisage is that there is actually two fundamental different functions in that system. We're going to set some global targets. You heard the proposal about protecting and conserving 30% of the planet which by the way in many cases could include productive landscape but that's a global target and the capacity of various countries are very different. Just to take Francis and my country they're very, very different. So we're going to need to understand what each country is planning and offering to do and we need to tally that up and see if it's up to the goal we set ourselves for to have mechanism to increase ambition to get to that goal. So that is what let's say we're going to be calling the ambition system. Once that is done there is a second task which is about how are we doing on each of those ambitions. Let's imagine that the country decide because it's got a lot of wild space that it's going to protect 35% and at the end of the 10-year period as that been done. How far are we from that goal? So that's the kind of the action results part of the framework. So we're going to need to have a system that accommodate for those two functions and enable us to know whether the action we set ourselves to take under those 20 targets are leading to the result we're expecting in terms of state of the biodiversity. Now how is that relevant to you and how is your organization going to interface with that? I definitely see a system that is open and able to get the information where it reside. Your system have a lot of information in terms of how agriculture and forestry and fisheries are carried out around the globe and it is not going to be the role of the CBD to replicate or duplicate that. So the hope is that we're going to be able to work together and access this information. And if we can make good use of existing system like the sustainable development goals and performance indicators that exist on those goals, all the better. You will see if you look at the technical documents around performance indicators and the CBD constant reference to the SDGs and we're very pleased to see the statistical agencies around the world and together in their UN institution being very much engaged into that. So we see a system that is basically modular, open and not trying to replicate. Francis, over to you. Hello. Yeah, let me just add a few points to what Koshia Vazila said. I think he has pointed to most of it. But something also that is going to come in and you will see it, you are going to keep talking about it is the idea of responsibility and transparency by all, you know, people that all countries or parties or stakeholders when it comes implementing this framework that we should have that in mind. But for people then to be able to take on the responsibility and report as required, then the mechanisms as Koshia said to guide that is going to come up when the SBI finalizes this meeting, the third meeting. But something that I wanted also to add here is that the framework itself has got of course a monitoring framework and that monitoring framework has got will have headline indicators so all parties to the convention will be required to report on and also other countries, I would say. So those headline indicators are like the ones that definitely we have to use to report progress. So that is one way of helping parties or stakeholders out there to ensure that this aspect of reporting, monitoring reporting, we are able to follow it to the letter and there will also be other indicators as the one that is with the components of each of those targets. So that does are some of the ways in which we think FAO could make use of it if you look at those headline indicators see how those targets relate to your work and then therefore assist you to contribute to reporting progress as far as the targets are concerned because there could be some of these targets that you could use in reporting on what you're doing that we could capture in the system as far as the framework implementation is concerned. So those are some of the ideas that is there about planning and monitoring reporting but you'll be seeing them as we move along. Thank you. Yeah, thank you very much to stressing also the link to the sustainable development goals and as you all know FAO is a custodian for many of the BIDA-VST related SDGs indicators. So we are of course happy to continue to do that role. We have a question from Luca Chinotti from WWF who would like to know whether you can give some more detail on the focus and also the framing of targets 8 and 9 and a little bit related to this is maybe additional information on how the entire food and agriculture stakeholders can be engaged in the implementation of the framework not only FAO as an organization. Thank you. Let me start by talking kind of reversing the other. We see that we will be successful if we engage all aspects and all corners of society. That includes civil society and they have an important role to play. My vision of a successful crop and a successful framework negotiation is one where I would get everyone on the podium clapping and saying, this is an eye which is a very different picture of the formal protocol we are doing things. We are going to need to have as a symbol not only negotiators but also business, civil society or scientists. We need everybody proud and engaged into that framework. That is the way we are going to be successful. We are going to be very different from countries to countries. I can see some very interesting initiatives started under the UN food summit. Those vertical dialogues that are taking place in many countries will hopefully lead to a more permanent structure where you can have a good dialogue between the various stakeholders and engagement in a consensus way to get to the implementation. That has been something that has proved successful in part of the world. Now starting to target 8 and 9 and how we see those targets I think you cannot look at target 8 and 9 without looking at target 4 at the same time. I know that there are several parties that would like them to be grouped in a different way. Francis and I have tried to rearrange the piece of this jigsaw puzzle in all the possible ways that we are going to see Monday on draft one is our best attempt to have an arrangement that works. But at the end of the day the question is does that matter the way they are organized? What does matter is do we have the right elements in that plate we get in front of us? So 4 is about making activities sustainable. 8 is about making sure those activities are meeting people need and under 8 there is the fishery aspect but there is also the harvest, hunting and gathering that are sustaining the livelihood of many local communities and their direct provisions for food and shelter. So that's what we see in 8 and that particular focus on the poor. 9 is different it's focusing at the ecosystem level and not to the large scale landscape but more kind of the managed ecosystem of agriculture in a certain region or forestry or agriculture and how we ensure that those activities while being carried out sustainably are providing the elements and the meeting people need. So this is part of our attempt to rebalance the objective of the convention. I think several people on the biodiversity side would like to see a convention that is solely focused on conservation. We think this would be a mistake. It has to be the convention that balances the objective and that's where we touch very much and integrate with the FIO work and that's where we want to be careful to have the right level of engagement that is not impairing what you're doing. Francis. Thank you coach. I think just to add something what you've said here how is that we of course got some comments, we got some views, we had a lot during the recently concluded sub-star 24th and SBI 3 the meetings which took place virtually so there were thoughts and ideas that also comments that came on these targets and other targets so at this point in time I can only tell you that we have looked at these targets again and in the next version of the framework itself that is a draft one you might see it some progress there but we do not take note of course target 8 and 9 we are mainly looking at how the food security, the other aspect can continue to exist and also including the agricultural sector so that we have better nutrition for people and in that case you'll find us talking about management of species because I think that is one area that is so critical in that sector management of species found on so there is effort to really refocus these two targets which you have just pointed and I think at this point in time we may not now be at we don't have that opportunity if not the power now to relate to you as is we know what we will go through in trying to recraft those two so I can only say you might see something that is better recrafted in the next version so be looking out for that and in target 9 we are talking about really biodiversity supporting productivity in the agricultural sector and maybe the other way around but biodiversity itself as a big role it plays to ensure that productivity in the agricultural sector continues to be more on a sustainable but also resilient over time so you will see that we will handle that and you will be seeing them shortly as I said on 12th this should be going up for everybody to have a look at thank you thank you very much I think it's good to hear that this link between the management and the use and contribution to people are closely linked even if they are in different boxes in the system but that the narrative shows very clearly the importance of this because I think this is also a question for us to communicate to our constituencies is that some of the practices that you use they are biodiversity friendly but when you manage them you also have productivity that increases you save input costs for producers and that's the language that speaks to farmers we have another question from Sunil how can we encourage private investment in biodiversity conservation and utilization and how can really the private sector engage this is of course you said already that you have had positive response from the private sector of the food and agriculture how can this be strengthened very important point there is when we talk to business actually I think business as a whole in the private sector has learned a lot through the climate change process and perhaps the head of us and better organized and they want to move faster I think there is several elements that are needed to improve and have better private sector investment one is a level playing field so I've talked earlier about negative incentive and subsidies so if you have not even a positive playing field where there is subsidies in favor of biodiversity but just a level one where you don't have subsidies for unsustainable activities then that's one step the second step is business needs to be to have predictability in their operation that's what they're looking for they need to know where they are and that will enable them to make investment so we need to have a framework that is there that is there for long term so 10 year period is an horizon that many business are planning to and that's going to be happening if they see the signal that are consistent across from the agriculture sector to the environment a very clear set of guidance and rule then they will be investing the third point is understanding their risk and exposure I was talking with the agri-food business and we were talking about sugar production in France and how given climate change how that's going to be changing very rapidly and very dramatically over the coming years weak production in the south of Europe will also be changing so understanding those risks and understanding how investors are exposing those risks will be enabling the money to go where it is sustainable so organization that will be having business plans that enable them to mitigate those risks and shift their operation in our changing environment will be attracting the resource you can see it on the climate side you can see how money has been shifting around to durable energy production away from and sustainable energy production I think we're going to see that shift taking place in a much more rapid way on the biodiversity side once we put the basic element in place Francis? I think the issue of the private sector has actually been one of the aspects discussed in the CBD now for a long time when I joined CBD around maybe 2005 there about what followed next was decisions that physically focus on biodiversity and business and if you go to think of decisions from COP 8, 9, 10 and so forth you'll find specific decisions actually that were made to link biodiversity and business and therefore bringing the private sector into play so we I would say that within the CBD the role of the private sector has actually been recognised over time maybe in the post 2020 now given the challenges the world is facing the business sector actually need to realise more that loss of biodiversity risks to business because they might be putting money in agriculture they might be putting money in tourism they might be putting money in some of these other sectors but if biodiversity risks are not being considered in such investments then they might find that their investment may not yield what they're actually anticipating it to do so the conservation angle now need to be taking more routes in the private sector way of doing business including of course like it is happening then integrating a lot climate change so I think we need to be emphasising that message how it can actually better be actualised I would say the ideas are there what we want to do is there but now we need to put those ideas into action we've talked with them we've had this meeting with the private sector business but I think that has to keep going on and when we now start implementing the framework we still need to see how we keep engaging them so that they can also be conscious when they're doing business when they're providing investment in whichever sector if they're going to really take biodiversity conservation as one of those pillars they want to see in the business that is being conducted I think that is one way the private sector will contribute a lot to conservation and therefore the future of biodiversity so thank you so much thank you I mean we all know that the World Economic Forum and McKinsey and all these big companies they get the reflection from CEOs that particularly biodiversity loss is a big threat to business so it's money that speaks and the agricultural and food and drink sectors are particularly affected and in that respect I think you would be happy to hear that in the discussion yesterday we had a lot of discussion about financing repurposing subsidies and so on and there was even the idea to have a biodiversity financing mechanism that mirrors the one for climate change of course this is just ideas coming out from a global dialogue but I think it shows how the agenda is changing we have a lot of speakers waiting that would also give their view on the POS 2020 framework and you had mentioned already that FRO has a very important role to play as a policy body but also as an implementer and as a monitoring agency and Eduardo had mentioned that the FRO members have been very active and wrapped up in collaboration on biodiversity in collaboration also with the CBD particularly in the recent years so they have created an informal group of friends of biodiversity which is composed of ambassadors then you all know that FRO hosts a whole range of bodies and instruments that make reference to biodiversity we host the International Plant Protection Convention in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources which are a member of the Bidiversity Leasion group but also the technical committees commission on genetic resources for food and agriculture and today we have with us representatives of some of these bodies and they want to share their perspective of the importance of the biodiversity for the food and agriculture sectors but also the significance of the POST 2020 framework so I would like to first call on Ms. Yasmina El-Bahul she is chairperson of the governing body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture to give her view on the framework Ms. Bahul to have the floor Thank you very much Mrs. Hoffman Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen Dear all, I am really delighted to contribute to this global and very important event let me start by thanking the co-chairs of the open-ended working group on the POST 2020 for the very detailed updates and insightful reflections on the ongoing process towards development and adoption of the POST 2020 global biodiversity framework during its last session the governing body of the International Treaty requested the Bureau with the support of the secretariat to engage the preparation of the POST 2020 in the development and implementation of the global biodiversity framework once adopted in this context the governing body also emphasized the importance of enhancing through this process cooperation between the International Treaty and the CBD and with other biodiversity related conventions and made the following K recommendations targets that link agriculture, biodiversity to food security and sustainable agriculture should be included as part of the framework having followed the process it seems that we are moving to the right direction to achieve such linkages let's ensure that we stay on this path going forward in the process when it comes to the genetic level of biodiversity emphasis should not be placed only on access and benefit sharing but also on conservation and sustainable use as these contribute to achieving the objective of ABS targets on access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilization should expressly consider the International Treaty and its multilateral system of access and benefit sharing and their monitoring should relay inter alia on the monitoring system available through the reporting systems of the International Treaty in relation to means of the implementation the Treaty strategies and mechanisms can be a good reference and should play a central role in the framework in relation to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture Ladies and gentlemen we are creating that the Bureau of the governing body of the International Treaty looks forward to along with the secretariat of the International Treaty to continue engaging and providing inputs in the development and implementation of the framework once it is adapted I will conclude as a temporary person living on this planet by seeing that I'm very glad to participate to this very important event for the planet and for our future we have to catch the signal of the current hard and uncertain situation and dig deep into ourselves to better understand what we are doing now for biodiversity what we can do individually and collectively in the time and space and as reported earlier by our distinguished speakers it's time to translate policies into concrete actions every day thank you very much Thank you very much Mr. Waul Now the next speaker is from the International Plant Protection Convention I invite Mr. John Graefer who is the Vice Chair of the Bureau Thank you and good morning everybody let me begin by thanking the organizers of the event for inviting the International Plant Protection Convention to join you today we do appreciate this opportunity to share our perspectives about the post 2020 biodiversity framework the IPPC and the commission is composed of national plant protection authorities from 184 countries we have an important relationship to the past 20 plus years in particular we share a core goal of seeking to prevent the spread of harmful pests which not only endanger agriculture but also forests natural habitats and biodiversity the IPPC Secretariat has also been a member of the Biodiversity Liaison Group since 2015 given our overlapping missions the IPPC community believes that the post 2020 biodiversity framework should take into account the shared mandate of the IPPC and CBD especially in relation to managing the invasive alien species threat that is really our shared focus over the past 25 years the IPPC has been the business of developing national plant health standards and other key guidance materials which are designed to prevent the spread of potentially harmful pests these standards are intended to enhance and harmonize the efforts of governments around the world to survey detect and contain the spread of plant pests especially through trade pathways we believe that a coordinated international framework has been and remains crucial to ensure coherency and ensure our collective efforts and effectiveness in managing the global spread of pests clearly the IPPC CBD relationship is key for ensuring this coordinated approach we remain committed to enhancing our collaborative efforts to protect the world's plant resources from invasive plant pests going forward now in March of this year the IPPC Commission adopted a new 10-year strategic framework that framework contains several key elements which we believe directly contribute to the goals of protecting global biodiversity I want to share these three specific examples or elements from the IPPC's framework which we think are relevant as we develop and refine the 2020 global biodiversity framework first the IPPC's new strategic plan reaffirms the IPPC goal of safeguarding plant resources in the natural environment the new framework recognizes the impact that climate change will have on biology distribution and spread of pests into new areas including natural habitats going forward the IPPC will continue to progress standards and provide other guidance which deal directly with the movement of pests that threaten biodiversity this includes invasive pests which are now moving through new pathways such as sea containers air containers and other conveyances a second important objective in our new strategic framework is the capacity of countries to detect, assess and report emerging pest threats which would allow for a more rapid early response to this end the IPPC members are seeking to improve country surveillance and pest detection capabilities build streamlined and timely reporting systems promote contingency plans to support an immediate response to serious pest incursions and create a new mechanism for identifying experts and potential donors to assist when a serious pest incursion appears to be morphing into a major outbreak a third relevant objective in our new strategic plan is to address e-commerce the astonishing growth in e-commerce has allowed consumers to shop in the global marketplace and have all kinds of products and materials delivered to their doorstep this has serious implications for the potential spread and introduction of invasive species into new areas under our new strategic framework the IPPC commission has committed itself to developing the tools and the collaborative strategies for preventing and mitigating the movement of pests materials through these new digital commercial channels we want to leave you with three key messages first is that the IPPC has over the course of its history developed essential phytosanitary infrastructure at the national, regional and global level we believe that this infrastructure can play an important role in managing invasive species as pests we encourage ministers of the environment, CBD focal points and national plan protection organizations to cooperate towards the prevention and management of invasive alien species as a joint goal specifically we believe that the focus on an approach for managing invasive species should include the concept of safe trade and consider both intentional and unintentional introductions of invasive species second, we should learn from the past and try to be practical in the metrics we choose to assess our impact and progress in reducing the spread and introduction of invasive alien species we may want to consider methods to track early and increase detection and interceptions of invasive alien species as well as metrics to assess the effectiveness of eradication programs to reduce or eliminate their impact on biodiversity and ecosystems from the IPPC perspective there is no single global method to record the impact of invasive alien species it is difficult to develop such a list at a global level because of the risk varies between countries, areas and regions it may be possible however to develop a national or regional list which identify invasive alien species of greatest concern in this regard IPPC member countries have the ability to generate pest reporting data for invasive species they have analyzed and have identified as top concerns IPPC efforts to improve pest reporting systems may provide valuable data for establishing baseline information as well as assessing the impacts of future pest prevention strategies our third and final point would be is that plans for setting performance goals, targets and metrics need to be accompanied by investments and resources in such activities like communications and capacity development for example investments will be needed in surveillance and early detection this is consistent with the core IPPC view that prevention is better is a better objective than eradication or management I will stop here by thanking the organizers for giving the IPPC community an opportunity to speak today and we look forward to working with the CBD and the other entities and doing what we can to help safeguard the world's resources going forward thank you thank you very much for the interest of the audience I could also highlight that the role of the IPPC in standard setting on invasive alien species is very strongly reflected in the FRO action plan for the implementation of the spidey diversity mainstreaming strategy so let me now turn to the committee on agriculture I invite Mr. Maria Rajenda who is the chairperson of the committee for his response over to you thank you thank you very much madam chair first of all I would like to compliment the organizers for this wonderful event I would also like to thank for inviting me to share my views it is an honor for me to participate in this panel of the global dialogue and the role of food and agriculture in the post 2020 global biodiversity framework and share with you the related key outcomes of the 7th session of the committee on agriculture co-op which was held from 28 September to 2nd October 2020 the committee considered the implementation of FAO strategy on biodiversity mainstreaming across agricultural sectors and welcomed progress made in its implementation provided detailed comments on inputs to the draft 2021-23 action plan for the implementation of the FAO strategy on mainstreaming biodiversity across agricultural sectors as you are aware the 2021-23 action plan for the implementation of FAO strategy on mainstreaming biodiversity across agricultural sectors has been adopted by the 166th FAO council in April 2021 it was developed in an inclusive and transparent manner with inputs from members and all technical committees the group of national focal points for biodiversity for food and agriculture of the commission on genetic resources for food and agriculture program committee and the council as co-op chairperson I am pleased to reiterate that the co-op bureau and members the FAO action plan and the development for the post 2020 global biodiversity framework are of high importance we are regularly briefed on the progress made in the implementation of the action plan and related activities in accordance with the guidance given by the co-op I welcome the continued engagement of FAO and members in the implementation of the action plan along with the promotion of sustainable practices that are biodiversity friendly and deliver healthy food and prosperity for all while preserving our natural resources co-op 27 underlined the critical contribution of biodiversity to food security and nutrition and the need for co-op coordination at cross sectoral and sectoral level as we are moving towards the next co-op 28th session that will be held in July 2022 we expect that biodiversity will be very high on the agenda in view of the essential role for food and agriculture and to many rural livelihoods for the same reason the outcome of the global dialogue for the development for the post 2020 global biodiversity framework and the 15th session of the conference of parties of convention on biological diversity to be held in coming next October 2021 that is co-op 15 will be relevant to the next co-op session and will consult with the members on how best consider this so I don't want to highlight the co-op 27 recommendation which are already available so thank you very much over to you thank you very much and also thank you for stressing that biodiversity will be on the agenda of co-op 28 to continue the deliberations and being informed by what comes out of the meeting today as well as co-op 15 I will now call on the vice chair of the committee on forestry which is Mr. Yusuf Serrengil the floor is yours thank you madam chair your excellency dear audience I would like to first thank the organizers of this global event and inviting us to provide their views now I would like to share the view of co-op the role of food and agriculture in the post 2020 global biodiversity framework at its 25th session held in October 2020 the committee on forestry welcomed the launch of the world's forest 2020 jointly prepared by FAO and UNEP and its time to focus on forests by diversity and people it invited members to take the key findings of so forth 2020 into consideration in the negotiations of the post 2020 biodiversity framework as appropriate so as to reflect the critical role that forest and sustainable forest management play in the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity cofo also requested FAO to contribute to the efforts of convention on biological diversity and other organizations and processes to strengthen the work on forest by diversity according to so forth 2020 forest cover 31% of the global land area and harbour most of earth's terrestrial biodiversity forest also make many significant contributions to food security, livelihood and poverty alleviation at same time so forth 2020 also recall that the forestation and forest degradation continue to take place at alarming rates and that agriculture expansion remains as the main driver of this development the future of biodiversity and humankind is thus strongly interlinked on behalf of the foreign and you tell it dependent on how we manage the world's forests ensuring positive outcomes for both biodiversity and people requires a careful balance between conversion goals and the needs of people especially the ones living in or nearby forests therefore invited members to strengthen the mainstreaming of biodiversity, conservation and sustainable use in the forest sector and collaboration with other relevant sectors in this regard it further requested FAO strengthen forestry considerations in its work on mainstreaming by diversity across agricultural sectors and to conduct the review of biodiversity mainstreaming and share good practices on solutions that balance conservation and sustainable use of forest by diversity Kofo highlighted the importance of forest by diversity for ecosystem services and food security and expressed concerns about the continued loss of biodiversity it further stressed the need to deliver on global commitments including in the framework of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development Kofo requested FAO to raise awareness on drivers of forest by diversity laws and how to address them it also requested FAO to step up actions towards forest degradation and loss of forest by diversity and support members in their efforts including through fostering various forms of international cooperation furthermore Kofo requested FAO to continue to demonstrate that solutions that balance conservation and sustainable use of forest by diversity such as sustainable forest management restoration and agroforestry are possible through sharing best practices in line with national capacities priorities and contacts and that agriculture and forestry can synergistically support sustainable development Thank you Thank you so much for conveying the message of the committee on fisheries forestry I think it's very important to note that the committee on forestry as of fisheries we have here a specific situation because for FAO these sectors are part of agriculture for the CBD they are not part of agriculture in the narrow sense and therefore the messages that the committee sent to inside the sectors but also to the biodiversity community on the sustainable management and the food security aspects of their sectors are very important I now invite the last speaker of this session Ms. Renée Sauvé she is the vice chair of the committee on fisheries over to you Thank you madam speaker and greetings to distinguished colleagues I would also like to thank the co-chairs for that very useful update on the framework it is encouraging to see how our sector is intended to be captured in that framework given how important the sector is the fisheries and agriculture sector often the sole source of income from many coastal communities especially women so the sector is a driver of economic and social development and therefore relevant for a range of sustainable development goals further the seafood is playing an increasing significant role in terms of food security globally seafood makes up almost 20% of the animal protein consumed by humans approximately 3.3 billion people and in developing countries such as sids this figure jumps to over 50% making up the majority of animal protein consumed with arable land decreasing this seafood trend is only increasing since the 1950s there's been a seven fold increase in human consumption it's well recognized that healthy ecosystems are needed to continue to provide all these essential functions and now it is increasingly evident that healthy oceans are needed to mitigate climate change as such a number of climate targets are underpinned by healthy functioning aquatic ecosystems and productive oceans ensuring the sustainable management of these critical aquatic ecosystems through an ecosystem approach to fisheries is something that Kofi and the FAO secretariat have dedicated much effort to as such an indicator related to ecosystem approaches in this regard in the framework that is critical the committee on fisheries is heavily engaged in developing both deterrence for unsustainable practices such as illegal fishing or derelict fishing gear a significant contributor to marine litter and developing the guidance to indeed promote ecosystem sorry promote fisheries practices that have a positive biodiversity outcome mainstreaming biodiversity objectives into the sectors is key and work on elaborating other effective conservation measures or OECM what this means in a fisheries context is an excellent example of mainstreaming and that terminology is captured in the emerging target two related to 30 by 30 Kofi 34 earlier this year gave clear endorsement to a number of activities in support of biodiversity and is reflected in FAO's biodiversity action plan including the development of other effective conservation measures for fishers and fisheries management managers so that the development of fisheries plans and practices that can help incorporate these practices to increase biodiversity at the risk of stating the obvious the main message here I think is that the goals and targets of the global biodiversity framework cannot be achieved without the engagement of the communities that rely on use study manage and regulate the activities most closely associated with these aquatic ecosystems it is critical that the global biodiversity framework is developed with those strategies stakeholders and authorities to ensure that the goals and targets are realistic effective and ultimately achievable finally chair I might also make the point that the CBD going forward especially in the context of implementing the global biodiversity strategy needs to make a dedicated space and time for ocean issues including marine experts both policy and technical including fisheries experts from the FAO need to be able to see an updated inclusive marine program under the CBD that covers both conservation and sustainable use that they can engage in helping to attain the aspirations laid out in the global biodiversity framework thank you madam chair very much if I add my personal comment and also put up my head as secretary of the commission on genetic resources for food and agriculture summarizing what the different committees have said there seems to be a question on how and how strongly the bodies and the guidances and tools that are developed by FAO will be embedded also formally in the post 2020 framework and maybe Francis who is still with us would like to respond to this question hello you will come again with a question yeah question again please ah the question again we have heard from the speakers of the IPPC now co-fee treaty and without it being said from the commission on genetic resources for food and agriculture side a question on how the tools and mechanisms that are being developed by FAO are reflected in the framework and whether there will be a sort of an official reflection of those in the framework in the sense that you had mentioned the role in monitoring but will there be another also the policy role reflected in the framework yeah I hope I get to your question well of course I think there are these questions being continuously brought to our attention how we are reflecting maybe the various aspects of the different stakeholders that we are dealing with in the framework because by diversity being as cross cutting as it is so you find that it cuts on so many aspects that the need for people to see that they are peering or are reflecting the framework keeps coming up but I think one thing that we could do here in the framework itself and I hope this will be coming out more clearly I think we have first of all linked also the framework itself the monitoring framework you will find that we have identified the targets the indicators for the SDGs in the framework itself and then in that we also then put related to those indicators of the SDGs and which ones therefore link to each target and therefore are all indicators so that kind of scenario we believe because all these agencies all the stakeholders that most of them report on SDGs so perhaps the way you are going to be reporting on your SDGs within your agency there when you look at the way we have tried to align those indicators of the SDGs to the one of the framework and therefore it could be that it reflects on your sector I think it will give you a chance to use the tool that you are developing so if we don't make very specific reference then I think you could be looking at some of those entry points but we shall continue to look at the monitoring framework and see how it will be addressing some of these concerns I must say so it is broadly speaking coming up from different stakeholders they want to see themselves perhaps much more visibly there in terms of reporting and the indicators the framework as it provides that but I hope that can give us some way on making sure that the issues raised by FAO and others could be anchored in the framework because we want really people to use their tools in reporting because all these other agencies have their own reporting mechanism for sure so then it is how we try to link the targets that we have and our indicators to some of those reporting frameworks that they have that then could help to link them I think that is how I could say it but it is correct thank you my point was a bit it is not only on monitoring but also on the entire implementation and the goal is to share this burden of implementation equally across and we will see how this will be reflected I think also you will see other sections of the framework the the updated 0 draft actually had a section that was talking about synergies and so forth so you are going to see a bit of mention of that because we also believe that in addition to just having the targets there should be other you know collaboration with some of these MES or any other agencies out there so you will see synergies being mentioned in there both with the other convention related but also with stakeholders out there in whatever they are doing that less to biodiversity cannot be a one-off thing to be done only by the CBT because there are these cross cutting aspects that needs to be taken on board so there are other means of implementation that is also having consideration of some of the things you are raising enabling conditions so there are those aspects that will come out and I think maybe to help with that there are these the aspect dealing with the technical scientific and technological transfer so all those could be the other avenues that brings on board other patterns to see how they can participate in this Yeah Thank you very much we have a question that is directed to all panelists and this is how can countries improve the effective cross sectoral dialogue and coordination mechanisms for is reducing conflicting and competing policies for example mainstreaming biodiversity agriculture, fisheries, forestry policies does one of the panelists would like to answer to this question Well maybe I can say a few words Madam Chair as the committees we organize meetings we have especially some networks about some critical issues for example invasive species and other points forest health for example in those events we come together with countries representatives and share our visions, policies and discuss the issues so that we can put out some results have to make collaboration have to improve our knowledge and have to progress we also share our practices with other countries these committees for example in Kofo these are regional committees and for example in case of Near East Forestry Commission countries are all from the Near East so they have similar issues they have similar concerns and we can find solutions and we come together with the people that have the same problems so this is making the conflicting issues inside the committees it's very useful in terms of forestry Thank you very much Yeah could I add something Yes Yeah actually if you look at the updated the updated zero draft and the enabling conditions so there is so much that is said there about partnerships about synergies with all these relevant agencies there is just a lot that is mentioned in there so I believe that becomes the point of the other global community coming together to implement this because partnership is going to be very important as we do this because different people have certain activities which they are doing but which collectively contribute to this so if you look at the section G of the updated zero draft you will find a lot set it in there I hope that can make colleagues to see that the framework the way it is being crafted takes into that aspect of bringing as many players on board during implementation Thank you Thank you we had in principle a last poll so I see Mr. Mido whether you want to say something now or we should do our last poll oh please move ahead just following this last poll would be a little bit of a check so I will read it do you agree with the statement that in your country the regulatory framework encourages the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity across the agricultural sectors and there are answers from I don't know to fully agree and then where did you see the biggest progress related to food and agriculture production in your country and the last one what are the priority benefits of restoration practices for agricultural productivity maybe we can close the poll as the answers are hovering the response to the first question is showing us that a lot still needs to be done because the majority of people did not agree there are areas where progress has been made which is an efficiency of resource use but also in food diversity which is very good news and also that restoration practices should target at increasing agricultural productivity so our translation time has come to an end and I think we had a very productive session with lots of interesting inputs and I hope that this session has increased the knowledge and understanding of all of us about the post 2020 framework and we are very much looking forward to the draft version that will be published on next Monday next week and we will then continue to be engaged in the discussions and I hope to see all of you back in the next session which will happen at TrioCrop in the afternoon where we will have ministers to give their point of view on the very important issues that we are discussing in this global dialogue Thank you so much for all your valuable contributions and see you later